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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.

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Escalator

Mechanical Engineering

Escapement

Mechanical Engineering

Ethernet

Computer Engineering

Eurostar

Electrical Engineering

Excavator

Mechanical Engineering

Exoskeleton

Industrial Engineering

Experimental Three-Phase Railcar

Electrical Engineering

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Biomedical Engineering

Extrusion Press

Materials Engineering

Eyeglasses

Biomedical Engineering

Fatigue Testing Machine

Materials Engineering

Fax

Electrical Engineering

Ferris Wheel

Civil Engineering

Filament Winding Machine

Materials Engineering

File Transfer Protocol

Software Engineering

Film Tinting

Chemical Engineering

Fin Stabilizer

Marine Engineering

Fingerprint Scanner

Computer Engineering

Fire arrow

Aerospace Engineering

Fire Extinguisher

Industrial Engineering

Fire Hydrant

Civil Engineering

Fire lance

Mechanical Engineering

Fire Sprinkler System

Industrial Engineering

Firearm

Mechanical Engineering

Firewall

Software Engineering

Fireworks

Chemical Engineering

Fischer-Tropsch Process

Chemical Engineering

Fishbone Diagram

Industrial Engineering

Fishing Reel

Mechanical Engineering

Flame Hardening

Metallurgical Engineering

Flash Memory

Computer Engineering

Flashback Arrestor

Mechanical Engineering

Flatbed Scanner

Computer Engineering

Flettner Rotor

Marine Engineering

Flexible Glass

Materials Engineering

Flight Data Recorder

Aerospace Engineering

Flight Recorder

Aerospace Engineering

Floppy Disk

Computer Engineering

Fluidized Bed Reactor

Chemical Engineering

Fluorescent Lamp

Electrical Engineering

Flush Toilet

Mechanical Engineering

Fly-By-Wire

Aerospace Engineering

Flying Scotsman (Locomotive)

Mechanical Engineering

Flying Shuttle

Textile Engineering

Flywheel

Mechanical Engineering

FoldiMate

Mechanical Engineering

Food steamer

Mechanical Engineering

Forklift

Mechanical Engineering

Fountain Pen

Mechanical Engineering

Freeze Drying

Chemical Engineering

Frisbee

Mechanical Engineering

Froth Flotation

Metallurgical Engineering

Fuel Cell

Chemical Engineering

Fuel Gauge

Aerospace Engineering

Fuel Injection

Mechanical Engineering

Fulling Mill

Textile Engineering

Fume Hood

Chemical Engineering

Funicular

Civil Engineering

Gantt Chart

Industrial Engineering

Garbage Disposal

Electrical Engineering

Gas Centrifuge

Nuclear Engineering

Gas Mask

Chemical Engineering

Gas Metal Arc Welding

Mechanical Engineering

Gas Turbine Engine

Mechanical Engineering

Gauge Block

Industrial Engineering

Gear

Mechanical Engineering

Gearbox

Mechanical Engineering

Geiger Counter

Nuclear Engineering

Geodesic Dome

Civil Engineering

Geophone

Geological Engineering

Geotextile

Civil Engineering

GG1

Electrical Engineering

GIF

Software Engineering

Gimbal

Mechanical Engineering

Gladius

Materials Engineering

Glass Cockpit

Aerospace Engineering

Glassblowing

Materials Engineering

Glider

Aerospace Engineering

Glucose Meter

Biomedical Engineering

Go/No-Go Gauge

Industrial Engineering

God helmet

Biomedical Engineering

Gold Cyanidation

Metallurgical Engineering

Goniometer

Mechanical Engineering

Grain Elevator

Civil Engineering

Graphics Processing Unit

Computer Engineering

Graphics Tablet

Computer Engineering

Gravity Dam

Civil Engineering

Greek fire

Chemical Engineering

Grenade

Mechanical Engineering

Groma

Civil Engineering

Ground Proximity Warning System

Aerospace Engineering

Groyne

Civil Engineering

Guardrail

Civil Engineering

Gunpowder

Chemical Engineering

Guyed Mast

Civil Engineering

Gyrocompass

Marine Engineering

Gyroscope

Mechanical Engineering

Haber-Bosch Process

Chemical Engineering

Hall-Heroult Process

Metallurgical Engineering

Hancock Aortic Tissue Valve

Biomedical 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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