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 Field Founding Era Year
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Marine engineering
WikipediaHistory, early Industrial Revolution originQuote, History, early Industrial Revolution origin
Modern marine engineering dates back to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution (early 1700s).
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