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The 5 greatest engineers of all time
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| September 14, 2012
| Suzanne Deffree
Posted on 09/14/2012 2:23:44 PM PDT by null and void
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Edison came in 5th.
No, I'm not listing them, it's worth reading the stories and reasoning for the picks.
To: null and void
I’m disappointed John Roebling didn’t make the list. He designed the Brooklyn Bridge.
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The Beaver, MIT’s mascot.
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09/14/2012 2:29:32 PM PDT
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Huskrrrr
To: null and void
I’m down with Kelly Johnson, for sure.
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09/14/2012 2:30:23 PM PDT
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andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: BillyBonebrake
That would be a better choice than Leon Moisseiff...
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09/14/2012 2:31:21 PM PDT
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null and void
(Day 1334 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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That Leonardo da Vinci made the list and Isambard Kingdom Brunel didn't tells me they have their priorities wrong. Leonardo da Vinci’s designs were advanced, but he never got most of them to work. Brunel may have been ahead of his time, but all of his stuff worked. It may not have made money, but from an engineering perspective it always worked. Finall there is the low ranking of Edision. His stuff was advanced, worked and made tons of money.
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09/14/2012 2:31:32 PM PDT
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GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: null and void
The guy who invented beer should be on that list but then again, maybe he wasn’t an engineer.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Charles Algernon Parsons
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09/14/2012 2:31:43 PM PDT
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Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: null and void
The builders of the pyramids. With little technology other than rudimentary tools they built something that lasted centuries and still awe inspiring.
To: andyk
I agree. Kelly Johnson did everything from the P-38 Lightning to the SR-71, and IIRC, even had something of a consulting role in the F-117. You don’t stay cutting edge for half a century without being an absolute genius.
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09/14/2012 2:32:40 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: null and void
#1 engineer?
George Smith. Hands down.
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posted on
09/14/2012 2:39:27 PM PDT
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Michael.SF.
(Romney was right about the Olympics, but neither the Brits or the Dems will admit it.)
To: null and void
Kinda shocked that it wasn't:
#1 Barack Obama - Currently Engineering the downfall of America
#2 Democrats - Enabling Obama
/sarc
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09/14/2012 2:40:44 PM PDT
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PJBankard
(I told my friends I was heading to Octermocty for the weekend. They replied... "Wear the fox hat")
To: bigheadfred
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09/14/2012 2:42:13 PM PDT
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null and void
(Day 1334 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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When Julius Caesar invaded Germany, his engineers built a wooden bridge across the Rhine in just a few days. It was capable of carrying infantry and vehicles.
When they recrossed headed back towards Rome, they destroyed it.
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09/14/2012 2:43:11 PM PDT
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yarddog
To: null and void
Did they put Tesla in there, or was he considered more inventor than engineer? Lots of overlap from my view.
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09/14/2012 2:44:33 PM PDT
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Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: null and void
Casey Jones has to be first.
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09/14/2012 2:45:10 PM PDT
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mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: null and void
I’m glad to see Tesla was at the top. He invented the basis for modern civilizaion to the extent it depends on AC power. If Edison would have had his way we would have been stuck with small local DC power plants. The Supreme Court finally ruled that Tesla, not Marconi invented the radio.
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09/14/2012 2:46:23 PM PDT
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meatloaf
(Support Senate S 1863 & House Bill 1380 to eliminate oil slavery.)
To: Secret Agent Man
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posted on
09/14/2012 2:46:37 PM PDT
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null and void
(Day 1334 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: null and void
I’d nominate Kettering, with a honorable mention for Smokey Yunick.
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09/14/2012 2:47:31 PM PDT
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nascarnation
(Defeat Baraq 2012. Deport Baraq 2013)
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