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This is a list of engineering blunders, i.e., gross errors or mistakes resulting from grave lack of proper consideration, such as stupidity, confusion, carelessness, or culpable ignorance, which resulted in notable incidents. Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused by a faulty blowout preventer.
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This list comprises the largest companies currently in the United States by revenue as of 2024, according to the Fortune 500 tally of companies and Forbes. The Fortune 500 list of companies includes only publicly traded companies, also including tax inversion companies. There are also corporations having foundation in the United States, such as ...
A New England Glass Company ewer, 1840–1860 A Novelty Glass Company advertisement in 1891 An electrical insulator made by Whitall Tatum Company, circa 1922. Alexander Gibbs; An Túr Gloine; Appert Frères; Bakewell, Pears and Company (company had numerous names) Bellaire Goblet Company; Belmont Glass Company; Boston and Sandwich Glass Company ...
Because of their success, these company names are very familiar to us, but most of them have hidden meanings behind their peculiar names. LEGO, for example, is the How 17 famous companies got ...
Engineering disasters often arise from shortcuts in the design process. Engineering is the science and technology used to meet the needs and demands of society. [1] These demands include buildings, aircraft, vessels, and computer software. In order to meet society’s demands, the creation of newer technology and infrastructure must be met ...
Commodities trader Tino De Angelis defrauded clients, including the Bank of America into thinking he was trading vegetable oil. He got loans and made money using the oil as collateral. He showed inspectors tankers of water, with a bit of oil on the surface. When the fraud was exposed, the business collapsed. Herstatt Bank: West Germany: 26 June ...
India’s first female electrical engineer Benjamin G. Lamme: Niagara Falls power engineering Bertha Lamme: Westinghouse's first female engineer, first American woman to graduate in a main discipline of engineering other than civil engineering Georges Leclanché: Primary battery: Morris E. Leeds: Leeds & Northrup measurement and control devices