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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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Slinky

Mechanical Engineering

Sloot Digital Coding System

Computer Engineering

Sluice Gate

Civil Engineering

Smart Card

Computer Engineering

Smartphone

Computer Engineering

Smoke Detector

Electrical Engineering

Snap Fastener

Textile Engineering

Snowmobile

Mechanical Engineering

Solar Cell

Electrical Engineering

Solar Water Heating

Environmental Engineering

SolaWash

Mechanical Engineering

Solenoid

Electrical Engineering

Solid Rocket Booster

Aerospace Engineering

Solid-State Drive

Computer Engineering

Solvay Process

Chemical Engineering

Solvent Extraction

Chemical Engineering

Sonar

Marine Engineering

Sonic weapon

Electrical Engineering

Sound Card

Computer Engineering

South-Pointing Chariot

Mechanical Engineering

Soxhlet Extractor

Chemical Engineering

Space Suit

Aerospace Engineering

Spam Filter

Software Engineering

Spark Plug

Electrical Engineering

Speech Recognition

Computer Engineering

Speed Brake

Aerospace Engineering

Speed Bump

Civil Engineering

Speedometer

Mechanical Engineering

Sphygmomanometer

Biomedical Engineering

Spillway

Civil Engineering

Spinal Cord Stimulator

Biomedical Engineering

Spinning Jenny

Textile Engineering

Spinning Mule

Textile Engineering

Spinning Wheel

Textile Engineering

Spoiler (Aeronautics)

Aerospace Engineering

Spray Forming

Materials Engineering

Spreadsheet

Software Engineering

Stapler

Mechanical Engineering

Starlite

Materials Engineering

Starter Motor

Electrical Engineering

Statistical Process Control

Industrial Engineering

Steam cannon

Mechanical Engineering

Steam Cracking

Chemical Engineering

Steam Horse locomotive

Mechanical Engineering

Steam Reforming

Chemical Engineering

Steam Shovel

Mechanical Engineering

Steam Turbine

Mechanical Engineering

Steel Frame Construction

Civil Engineering

Steel-Toe Boot

Industrial Engineering

Stent

Biomedical Engineering

Stepwell

Civil Engineering

Stethoscope

Biomedical Engineering

Stirrup

Mechanical Engineering

Stocking Frame

Textile Engineering

Stopwatch

Mechanical Engineering

Stored-Program Computer

Computer Engineering

Storm Surge Barrier

Civil Engineering

Strain Gauge

Civil Engineering

Strobe light

Electrical Engineering

Submarine

Marine Engineering

Submarine Snorkel

Marine Engineering

Subwoofer

Electrical Engineering

Suction Pump

Mechanical Engineering

Sundial

Mechanical Engineering

Supercapacitor

Electrical Engineering

Supercharger

Mechanical Engineering

Supercomputer

Computer Engineering

Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Chemical Engineering

Sure Chill Technology

Mechanical Engineering

Surgical Robot

Biomedical Engineering

Suspension Bridge

Civil Engineering

Swing Bridge

Civil Engineering

Synthetic Rubber

Chemical Engineering

Tabulating Machine

Industrial Engineering

Tachometer

Mechanical Engineering

Tactile (Device)

Biomedical Engineering

Tatara

Metallurgical Engineering

Teeth-cleaning twig

Biomedical Engineering

Teflon

Chemical Engineering

Teleforce

Electrical Engineering

Telegraph

Electrical Engineering

Telephone

Electrical Engineering

Telescope

Mechanical Engineering

Television

Electrical Engineering

Tenter Frame

Textile Engineering

Textile Bleaching

Textile Engineering

TGV

Electrical Engineering

The Airplane

Aerospace Engineering

The Analytical Engine

Mechanical Engineering

The Automobile

Mechanical Engineering

The Computer

Computer Engineering

The Dialysis Machine

Biomedical Engineering

The Electric Motor

Electrical Engineering

The Integrated Circuit

Electrical Engineering

The Internal Combustion Engine

Mechanical Engineering

The Internet

Software Engineering

The Jacquard Loom

Textile Engineering

The Jet Engine

Aerospace Engineering

The Laser

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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