CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL E. Flashcards

1
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Engineering came from the

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Latin word “Ingenium” meaning “Cleverness”

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2
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Four main branches of Engineering;

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Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering.

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3
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  • rectangular city blocks, straight streets with right angles, and dividing the cities based on their purposes.
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Hippodamian plan

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4
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  • Story of rampant shipwrecks due to lack of lighthouse that will provide light in nighttime.
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Eddystone’s Rocks

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5
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The creation of BLANK is the oldest roots of mechanical engineering.

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Wheels

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BLANK of the 18th century marked the greater heights of M.E.

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Steam engine

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BLANK, the British inventor who developed the first successful steam engine with a piston in 1712.

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Thomas Newcomen

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BLANK, an English father-son duo, are famous for their early steam locomotive, which they called, aptly enough, “Locomotion.”

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George and Robert Stephenson

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9
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BLANK is one of the newest divisions of mechanical engineering. From it, we’re already seeing the beginnings of exoskeleton-suits, limbs that move like their biological counterparts, and other robotic implants.

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Advanced biomechanics

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10
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BLANK focuses on harnessing the power of electricity and electromagnetism.

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E.E

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11
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3 Main Branch of E.E:

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Telecommunication, Power & Lighting, and Computer Engineering.

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English physicist BLANK released his principal work, De Magnete, or “On the Magnet”, back in 1600. Father of electrical studies. He discovered electrical attraction and magnetic poles.

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William Gilbert

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13
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BLANK is the movement of electrically charged particles. It was discovered by British scientist – Stephen Gray.

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Electric conduction

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14
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BLANK figured out how to use an electromagnet with a pen so that when the electromagnet was energized, the pen made a mark on the paper. In 1838, he developed a system of dots and dashes, now known as Morse code, so that messages could be easily transmitted.

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Samuel Morse

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BLANK realized that arc light is too bright for homes, that paved way for his creation of the incandescent bulb.

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Alexander Graham Bell

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16
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In their beginning, before World War II, most computers were part of what was called BLANK

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“radio engineering”