Today in History – April 10, 1662 – Robert Hooke’s first publication – a pamphlet on capillary action, to the Society for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematical Experimental Learning. The Society had been constituted, to promote experimental philosophy, by at a meeting of a dozen scientists in Gresham College on 28 Nov 1660. The Society subsequently [...]

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Today in History – April 9, 1967 – The Boeing 737 makes its maiden flight. Boeing initiated the design in 1958 and received its first order in 1965. Since then the Boeing 737 has become a top selling airplane with approximately 6,000 orders. John McMasters was an expert engineer at Boeing who had an endless [...]

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Today in History – March 19, 1932 – the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia, was opened. It is the world’s largest steel-arch Bridge. For more information, see the Engineering Pathway’s resources on bridge design and construction. For related educational resources, visit the Civil Engineering Education or Construction Engineering Education disciplinary communities. Also today in 1883 the [...]

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Today in History – March 16, 1926 – Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard launched the world’s first successful liquid-fuel rocket. Goddard’s rocket was a very small contraption connected to tanks with gasoline and liquid oxygen, and sitting atop a frame 10 feet tall. It screeched into the air for a few seconds, reaching an altitude of [...]

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Today in History – March 14, 1987 – First Pi Day is celebrated.  3/14 (3.14) was chosen by physicist Larry Shaw of the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco to be celebrated as Pi Day. For more information, browse the Engineering Pathway’s educational resources on Pi Day and other irrational numbers.

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