a) Look around you. How many things can you find that have been influenced by the work of a mechanical engineer? b) Investigate the early lathes and explain the improvements made in today’s models. c)...

a) Look around you. How many things can you find that have been influenced by the work of a mechanical engineer?

b) Investigate the early lathes and explain the improvements made in today’s models.

c) Explore in greater depth the effect the iron industry had upon the Industrial Revolution.

d) Who are some of the important names in the early days of the Industrial Revolution and what did they do for the revolution?

e) Where would mechanical engineering be without the Industrial Revolution?

f) Pick a period in the time between 1700-1999. Look closely at the contributions made by mechanical engineers.