Started from wooden wheels to spacecrafts.
The history of Mechanical engineering could be divided into three phases
1) Early Phase
2)Medival Phase
3)Modern Phase
1)Early Phase- Archeological sites and biological souces helps to get out the facts about two excellent examples of development in this field, which dates from 2600-1100BC and SU SONG’S astronomical clock built in 1089 by more than four hundred parts was a clearly a technical miracle.
SU SONG’S astronomical clock |
Religion & Mechanical Culture
lslam spread to the confines of the known world during the middle ages and arabic became the vehicle of culture contributes to the apparition of the book entitled “ingenious devices” written by the three banu musa brothers, contain the diagrams of one hundred machines and mechanisms. some machines were copies of those produced by hero and philo but many others were improvements of these or new models.
•Following in their footsteps came the most significant name in islamic technology: al-jazari (1136-1206).His “book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices” shows fountains, clocks, water wheels and automatons with a precision of detail in both drawings and explanations that had been unknown up to that time.
2) Medival Phase of Mechanical engineering- The re-birth of western europe in the14th, 15th and 16th centuries marked a stage of renewed activity and vitality on a level of arts, sciences and literature, as it was sought to leave behind the stagnation of the middle ages in Greece by Archemedics,Zhen heng in China & Aielopile in USA.
This is the phase when the machinery of the industrial revolution started in Europeand the construction of the steam engine by James watt (1736-1819) was a turning point.
3) Modern Phase of Mechanical engineering - This phase first develops most in United States for the military needs of the country after first world war and then innovation takes place in different fields like self-driving cars,3-D printing technology,space crafts,nano-technology etc.
First formal education as a subject of mechanical started in America by 1825 for its defence & military research as U.S military Academy.
Started from wooden wheel, screw now-a-days mechanical engineering almost covered each & every space of mankind from automatic-toothbrush to 3D printing, self-driving vehicles,solar aeroplanes etc.
Some Famous mechanical engineer's of India: Kalpana Chawla,Anil Kumble, Arvind Kejriwal, Manohar Parrikar,Ola founder Ankit Bhati, Snapdeal founder Kunal bahl & next could be you.
This is a brief history of Mechanical engineering,now we will move forward to very interesting & enjoy the deep concepts in step-by-step manner making mech jobs easy for our "The Mechanical Engineer" members.
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