What is mechanical engineering? What a mechanical engineering does? How did the mechanical engineering change through ages? What is the future of mechanical engineering? This book answers these questions in a lucid manner. It also provides a brief chronological history of landmark events and answers questions such as: When was steam engine invented? Where was first CNC machine developed? When did the era of additive manufacturing start? When did the marriage of mechanical and electronics give birth to discipline of mechatronics? This book informs and create interest on mechanical engineering in the general public and particular in students. It also helps to sensitize the engineering fraternity about the historical aspects of engineering. At the same time, it provides a common sense knowledge of mechanical engineering in a handy manner.

Although there are some books on the History of Engineering, there is hardly a book presenting the history of mechanical engineering from the ancient period till today Salient features of mechanical engineering and its historical development Provides a vision for the future of mechanical engineering for educators Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
What is Mechanical Engineering.- Landmark Revolutionary Inventions in Mechanical Engineering.- History of Mechanics.- History of Thermodynamics.- Manufacturing.- Emergence of Production and Industrial Engineering.- History of Mechatronics.- Future of Mechanical Engineering.