Choose one event from the Scientific or Industrial Revolution that  you plan to include on your timeline relating to the history of  technology or engineering.

The Scientific Revolution is generally thought to span the 16th and  17th centuries, while the Industrial Revolution between 1760 and  approximately 1840.

Describe the event here, including details about the event itself as well as its significance to the development of mathematics.

Explain  why you choose this event for your timeline, how it reveals and shaped  its social context (economic, political, and cultural setting), and  whether people at this time understood the importance of the event.