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19th century
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Aileron

19th century

Airship

19th century

Alternator

19th century

Anchor

19th century

Autoclave

19th century

Automobile

19th century

Barbed Wire

19th century

Bayer Process

19th century

Bessemer Converter

19th century

Bessemer Process

19th century

Bilge Keel

19th century

Boat Lift

19th century

Bobbinet Machine

19th century

Braille

19th century

Brinell Hardness Tester

19th century

Caisson

19th century

Calendering Machine

19th century

Camera

19th century

Can Opener

19th century

Cantilever Bridge

19th century

Carburetor

19th century

Cash Register

19th century

Cathode Ray Tube

19th century

Cellulose Acetate

19th century

Centrifugal Casting Machine

19th century

Chlor-Alkali Process

19th century

Circuit Breaker

19th century

Circular Knitting Machine

19th century

City and South London Railway

19th century

Clothes Iron

19th century

Combine Harvester

19th century

Common battery system

19th century

Concrete Mixer

19th century

Contact Lens

19th century

Contact Process

19th century

Continuous Casting Machine

19th century

Conveyor Belt

19th century

Corrugated Cardboard

19th century

Delta Wing

19th century

Diesel Engine

19th century

Dishwasher

19th century

Dobby Loom

19th century

Dynamite

19th century

Dynamo

19th century

Earthquake shaking table

19th century

Eclipse Windmill

19th century

Electric Arc Furnace

19th century

Electric Generator

19th century

Electric Motor

19th century

Electrolytic Refining

19th century

Electrowinning

19th century

Elevator

19th century

Endoscope

19th century

Escalator

19th century

Excavator

19th century

Fatigue Testing Machine

19th century

Fax

19th century

Ferris Wheel

19th century

Fountain Pen

19th century

Froth Flotation

19th century

Fuel Cell

19th century

Funicular

19th century

Gauge Block

19th century

Glider

19th century

Gold Cyanidation

19th century

Grain Elevator

19th century

Gyroscope

19th century

Hall-Heroult Process

19th century

Hearing Aid

19th century

Hydrofoil

19th century

Hypodermic Needle

19th century

Immersed Tube Tunnel

19th century

Incandescent Light Bulb

19th century

Induction Furnace

19th century

Injection Molding Machine

19th century

Internal Combustion Engine

19th century

Jackhammer

19th century

Jacquard Machine

19th century

Kaleidoscope

19th century

Kraft Process

19th century

Laryngoscope

19th century

Lawn Mower

19th century

Life Raft

19th century

Lighter

19th century

Loudspeaker

19th century

Machine Guard

19th century

Machine Gun

19th century

Marine Steam Turbine

19th century

Match

19th century

Mauveine

19th century

Mercerization

19th century

Metronome

19th century

Microphone

19th century

Miller Process

19th century

Mond Process

19th century

Motion Picture Camera

19th century

Mozhaysky's airplane

19th century

Neonatal Incubator

19th century

Odometer

19th century

Open Hearth Process

19th century

Open-Hearth Furnace

19th century

Oscilloscope

19th century

Outboard Motor

19th century

Paper Tape

19th century

Parkes Process

19th century

Periscope

19th century

Personal Flotation Device

19th century

Phonograph

19th century

Pile Driver

19th century

Polyvinyl Chloride

19th century

Propeller

19th century

Punched Card

19th century

Pyréolophore

19th century

Radio

19th century

Railway Air Brake

19th century

Rapier Loom

19th century

Rayon

19th century

Reaper

19th century

Rebreather

19th century

Reinforced Concrete

19th century

Respirator

19th century

Revolving Door

19th century

Ring Spinning

19th century

Road Roller

19th century

Safety Goggles

19th century

Safety Pin

19th century

Sandblasting Machine

19th century

Sherardizing

19th century

Silo

19th century

Sizing Machine

19th century

Sluice Gate

19th century

Solenoid

19th century

Soxhlet Extractor

19th century

Speedometer

19th century

Sphygmomanometer

19th century

Stapler

19th century

Steam Horse locomotive

19th century

Steam Shovel

19th century

Steam Turbine

19th century

Steel Frame Construction

19th century

Stethoscope

19th century

Supercharger

19th century

Suspension Bridge

19th century

Telephone

19th century

The Analytical Engine

19th century

The Automobile

19th century

The Electric Motor

19th century

The Internal Combustion Engine

19th century

The Jacquard Loom

19th century

The Telegraph

19th century

The Telephone

19th century

Thermite Process

19th century

Thermostat

19th century

Time Clock

19th century

Toaster

19th century

Torpedo

19th century

Transformer

19th century

Transporter Bridge

19th century

Truss Bridge

19th century

Tunnel Boring Machine

19th century

Tunnelling Shield

19th century

Turnstile

19th century

Typewriter

19th century

Universal Testing Machine

19th century

Vacuum Flask

19th century

Vending Machine

19th century

Vertical-Lift Bridge

19th century

Vulcanization

19th century

Water Turbine

19th century

Wind Tunnel

19th century

Wind Turbine

19th century

Wire Rope

19th century

X-Ray Machine

19th century

Zipper

19th century
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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
View the Source
Bi Sheng (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationContains: Movable Type PrintingView the Source
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