Timelines tagged “engineering”
4 timelines
- Desalination
Desalination from solar distillation in 1872 through thermal plants, practical membranes, energy recovery, and large municipal water systems in 2024.
- Electrification
The expansion of electric power from Faraday's induction experiments in 1831 to Bangladesh's universal-access declaration in 2022, through generators, grids, industrial motors and rural connections.
- Refrigeration
Cooling and cold storage from ancient Persian ice houses to the Kigali Amendment in 2016, including mechanical refrigeration, refrigerated trade, domestic appliances and vaccine distribution.
- Robotics
Robotics from al-Jazari’s mechanical devices in 1206 to industrial humanoids in 2026: automata, factory arms, autonomous machines, space exploration, surgical systems, and household robots.