The first practical application of electricity was the telegraph, invented by Samuel F.B. Morse in 1837. The need for engineering was not in demand The need for electrical engineers was not felt until some 40 years later, upon the invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell and of the incandescent lamp (1878) by Thomas A Edison. These devices and Edison's first central generating plant in New York City (1882) created a large demand for men trained to …showed first 75 words of 870 total…

…showed last 75 words of 870 total…vering new applications and principles of operation, (3) development of new materials, devices, assemblies, and systems suitable for existing or proposed product lines, (4) design of devices, equipment, and systems for manufacture, (5) field-testing of equipment and systems, (6) establishment of quality control standards to be observed in manufacture, (7) supervision of manufacture and production testing, (8) postproduction assessment of performance, maintenance, and repair, and (9) engineering management, or the direction of research, development, engineering, manufacture, and marketing and sales. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**