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were notable in their use of metallurgy and incorporation of iron weapons. Many of their advancements were in military equipment. They were not the first to develop them, but did make advancements on the wheel and the chariot. They made use of pivot-able axles on their wagons, allowing easy turning.
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Although wind power provided a source of energy away from riverside estate and saw massive improvements in its harnessing, it could not replace the consistent and strong power of the watermill. Water would remain the primary source of power of pre-industrial urban industry through the Renaissance.
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to lift stones. These cranes were powered with human tread wheels and were based on earlier Mesopotamian water-pulley systems. The Greeks would later develop mechanical artillery independently of the Chinese. The first of these would fire darts, but advancements allowed for stone to be tossed at
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At the end of the Renaissance, scientists and engineers were beginning to experiment with steam power. Most of the early apparatuses faced problems of low horsepower, inefficiency, or danger. The need arose for an effective and economical power source because of the flooding of deep-mines in
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Engineering arose in early civilization as a general discipline for the creation of large scale structures such as irrigation, architecture, and military projects. Advances in food production through irrigation allowed a portion of the population to become specialists in
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has reduced design times and allowed for precision manufacturing. Engineers are able to simulate the forces and stresses of designs through computer programs. Automated and Computerized manufacturing allowed many new fields to emerge from Mechanical Engineering such as
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likely used a mechanical pump powered by these pulleys to transport water to the roof gardens. The Mesopotamians would advance even further by replacing "the substitution of continuous for intermittent motion, and the rotary for back-and-forth motion" by 1,200 BC.
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is another example of the use of engineering to boost efficiency of water transportation. Although the Early Egyptians built colossal structures such as the pyramids, they did not develop pulleys for the lifting of heavy stone, and used the wheel very little.
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Metallurgy advanced by a large degree during the Middle Ages, with higher quality iron allowing for more sturdy constructions and designs. Mills and mechanical power provided a consistent supply of trip-hammer strikes and air from the bellows.
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became instrumental in the production of many goods such as food, fabric, leathers, and papers. These machines used were some of the first to use cogs and gears, which greatly increased the mills productivity. The
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was a notable engineer, designing and studying many mechanical systems that were focused around transportation and warfare His designs would later be compared to early aircraft design.
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The Middle Ages saw the wide spread adoption of machines to aid in labor. The many rivers of England and northern Europe allowed the power of moving water to be utilized. The
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Wind-power later became the new source of energy in Europe, supplementing the water mill. This advancement moved out of Europe into the Middle East during the Crusades.
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brought steam powered factories utilizing mechanical engineering concepts. These advances allowed an incredible increase in production scale, numbers, and efficiency.
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with the Cicilian Frontier and was a continuation of the complex city clocks in Eastern Rome. These grand machines diffused into the Arabian Empire under
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Dual-roller gins appeared in India and China between the 12th and 14th centuries. This mechanical device was, in some areas, driven by waterpower. The
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two centuries before escapement devices were found in medieval European clocks and also invented the world's first known endless power-transmitting
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With the advents of computers in the 20th century, more precise design and manufacturing methods were available to engineers. The rise of
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allowed rotational force to be converted into directional force. Less significantly, tides of bodies of water were also harnessed.
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were built using three of the six simple machines, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the lever, to create structures like the
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in 1825. Education in mechanical engineering has historically been based on a strong foundation in mathematics and science.
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Because of the increased complexity of engineering projects, many disciplines of engineer collaborate and specialize in
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would develop in the early 20th century as an offshoot of mechanical engineering, eventually incorporating rocketry.
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The application of mechanical engineering can be seen in the archives of various ancient societies. The
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is noted to have worked on a signal system using clocks in the Byzantine Empire in 850, connecting
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during the 4th century BC. It lifted water 3 to 8 metres with less expenditure of labor and time.
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mechanism first appeared around 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where it was used in a simple
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is also credited with developing the calculus independently of Newton during this time period.
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With the exception of a few machines, engineering and science stagnated in the West due to the
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The first schools in the United States to offer an mechanical engineering education were the
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They were also one of the first armies to use the move-able siege tower and battering ram.
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The spinning jenny was basically an adaptation of its precursor the spinning wheel
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machine, which appeared in Mesopotamia circa 3000 BC, and then in
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Index

Mechanical engineering
force multipliers
machines
mathematics
physics
materials sciences
engineering disciplines
Ancient Babylon
simple machines
ancient Near East
wedge
inclined plane
prehistoric
Mesopotamian
wheel and axle
potter's wheel
Near East
vehicles
Eastern Europe
lever
balance scale
ancient Egyptian technology
shadoof
crane
ancient Egyptian technology
pulleys
ancient Egypt
Twelfth Dynasty
screw
Neo-Assyrian

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