Today in History – January 09, 1839 – Louis Daguerre announces his photographic process. The first permanent photograph was made in 1826 by Joseph Niepce. Together with Louis Daguerre they further refined the process. The process involved silver-coated copper plates mixed with iodine to create a layer of silver iodine. After being exposed to light [...]
Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: The Daguerrotype process revealed
January 9th, 2012 · Add a Comment
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Burton Patents Thermal Cracking
January 7th, 2012 · Add a Comment
Today in History – January 7, 1913 – William Merriam Burton is awarded the patent for thermal cracking. Cracking is a process where organic molecules and broken down into simpler molecules by breaking carbon-carbon bonds. This process is used to breakdown crude oil into one of its many products. These methods were pioneered in by [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Construction Begins on the Golden Gate Bridge
January 5th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Today in History – January 5, 1892 – Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge. After years of gathering support and funding for the bridge, Joseph Strauss oversaw its construction. The project was so massive that a Golden Gate District was formed to build the bridge. All in all the bridge ended up costing about [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: World’s First Electric Wristwatch is Released
January 3rd, 2012 · Add a Comment
Today in History – January 3, 1957 – The world’s first electric wristwatch is released. The Hamilton watch company began research on an electric watch in 1946. Ten years later they released their watch with great success. Prior to this watch most watches kept time using a balance wheel that was kept in motion using [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: World’s First Practical Steam Powered Fire Engine
January 1st, 2012 · Add a Comment
Today in History – January 1, 1853 – The world’s first practical steam-powered fire engine made its debut. In the spring of 1852, Abel Shawk, Alexander Bonner Latta, and Miles Greenwood began construction on the first practical steam-powered fire engine. While other fire engines had existed, theirs was significantly faster, being able to pump water [...]
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