For nearly four hundred years, the Roman Empire dominated the western world. Many characteristics made it possible to achieve feats that seemed impossible. Engineering and technology were the key components to the development and great empire, which produced remarkable structures and designs that are in the present world today. ! The people in Ancient Rome put their knowledge to work to build aqueducts to fix their major problem of water so they can devote their time to building other impressive things like the Colosseum, the Amphitheater, and bridges.
The Roman Empire was a very intelligent civilization that was responsible for many astounding creations that put their engineering skills to the test. The Roman civilization built many massive buildings, canals, and even entertainment centers, and many of them are still standing today. Two of the most amazing objects that the Romans created were the waterway systems, called aqueducts, and the Roman Coliseum. Both of these amazing and absolutely massive creations are still standing today. One of the biggest engineering feats that the Romans created was their miraculous Aqueducts.
The Industrial Revolution, The Birth of Lithography & Film The Industrial Revolution was the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century that began in Britain and spread throughout the world. During that time German actor and playwright, Alois Senefelder came up with a unique invention in 1798, which was primarily based on letterpress printing. His inventions began with basic printing on printing plates, surface treatments, and various inks. Unlike previous printmaking techniques such as engraving, which required advanced craft skills, lithography allowed the artist to draw directly onto the plate with familiar pens. He later developed crayon, which was fundamental in making corrections on some of the printing work done on limestone and copper plates.
He began by studying the architecture and design of many old mysterious Roman buildings. He designed the dome, the interior, and several machines to help lift tons of materials and marble, and even a boat to transport marble down the Arno River. After all what he did for the city of Florence and for the Cathedral, some believed that he influenced the renaissance greatly, but others think that he was the product of it. I believe that Filippo was a great influence for the renaissance. Since the renaissance was a period of European History that was a cultural rebirth, he brought many new ideas into the world.
Lastly, it aimed at showing how building the Panama Canal required lot of endurance, hard work and patience that would drive America into a world economic power. Summary: It was at the dawn of the 20th century that a colossal engineering project was underway which the World had never seen before. The Panama Canal was to link both the pacific and Atlantic oceans. The French Ferdinand de Lesseps was the first person to try and construct the Panama Canal. Ferdinand de Lesseps was called “Le Grand Francais” a legendary builder because of his success in building the Suez Canal.
Ghiberti was originally trained as a goldsmith and his work always contained elements of the International Gothic style. He was also a designer of stained glass, an architect, a bronze caster, a writer and a collector of Classical sculpture. Ghiberti’s work marks the changeover from the International Gothic to the Renaissance style. Ghiberti’s contribution to the development of Florentine Renaissance sculpture is shown in his relief sculpture. There are many innovations Ghiberti applied when making the sculptures for the doors.
Samuel Morse invented many machines. There were two important ones that I want to share with you; they are the Telegraph machine and the Morse code. Samuel also created many paintings for many popular people. The Industrial Revolution enabled Samuel Morse to be a great inventor because there was a change in demographics in the U.S.A., advances in technology allowing for new inventions, and the development of a modern military. In 1825, Morse was commissioned by the city of New York to paint a portrait of the Marquis De Lafayette in Washington for $1000.
Locomotives were an instant success everybody liked and wanted to use them, they could take people to live in towns and cities they otherwise would have never been to. Some of the positives of the introduction of the railway were things as simple as getting people to where they wanted to go faster than usual or things as unusual as people earning their money from racing trains and everything in between. They were a massive breakthrough in British technology, this is what made them that bit more exiting for the people in the 1800’s. Even though there wasn’t as much money around then as there is now there was a sudden increase in the amount of people buying houses in other towns as soon as locomotives came out, this meant more money for estate agents and landlords. There was also a lot more money in the sports industry because more people would be able to get to sport games because they could get a train.
Persian Empire The Persian Empire was one of not just a great military conquering empire but one of immense beauty and technological engineering of it’s kind and age. This empire was built on engineering feats never before seen from roadways to canals, to even finding water and filter water from rocks Persia was also ruled by some of the greatest kings of all time, from Cyrus the Great to Darius the III. This vast empire was ruled all the way from North Africa to Northern India or otherwise know as Asia minor. One of the first kings of Persia was Cyrus the Great. Cyrus knew that one thing they needed to become one of the greatest empires of all time was to be able to channel water to there empire, so Cyrus was the first to come up with the first way of getting water out of rocks.
No invention of the 1800's played a more vital role in the Industrial Revolution than the steam locomotive and railroad, triggering the biggest leap in transportation technology in history. The technology central to railroads, the steam engine, needed two major improvements. First of all, a way had to be found to convert the oscillating motion of the steam engine to rotary motion so it could drive the locomotive's wheels. The solution came with James Watt's Sun and Planet gear, which connected the piston to the wheels somewhat off center to drive it forward. Secondly there was a need for stronger iron so boilers could create and withstand the pressure needed to drive steam locomotives.