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Inventions That Changed The Way We Think

This blog is for the discussion and building on of research methods that have gone before in engineering, or in any case learning from them in whatever sense. The benefit to the present crop of engineers, of sometimes giants, of our world and at others unsung heroes is immense. Without a doubt some of our predecessors had it easy as there was not a lot of technology around and in most cases the theory was well known if unproven, this was primarily due to there being a lack of materials technology to complete the work. Certain of these inventions clearly are a coming together or putting together of existing ideas and are simply process engineering: one of these, the gas turbine, is discussed. Da Vah is currently in Automotive and Defence previously in Marine, HVAC, teaching, inspection and management services having worked for nearly fifty years in the profession; sees the benefit of studying, the research and mind-set of past innovations being lost to the present generation.

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Frank Whittle: Life over view

Posted July 29, 2008 2:31 AM by davah

http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/125/achievements/whittle/telgraph.htm

To gain the insight into the thinking of FW we need first of all to have an overview of his life. The site above has a very good brief on this, that is a mini biography. In paragraphs 9 & 10 we see the origins of FW's engineering, but was it natural or taught? I believe it was both, if it wasn't he would not have taken the teaching from his father nor carried it on with such passion later. The question is would the turbine have come about if there was no passion for engineering? So was the passion taught or not and what is the difference between engineers with passion for what they do and one who is simply taught?


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07/31/2008 1:47 PM

"So was the passion taught or not and what is the difference between engineers with passion for what they do and one who is simply taught?"

Passion is neither learned nor taught, it is inherent, or caught like a disease. One who is infected with a passion will, if properly taught the details of a profession, perform to the highest levels possible. This kind of person is driven from within, and is both blessed and cursed by having that passion.

Blessed because it will propel them to the greatest heights achievable. Cursed because they will have no choice but to pursue that passion, even to the detriment of other parts of their life. But without being taught those details, they are even more cursed, because the passion will go unfulfilled.

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