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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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Lempel-Ziv-Welch

Software Engineering

Levee

Civil Engineering

Lever

Mechanical Engineering

Leyden Jar

Electrical Engineering

Life Raft

Marine Engineering

Lifeboat

Marine Engineering

Light-Emitting Diode

Electrical Engineering

Lighter

Chemical Engineering

Lightning Rod

Electrical Engineering

Liquid Crystal Display

Electrical Engineering

Lithography

Chemical Engineering

LK-99

Materials Engineering

Lockout-Tagout Device

Industrial Engineering

Longbow

Mechanical Engineering

Loom

Textile Engineering

Loudspeaker

Electrical Engineering

Lustreware

Materials Engineering

M-10003 to M-10006

Mechanical Engineering

Machine Guard

Industrial Engineering

Machine Gun

Mechanical Engineering

Magnetic Core Memory

Computer Engineering

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Biomedical Engineering

Magnetic Stripe Card

Computer Engineering

Magnetic Tape

Electrical Engineering

Magnetron

Electrical Engineering

Majolica

Materials Engineering

Mallard (Locomotive)

Mechanical Engineering

Malleable Iron

Metallurgical Engineering

Marine Chronometer

Marine Engineering

Marine Diesel Engine

Marine Engineering

Marine Radar

Marine Engineering

Marine Steam Turbine

Marine Engineering

Maser

Electrical Engineering

Mass Spectrometer

Chemical Engineering

Match

Chemical Engineering

Mauveine

Chemical Engineering

McKeen Railmotor

Mechanical Engineering

Medical Ultrasound

Biomedical Engineering

Medical Ventilator

Biomedical Engineering

Melt Spinning

Materials Engineering

Memory Typewriter

Mechanical Engineering

Mercerization

Textile Engineering

Metal Detector

Electrical Engineering

Metronome

Mechanical Engineering

Micrometer

Mechanical Engineering

Microphone

Electrical Engineering

Microprocessor

Computer Engineering

Microscope

Mechanical Engineering

Microwave Oven

Electrical Engineering

Miller Process

Metallurgical Engineering

Milling (Machining)

Mechanical Engineering

Mind Machine

Electrical Engineering

Mithridate

Chemical Engineering

Mobile Phone

Electrical Engineering

Modem

Computer Engineering

Mond Process

Metallurgical Engineering

Morse Code

Electrical Engineering

Motherboard

Computer Engineering

Motion Picture Camera

Mechanical Engineering

Movable Type Printing

Mechanical Engineering

Movie Projector

Mechanical Engineering

Mozhaysky's airplane

Aerospace Engineering

M-Pesa

Software Engineering

Multifunction Platform

Agricultural Engineering

Multiple rocket launcher

Aerospace Engineering

Multistage Rocket

Aerospace Engineering

Myoelectric Prosthesis

Biomedical Engineering

Nail

Mechanical Engineering

Nanofiltration

Chemical Engineering

Napping Machine

Textile Engineering

Naval Mine

Marine Engineering

Near Field Communication

Computer Engineering

Nebulizer

Biomedical Engineering

Neonatal Incubator

Biomedical Engineering

Neurofeedback

Biomedical Engineering

Newman's Energy Machine

Electrical Engineering

NgAgo

Biomedical Engineering

Nicolosi Globular Projection

Civil Engineering

Nitriding

Metallurgical Engineering

Nocturnal (instrument)

Mechanical Engineering

Noria

Civil Engineering

Nuclear Reactor

Nuclear Engineering

Numerical Control

Industrial Engineering

Octant (Instrument)

Marine Engineering

Odometer

Mechanical Engineering

OLED

Electrical Engineering

Onager (Weapon)

Mechanical Engineering

Ondol

Mechanical Engineering

Onward Locomotive

Mechanical Engineering

Open Hearth Process

Metallurgical Engineering

Open-End Spinning

Textile Engineering

Open-Hearth Furnace

Materials Engineering

Operating System

Software Engineering

Optical Character Recognition

Computer Engineering

Optical Fiber

Electrical Engineering

Optical Spectrometer

Mechanical Engineering

Order Picker

Industrial Engineering

Ornithopter

Aerospace Engineering

Orrery

Mechanical Engineering

Oscilloscope

Electrical 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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