Engineering Essays and Term Papers

1834 in the Kingdom of Württemburg. Gottlieb was a German inventor and engineer who made significant contributions to the Automotive Industry.         Gottlieb Daimler was a man of the frontier, stretching in every sense beyond boundaries. His…

and inventor, born in Greenock, Scotland. He is a most famous historical figure noted particularly for the development work he did on the steam engine in the 1760s. He so improved the steam engine invented by Newcomer that he made it a really effective…

law... which it is within the capacity of man to reproduce.' -Leonardo da Vinci The Wright Brothers may have invented the first airplane, made the first successful flight, and gone down in history as aviation pioneers, but the theory…

stands pround among the worlds top supercars. The Toyota Supra is unsurpassed in its quality and smoothness on the road. As someone flies by and all you see is a blur most chances it might be a Supra. The car turns heads as it quietly zooms down…

If you have ever driven a car with an automatic transmission, then you know that there are two big differences between an automatic transmission and a manual transmission: There is no clutch pedal in an automatic transmission car. There is no…

engine is a complex propulsion device which draws in air by means of an intake, compresses it, heats it by means of an internal combustion engine, which when expelled it turns a turbine to produce thrust, resulting in a force sufficient enough…

Have you ever wondered how things like inline skate wheels and electric motors spin so smoothly and quietly? The answer can be found in a neat little machine called a bearing. The bearing makes many of the machines we use every day possible. Without…

surprised to find out that your car has more than one clutch in it. And it turns out that folks with automatic transmission cars have clutches, too. In fact, there are clutches in many things you probably see or use everyday: Many cordless drills have…

for centuries. Brewing beer started about 6000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia. Back then, people brewed beer and baked bread similarly. These days, beer brewing has become a science.         Brewing beer is a complex biochemical process,…

very adverse conditions. Technical rock climbers "...often have a stronger relationship with their rope then they do with their significant other--and trust it more too." (Rock and Ice) Some of the harsh conditions which ropes are subjected to while…