Timeline of fluid and continuum mechanics

This timeline describes the major developments, both experimental and theoretical understanding of fluid mechanics and continuum mechanics. This timeline includes developments in:

Prehistory and antiquity

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Free body diagram of a ball floating on water. The principles of buoyancy were known in classical antiquity.

Middle ages

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Renaissance

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17th century

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18th century

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1832 steam engine based on James Watt's principles.

19th century

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An F/A-18C Hornet breaks the sound barrier in the skies. Description of fluid at supersonic speeds were explored at the end of the 19th century before the development of manned airplanes.

20th century

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Schlieren photograph showing the thermal convection plume rising from an ordinary candle in still air. Precise mathematical theories of turbulence were not invented until the 20th century.

21st century

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See also

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References

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