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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
Chemical Engineering 1
Field Founding Era
1940 2
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplines
Quote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
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2. Wikipedia: Materials science
WikipediaIntroduction, mid-20th-century recognition
Quote, Introduction, mid-20th-century recognition
Beginning in the 1940s, materials science began to be more widely recognized as a specific and distinct field.
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