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This category is the top-level index for the atlas's Invention entities: the specific devices, machines and technical innovations this atlas documents, each covering its own working principle, development history and the problem it was built to solve. Each entry covers a specific invention rather than the engineer who created it, the material it is built from or the method used to make it, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.

All Invention
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Blockchain

Software Engineering

Bloomery

Metallurgical Engineering

Blow Molding Machine

Materials Engineering

Blue and White Pottery

Materials Engineering

Bluetooth

Computer Engineering

Blu-ray Disc

Electrical Engineering

Boat Lift

Civil Engineering

Bobbinet Machine

Textile Engineering

Bolt

Mechanical Engineering

Bomb

Chemical Engineering

Bow Thruster

Marine Engineering

Box Girder Bridge

Civil Engineering

Braille

Biomedical Engineering

Brain implant

Biomedical Engineering

Brain-Computer Interface

Biomedical Engineering

Breakwater

Civil Engineering

Brinell Hardness Tester

Materials Engineering

Bubble Wrap

Materials Engineering

Bulbous Bow

Marine Engineering

Bulldozer

Mechanical Engineering

Bunsen Burner

Chemical Engineering

Cabin Pressurization

Aerospace Engineering

Cable-Stayed Bridge

Civil Engineering

Caisson

Civil Engineering

Calendering Machine

Textile Engineering

Calico

Textile Engineering

Camcorder

Electrical Engineering

Camera

Mechanical Engineering

Camshaft

Mechanical Engineering

Can Opener

Mechanical Engineering

Canal Lock

Civil Engineering

Canard (Aeronautics)

Aerospace Engineering

Cannon

Mechanical Engineering

Cantilever Bridge

Civil Engineering

Capacitor

Electrical Engineering

Capstan

Marine Engineering

Carbon Monoxide Detector

Electrical Engineering

Carburetor

Mechanical Engineering

Carburizing

Metallurgical Engineering

Cardiac Catheterization

Biomedical Engineering

Carding Machine

Textile Engineering

Cardiotocograph

Biomedical Engineering

Cascading Style Sheets

Software Engineering

Cash Register

Mechanical Engineering

Cassette Tape

Electrical Engineering

Cast-Iron Bridge

Civil Engineering

Catalytic Reforming

Chemical Engineering

Catapult

Mechanical Engineering

Cathode Ray Tube

Electrical Engineering

Celadon

Materials Engineering

Cellophane

Chemical Engineering

Cellulose Acetate

Chemical Engineering

Cementation Process

Metallurgical Engineering

Centerboard

Marine Engineering

Centrifugal Casting Machine

Materials Engineering

Centrifugal Governor

Mechanical Engineering

Centrifugal Pump

Mechanical Engineering

Centrifuge

Mechanical Engineering

Cervelliere

Materials Engineering

Chainsaw

Mechanical Engineering

Charpy Impact Tester

Materials Engineering

Chip Log

Marine Engineering

Chlor-Alkali Process

Chemical Engineering

Circuit Breaker

Electrical Engineering

Circular Knitting Machine

Textile Engineering

City and South London Railway

Civil Engineering

Claims to the first airplane flight

Aerospace Engineering

Claw of Archimedes

Mechanical Engineering

Claymore

Materials Engineering

Clock Tower

Civil Engineering

Closed-Circuit Television

Electrical Engineering

Clothes Dryer

Mechanical Engineering

Clothes Iron

Electrical Engineering

Cloud Computing

Software Engineering

Cloverleaf Interchange

Civil Engineering

Clutch

Mechanical Engineering

Coandă-1910

Aerospace Engineering

Cochlear Implant

Biomedical Engineering

Cofferdam

Civil Engineering

Cold Fusion

Nuclear Engineering

Cold Isostatic Press

Materials Engineering

Cold Spray

Materials Engineering

Combine Harvester

Mechanical Engineering

Common battery system

Electrical Engineering

Compact Disc

Electrical Engineering

Compass

Marine Engineering

Compiler

Software Engineering

Composite Autoclave

Materials Engineering

Compressed Air Dryer

Mechanical Engineering

Computed Tomography

Biomedical Engineering

Computer Keyboard

Computer Engineering

Computer Mouse

Computer Engineering

Computer Numerical Control

Industrial Engineering

Concrete Mixer

Mechanical Engineering

Contact Lens

Biomedical Engineering

Contact Process

Chemical Engineering

Content Management System

Software Engineering

Continuous Casting Machine

Materials Engineering

Continuous Glucose Monitor

Biomedical Engineering

Control Chart

Industrial Engineering
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Sources
Technology: A World History
Daniel R. Headrick, Oxford University Press, 2009
  • Contains: The Telephone
  • Contains: The Laser
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A History of Technology
Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954Contains: The Jet EngineView the Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
  • Contains: Radio
  • Contains: Television
  • Contains: The Automobile
  • Contains: The Internal Combustion Engine
  • Contains: The Computer
  • Contains: The Analytical Engine
  • Contains: The World Wide Web
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Bi Sheng (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationContains: Movable Type PrintingView the Source
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