| Common Era |
Event |
| 50 - 120 |
Hero writes treatises on mechanics, math, and physics: PNEUMATICA, AUTOMATIOPOIETIKE, MECHANICA, METRICA, and DIOPRA. (Hero, Alexandria, Egypt) |
| 1571 - 1572 |
INSTRUMENTS MATHEMATIQUES ET MECHANIQUES shows math concepts applied to machines. (France, Geneva) |
| 1638 |
Galileo demonstrates parabolic trajectory: based on fundamental laws of motion (on mechanics). (Galileo Galilei, Italy) |
| 1752 |
Fluid mechanics taught at Mezier's engineering school. |
| 1799 |
TRAITE DE MECHANIQUE CELESTE published. (Pierre Laplace) |
| 1820 - 1829 |
Mechanics' institutes founded by merchants and manufacturers: origin of many current organizations. (James Neilson, etc, Britain) |
| 1823 |
MECHANICS MAGAZINE founded. (Britain) |
| 1824 |
Franklin Institute founded for promotion of the mechanical arts: held biannual fairs. (Philadelphia) |
| 1828 |
Ohio Mechanics Institute in Cincinnati founded. (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| 1847 |
Institute of Mechanical Engineering formally founded (organizing meeting 10/7/1846). (George Stephenson, Queens Hotel, Britain) |
| 1851 - 1876 |
US leads in technical innovation and precision in mechanical engineering employment and activity (tools, pumps, steam engines, etc). (US) |
| 1855 |
Title of mechanical engineer comes into use, especially in reference to railroad machinery. (US) |
| 1858 |
A MANUAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS published: combines theoretical and practical application of mechanics, first use of 'applied mechanics' as title. (Wm J McQuorn Rankine, Scotland) |
| 1861 |
MIT chartered: opens in 1865 and introduces mechanical engineering education as a separate curriculum. (Wm B Rogers, Boston) |
| 1871 - 1874 |
Thurston (1839-1903) established first model mechanical engineering curriculum and early laboratory. (Robt H Thurston, Stevens Institute, Hoboken) |
| 1874 |
Morrill Land-Grant (1862): mechanical engineering program supported by appointments from Naval Engine Corporation. (Purdue Univ, Indiana) |
| 1877 |
AMERICAN MACHINIST founded (McGraw-Hill Publishing Company). (New York) |
| 1880 |
ASME forms elite group of US mechanical engineers in response to rapid technical growth and complex organization structures. (Robt H Thurston, New York City) |
| 1889 |
American Boiler Manufacturers' Association organizes. (US) |
| 1889 - 1905 |
Struggle for professional status of mechanical engineer, even among ASME leadership. (US) |
| 1894 |
ASH&VE founded: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). (New York, Atlanta) |
| 1896 |
American Foundrymen's Society (AFS) founded. (Des Plaines, Ill) |
| 1902 |
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES IN STATISTICAL MECHANICS published. (J Willard Gibbs, US) |
| 1902 |
Lathe builders organize National Machine Tool Builders' Association. (Wm Lodge, US) |
| 1909 |
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING magazine published: first as JOURNAL 1909, then renamed ME 1919. (Lester G French, New York) |
| 1914 - 1918 |
WW I provides unprecedented stimulus to mechanical innovation: especially through research and technology transfer. (Europe) |
| 1933 |
Machine and Allied Products Institute created in fall of 1933. (W H Rastall, US) |
| 1951 |
Groupement Pour L'Avancement de la Mecanique Industrielle (GAMI) founded: Saint Quen Cedex. (France) |
