--- title: Ideas in Motion | History description: "History | Blog: Setting Ideas into Motion - SDP/SI" --- [Skip to content](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/tag/history#main-content) [![](https://info.designatronics.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/SDP-SI-logo-transparent.png?width=360&height=126&name=SDP-SI-logo-transparent.png)](https://sdp-si.com/) - [About](http://www.designatronics.com/about/index.php) - [Shop Online](https://shop.sdp-si.com/catalog/?__hstc=17737510.210f1aaf230513a9a92a96bd3d2cd1fb.1563472803980.1572466237168.1572470770079.9&__hssc=17737510.2.1572470770079&__hsfp=800286474) - [Blog](https://info.designatronics.com/blog?__hstc=239171548.210f1aaf230513a9a92a96bd3d2cd1fb.1563472803980.1568231254248.1571931475357.7&__hssc=239171548.34.1572470770079&__hsfp=800286474) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [About](http://www.designatronics.com/about/index.php) - [Shop Online](https://shop.sdp-si.com/catalog/?__hstc=17737510.210f1aaf230513a9a92a96bd3d2cd1fb.1563472803980.1572466237168.1572470770079.9&__hssc=17737510.2.1572470770079&__hsfp=800286474) - [Blog](https://info.designatronics.com/blog?__hstc=239171548.210f1aaf230513a9a92a96bd3d2cd1fb.1563472803980.1568231254248.1571931475357.7&__hssc=239171548.34.1572470770079&__hsfp=800286474) - [Contact us](https://www.sdp-si.com/contact-forms/contact-us.php) [Contact us](https://www.sdp-si.com/contact-forms/contact-us.php) --- ###### Ideas in Motion --- [![](https://info.designatronics.com/hubfs/thanksgiving-turkey-1.jpg)](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/why-turkey-became-the-standard-model-for-thanksgiving) ## [Why Turkey Became the Standard Model for Thanksgiving](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/why-turkey-became-the-standard-model-for-thanksgiving) Nov 3, 2025, 6:00:00 AM / by posted in [Engineers](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/engineers), [History](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/history), [Manufacturing](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/manufacturing), [Problem-solving](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/problem-solving), [Creativity](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/creativity) [0 Comments](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/why-turkey-became-the-standard-model-for-thanksgiving#comments-listing)   Every engineer knows that behind every successful system lies a series of smart design choices, and Thanksgiving dinner is no exception. The tradition of a golden, roasted turkey at the center of the holiday table didn’t happen by accident; it evolved through history, practicality, and a bit of optimization. [Read More](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/why-turkey-became-the-standard-model-for-thanksgiving) [![](https://info.designatronics.com/hubfs/ben-franklin-statue.jpg)](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/13-virtues-of-moral-perfection-from-the-autobiography-of-ben-franklin) ## [13 Virtues of Moral Perfection from the Autobiography of Ben Franklin](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/13-virtues-of-moral-perfection-from-the-autobiography-of-ben-franklin) Jan 23, 2020, 4:31:40 PM / by posted in [History](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/history), [Self-Development](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/self-development), [Career](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/career), [Mindfulness](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/mindfulness) [0 Comments](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/13-virtues-of-moral-perfection-from-the-autobiography-of-ben-franklin#comments-listing) In *The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin*, he lists thirteen virtues “all that at that time occurr’d to me as necessary or desirable.” [Read More](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/13-virtues-of-moral-perfection-from-the-autobiography-of-ben-franklin) [![](https://info.designatronics.com/hubfs/Designatronics%20Chains%20Belts%20and%20Pulley%20system.jpg)](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/pulleys-did-you-know) ## [Pulleys: Did You Know?](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/pulleys-did-you-know) May 3, 2019, 9:02:00 AM / by posted in [History](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/history), [Pulleys](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/pulleys), [Belts](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/belts) [1 Comment](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/pulleys-did-you-know#comments-listing) The evolution of pulleys is fascinating. These mechanisms we take for granted in everyday life actually have their roots in civilizations dating back 5500 years. Since then, the number of improvements and uses have increased to a staggering level, forever revolutionizing societies across the globe. [Read More](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/pulleys-did-you-know) [![](https://info.designatronics.com/hubfs/Designatronics_blog_gears_3.jpg)](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/gears-101-the-fascinating-evolution-of-the-gear-for-gearheads) ## [Gears 101: The Fascinating Evolution of the Gear for “Gearheads”](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/gears-101-the-fascinating-evolution-of-the-gear-for-gearheads) Jan 21, 2019, 4:21:21 PM / by posted in [Engineers](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/engineers), [Gears](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/gears), [History](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/history) [1 Comment](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/gears-101-the-fascinating-evolution-of-the-gear-for-gearheads#comments-listing) A natural refinement to the invention of the wheel, gears were thought to have been invented by the Greeks. Philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, wrote about a rotating wheel that turned another wheel in the opposite direction in the fourth century B.C.E. By the third century B.C.E., water wheels and clocks were common on the Greek peninsula. Yet, the first specific mention of gears in Greek writings occurred around 50 C.E. by [Heron of Alexandria](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Heron-of-Alexandria), a mathematician and inventor. Heron is most renowned for *Metrica,* a three-volume compendium of observations of the mathematics and engineering of Babylonia, ancient Egypt, and the Greco-Roman world. 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