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Andy
Radio Wave
United Kingdom
51 Posts |
 Posted - 02/24/2003 : 22:07:07
After seeing the greatest physicist of all time topic i thought i would start a greatest engineer topic. For me it has to be Brunel as he had designed so much stuff like bridges, tunnels and lots of other stuff that are all still being used today in Great Britain. I hope i have put this in the right place but i couldnt see an engineering forum. "Captain Americas been torn apart now he's a court jester with a broken heart." Guns N'Roses
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eNtRopY_137
Infrared Wave
USA
226 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2003 : 00:52:07
Some would say Tesla, others would say Edison... but I think most would agree on eNtRopY!
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Andy
Radio Wave
United Kingdom
51 Posts |
 Posted - 02/25/2003 : 20:31:30
Was tesla an engineer or a physicist or was he both?"Captain Americas been torn apart now he's a court jester with a broken heart." Guns N'Roses
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J-Man
Visible Light Wave
USA
744 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2003 : 01:18:24
I am the greatest of course!  "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bulls***."
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eNtRopY_137
Infrared Wave
USA
226 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2003 : 01:51:25
quote:
Originally posted by Andy:
Was tesla an engineer or a physicist or was he both?
Well, he invented tesla coils and the induction motor -- among many other EM devices. Since engineering is the study of technology, I'd say he was definately an engineer.
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schwartzchildradius999
X-Ray Wave
USA
1857 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2003 : 11:30:04
Lots of engineers call themselves physicists. Doesn't seem to be a trend t'other way 'round though... hmmm. wonder why.JUPPITER OMNIPOTES, AUDACIBUS ANNUE COEPTIS
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Acronym
Radio Wave
USA
1 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2003 : 11:36:16
I would say tesla was an engineering, way ahead of his time(and our time). He envisioned the television broadcast system we use, and radar 20 years before used in ww2. Not to mention his knowledge of power transmission and weather alteration(same technology was used by russia not to long ago which caused rain over moscow).
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Artman
Micro Wave
USA
132 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2003 : 16:30:55
You could add DaVinci and Michelangelo to the list. Michelangelo designed the roof dome of Saint Peters which is still standing. Bernard Strouse an engineer who worked in Atlantic City designed the mechanical systems for many of the hotels and casinos in that city. That is a bigger accomplishment then you might think. A casino environment along a seashore with the problems associated with salt air and moisture, coupled with high concentrations of people, and limitations in elevation for sanitary sewers (due to close proximity to sea level), smoke control for the high rise structures, etc., make for difficult design problems. Whoever engineered the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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russ_watters
Radio Wave
USA
53 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2003 : 18:49:44
Kelley Johnson of Skunk Works for modern engineers. I'm not sure you can compare 20th century engineers to past ones - the tools were so much different.
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