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Bookmark or Share- Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth CenturyExplore our list of the top 20 achievements and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. 1. Electrification. 2. Automobile. 3. Airplane. 4. Water Supply and Distribution.
- Timeline - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth CenturySamuel Pierpont Langley builds a gasoline-powered version of his tandem-winged "Aerodromes." the first successful flying model to be propelled by an internal combustion engine. As early as 1896 he launches steam-propelled models with wingspans of up to 15 feet on flights of more than half a mile.
- Selection Process - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth ...The chief criterion for nominations was the impact of the engineering achievement on quality of life during the 20th century. The NAE formed a selection committee made up of leading engineering experts from academia, industry, government, and a wide range of engineering disciplines.
- Nuclear Technologies - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the ...Beyond the controversy, however, lies the story of scientific and engineering breakthroughs that unfolded over a remarkably short period of time—with unprecedented effects on the world, for both good and ill. Nuclear Technologies. Timeline.
- Computers Timeline - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth ...Over the next 30 years innovations emerging from the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) include the concept of windows (1972), the first real personal computer (Alto in 1973), laser printers (1973), the concept of WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) word processors (1974), and EtherNet (1974).
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