World of Engineering
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The 10 greatest Engineers of all time:
1.Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily.
2.Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.
3.George Stephenson
George Stephenson (1781–1848) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement.
4.Nikolaus Otto
Nicolaus August Otto (1832–1891) was a German engineer who successfully developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine which ran on petroleum gas and led to the modern internal combustion engine.
5.Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 –1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.
6.Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.
7.Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.
8.Henry Ford
Henry Ford (1863-1947) was an American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production.
9.Wilber and Orville Wright
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (1871–1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867–1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.
10.Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, product architect, and former chairman of Tesla, Inc.; owner, chairman, and CTO of X Corp.; founder of the Boring Company and xAI; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and president of the Musk Foundation.

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