9 sentences with 'engineer'
Example sentences and phrases with the word engineer and other words derived from it.
• « Joseph Galamb, a talented engineer, invented the Model T's lightweight and durable "planetary" transmission, an early type of automatic gear, operated by three pedals: one for the brake, one for forward and one for reverse. »
• « The truth is that Harry Bennett knew next to nothing about automobiles. He was not a mechanic, engineer or designer. »
• « The engineer Gustave Eiffel, already famous for his metal bridges, dykes and workshops, was the winner; he initially budgeted his work at 1.5 million gold francs. His calculations came up short: the final cost of the tower was seven and a half million gold francs. »
• « Da Vinci in his old age was the official painter and chief engineer to the French king, living in a private castle provided for him and receiving admiring visits from the king. »
• « Ironically, although Da Vinci was well known as a practical engineer at the time, no one had any idea that he was an inventor in the technological sense: he never built physical models of his ideas, and never published his concepts, so they remained unknown until long after his death. »
• « Most importantly, a Scottish engineer named James Watt developed an efficient steam engine in 1763, which was subsequently manufactured in 1775 (Watt was not the inventor of the concept, but his design was far more efficient than earlier versions). »
• « A Scottish engineer invented a way to pave roads cheaply in the 1830s, and in the 1850s a pan-European overland postal service was established that relied on "post roads" with stations for changing horses. »
• « Building on the work of Arthur de Gobineau, the great 19th century advocate of racial hierarchy, the British writer and engineer Herbert Spencer emerged as the most significant proponent of Social Darwinism. »
• « After a power struggle among the leading members of the communist party, Stalin's successor emerged: Nikita Khrushchev, a former coal miner and engineer who rose through the party's ranks to become its leader. »