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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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Railway Air Brake

Mechanical Engineering

Ramjet

Aerospace Engineering

Random Access Memory

Computer Engineering

Rapier

Materials Engineering

Rapier Loom

Textile Engineering

Rayon

Chemical Engineering

Reach Truck

Industrial Engineering

Reactionless Drive

Aerospace Engineering

Reaper

Mechanical Engineering

Rebreather

Marine Engineering

Rectifier

Electrical Engineering

Reflecting Telescope

Mechanical Engineering

Refracting Telescope

Mechanical Engineering

Refrigerator

Mechanical Engineering

Reinforced Concrete

Civil Engineering

Relational Database

Software Engineering

Repeating Crossbow

Mechanical Engineering

Resin Transfer Molding

Materials Engineering

Respirator

Industrial Engineering

Retaining Wall

Civil Engineering

Retinal Implant

Biomedical Engineering

Reverse Osmosis

Chemical Engineering

Revolving Door

Mechanical Engineering

RFID

Industrial Engineering

Ring Spinning

Textile Engineering

Riprap

Civil Engineering

Road Roller

Mechanical Engineering

Roasting (Metallurgy)

Metallurgical Engineering

Robot

Mechanical Engineering

Robotic Arm

Mechanical Engineering

Rocket (Locomotive)

Mechanical Engineering

Rocket Engine

Aerospace Engineering

Rockwell Hardness Tester

Materials Engineering

Roller Coaster

Civil Engineering

Roller Printing Machine

Textile Engineering

Roller Spinning

Textile Engineering

Rolling Mill

Materials Engineering

Roman Concrete

Civil Engineering

Rotary Dial

Electrical Engineering

Router

Computer Engineering

Roving Frame

Textile Engineering

RSS

Software Engineering

Rudder

Marine Engineering

Sabbath Mode

Electrical Engineering

Sabre

Materials Engineering

Safety Goggles

Industrial Engineering

Safety Harness

Industrial Engineering

Safety Pin

Mechanical Engineering

Safety Razor

Mechanical Engineering

Sandblasting Machine

Materials Engineering

Satellite Navigation Device

Computer Engineering

Scimitar

Materials Engineering

Scotchgard

Textile Engineering

Scramjet

Aerospace Engineering

Screen Printing

Textile Engineering

Screw

Mechanical Engineering

Scuba Diving

Marine Engineering

Sea Anchor

Marine Engineering

Search Engine

Software Engineering

Seat Belt

Materials Engineering

Seawall

Civil Engineering

Secure Shell

Software Engineering

Security Alarm

Electrical Engineering

Seed Drill

Mechanical Engineering

Segmental Arch Bridge

Civil Engineering

Segway

Electrical Engineering

Seismic Source

Geological Engineering

Seismograph

Geological Engineering

Seismometer

Mechanical Engineering

Self-Driving Car

Computer Engineering

Sewing Machine

Textile Engineering

Sextant

Marine Engineering

Shabbat elevator

Electrical Engineering

Shabbat Lamp

Electrical Engineering

Shabbat Pedestrian Crossing

Civil Engineering

Shabbat Siren

Electrical Engineering

Shabbos App

Computer Engineering

Shadoof

Civil Engineering

Shadow Square

Mechanical Engineering

Shaker Broom Vise

Industrial Engineering

Shaker Pantry Box

Industrial Engineering

Shaker Tilting Chair

Mechanical Engineering

Shape Memory Alloy

Materials Engineering

Sharopoyezd

Mechanical Engineering

Sheet Piling

Civil Engineering

Sherardizing

Metallurgical Engineering

Shipping Container

Industrial Engineering

Ship's Wheel

Marine Engineering

Shock Absorber

Mechanical Engineering

Shot Peening

Metallurgical Engineering

Silk Reeling Machine

Textile Engineering

Silo

Civil Engineering

SIM Card

Computer Engineering

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Software Engineering

Singeing Machine

Textile Engineering

Single Sign-On

Software Engineering

Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Biomedical Engineering

Sizing Machine

Textile Engineering

SJ Rc

Electrical Engineering

Slide Rule

Mechanical 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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