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• •In 1698 Thomas Savery builds The Miner s Friend; or, An Engine to Raise Water by Fire. It is a water pump that uses steam power. Although incredibly inefficient it is the first functioning steam engine.
• •In 1783, Joseph-Michael and Jacques-Ètienne Montgolfier build the first flying ma-chine capable of carrying human passengers. It is a 30-feet wide hot air balloon, powered by an open fire and made of paper!
• •In 1855 Henry Bessemer designs a new system for making steel, a strong alloy of iron and carbon. Before this invention it took 12 hours to make 1.5 tons of wrought iron. Bessemer s converter could produce 15 tons of much stronger steel in just 20 minutes.
• •The first communication satellite is Echo 1, a metallic balloon launched into the upper atmosphere by NASA in 1960.
• •In 2007 3.3 billion cubic feet (94 million cubic m) of sand and rock are laid down along the coast of Dubai to make Palm Jumeirah, the world s largest artificial ocean island.
• •In 2016 Solar Impulse flies more than half way around the world powered only by electricity generated by solar panels on its wings..
• •100 chronological articles telling the story of engineering from prehistory to the present day.
• •Authoritative text, exciting imagery, and helpful diagrams accompanying each of the steps along the way.
• •Biographies of great engineers, such as Archimedes, Tesla, and Watt, showing the inspirations that lay behind their goals.
• •A guide to each field of engineering and the materials they employ, offering insight into achievements in the fields, their limits and what might come next.
• •An easy-to-follow graphical representation of engineering milestones
• •A 24-page removable foldout concertina with a 12-page timeline history of engineering.