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Great Achievements in Engineering

 

Roman Roads

http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-ways-roads-helped-rome-rule-the-ancient-world

 

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/roman-roads/

 

http://www.ancient.eu/article/758/

 

http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-roads.php

 

 

Water Delivery Systems

http://www.callnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/History-of-Plumbing-Timeline-Infographic1.pdf

 

http://www.portapotty.net/plumbing/

 

http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-rome/videos/cities-of-the-underworld-3-vesuvius-ancient-aqueduct

 

http://www.crystalinks.com/romeaqueducts.html

 

 

Seat Belts and Air Bags

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/three-point-seatbelt-inventor-nils-bohlin-born

 

http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/History-Of-Seat-Belts.htm

 

http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/seat-belt-history.cfm

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/the-man-who-saved-a-million-lives-nils-bohlin-inventor-of-the-seatbelt-1773844.html

 

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=B7GjAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA455&lpg=PA455&dq=engineering+challenges+of+seatbelts&source=bl&ots=_0XV6XJDTw&sig=kf340MKP39yYu8fh3FIwuE4VaOA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5s-esxM3KAhVP12MKHXW3ASkQ6AEIMzAE#v=onepage&q=engineering%20challenges%20of%20seatbelts&f=false

 

 

Air bags

http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/air_bags.htm

 

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/airbags/airbags_invented.html

 

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/airbags.html

 

The Railroad

There are many good resources for this topic. Type in "history of the railroad" in the Google search bar

 

http://www.ushistory.org/us/25b.asp

 

http://www.american-rails.com/railroad-history.html

 

http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad

 

 

Panama Canal

There are many good resources for this topic. Type in "history of the Panama Canal" in the Google search bar

 

 

Earthquake Resistant Buildings

http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/earthquake-resistant-buildings.htm

 

https://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/damage/building.html

 

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/big-idea/10/earthquakes

 

http://imaginationstationtoledo.org/content/2011/03/can-you-build-an-earthquake-proof-building/

 

http://mceer.buffalo.edu/1906_Earthquake/industry_impacts/impact-building-codes.asp

 

http://earthquakequestions.com/earthquake-proof-buildings.htm

 

 

Particle Accelerator

https://www.aip.org/history/exhibits/lawrence/epa.htm

 

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/april-2014/ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-particle-accelerators

 

Higgs Boson

http://home.cern/about/updates/2013/05/basics-higgs-boson

 

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/208652-what-is-the-higgs-boson

 

 

Fire Proof Fabric

http://www2.dupont.com/Public_Sector_ER/en_GB/Nomex_the_fibre/Nomex_History.html

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomex

 

http://www.ehow.com/about_7371432_history-flame_retardant-clothing.html

 

https://prezi.com/7qzrnmqqhilf/nomex/

 

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/nomex.html