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Year places an invention in the year it was actually patented or first demonstrated. Wikipedia records that "in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be granted a United States patent" for the telephone. Browsing by year sets an invention in the wider timeline of technology history.

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Main Engineering Branch
Mechanical Engineering 1
Field Founding Era
1958 2
21st century
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplines
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The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
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2. Wikipedia: Aerospace engineering
WikipediaHistory, 1958 first definition
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The first definition of aerospace engineering appeared in February 1958, considering the Earth's atmosphere and outer space as a single realm.
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