Home›Sources›A History of TechnologySourcesA History of TechnologyMultivolume ReferenceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextTechnology and Engineering Atlas. "A History of Technology." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/a-history-of-technology.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextTechnology and Engineering Atlas. (n.d.). A History of Technology. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/a-history-of-technologyCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{technologyandengineeringatlas-a-history-of-technology, author = {Technology and Engineering Atlas}, title = {A History of Technology}, year = {2026}, url = {https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/a-history-of-technology}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedFactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (312 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAuthorWell-attestedCharles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editorsPublisherWell-attestedOxford University PressPublication YearWell-attested1954Source TypeWell-attestedAcademic HistoryReliability TierWell-attested1NotesWell-attestedThe multivolume Oxford reference history of technology, edited by a team of specialist historians of science and engineering, and cited here for the detailed development of individual inventions.SourcesA History of Technologytier 1Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954Claims Backed By This Source (312 claims)This source backs 312 claims across the atlas. As facts: 142 well-attested, 33 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 38 holds, 37 connected. Plus 62 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicEngineers, 166 claims: 77 well-attested, 4 scholarly debate, 30 holds, 31 connected, 24 general references.Materials, 72 claims: 37 well-attested, 14 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 1 connected, 18 general references.Methods, 29 claims: 11 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 4 connected, 13 general references.Inventions, 27 claims: 12 well-attested, 4 scholarly debate, 5 holds, 1 connected, 5 general references.Articles, 12 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 general references.Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Well-attested142ArticlesBerzelius and the Element That Waited to Be PurifiedGregor's Black Sand and a Century of FailureEngineersAlexander Graham BellAntonio MeucciArchimedesBob KahnElisha GrayFazlur Rahman KhanFrank WhittleFrederick Winslow TaylorGordon GouldHans von OhainImhotepJack KilbyJames WattJohannes GutenbergJohn BardeenOrville WrightRobert NoyceSamuel MorseTheodore MaimanThomas NewcomenVint CerfWalter BrattainWilbur WrightWilliam ShockleyInventionsThe AirplaneThe Jet EngineThe Printing PressThe Steam EngineThe WheelMaterialsAluminumBrassBronzeCarbon FiberCast IronCementCeramicsConcreteCopperGlassGrapheneKevlarPlasticsRubberSiliconSteelTitaniumWrought IronSourcesA History of TechnologyScholarly debate33EngineersArchimedesImhotepJohannes GutenbergInventionsThe AirplaneThe Printing PressThe Steam EngineThe WheelMaterialsAluminumBrassBronzeCarbon FiberCast IronCementCeramicsConcreteCopperGlassPlasticsRubberSteelWrought IronMethodsAnnealingCanal IrrigationCanal Lock EngineeringCastingForgingMass ProductionPhotolithographySemiconductor DopingSmeltingThe Blast FurnaceWeldingHolds38EngineersAlexander Graham BellArchimedesBob KahnCharles GoodyearChristian HulsmeyerFrank WhittleFrederick Winslow TaylorHans von OhainJack KilbyJames WattJohannes GutenbergJohn BardeenJoseph Marie JacquardOrville WrightRay HoltRobert NoyceRobert Watson-WattSamuel MorseTheodore MaimanThomas HancockThomas NewcomenVint CerfWalter BrattainWilbur WrightWilliam ShockleyInventionsThe AirplaneThe Jet EngineThe Printing PressThe Steam EngineThe WheelMaterialsConcreteSteelMethodsCanal Lock EngineeringConnected37EngineersAlexander Graham BellAntonio MeucciBob KahnCharles GoodyearChristian HulsmeyerElisha GrayFazlur Rahman KhanFrank WhittleFrederick Winslow TaylorGordon GouldHans von OhainJack KilbyJames WattJohannes GutenbergJohn BardeenJoseph Marie JacquardRay HoltRobert NoyceRobert Watson-WattSamuel MorseTheodore MaimanThomas HancockThomas NewcomenVint CerfWalter BrattainWilbur WrightWilliam ShockleyInventionsThe Jet EngineMaterialsSteelMethodsCanal IrrigationMass ProductionQuality ControlGeneral References62ArticlesBerzelius and the Element That Waited to Be PurifiedGregor's Black Sand and a Century of FailureEngineersAlexander Graham BellAntonio MeucciArchimedesBob KahnElisha GrayFazlur Rahman KhanFrank WhittleFrederick Winslow TaylorGordon GouldHans von OhainImhotepJack KilbyJames WattJohannes GutenbergJohn BardeenOrville WrightRobert NoyceSamuel MorseTheodore MaimanThomas NewcomenVint CerfWalter BrattainWilbur WrightWilliam ShockleyInventionsThe AirplaneThe Jet EngineThe Printing PressThe Steam EngineThe WheelMaterialsAluminumBrassBronzeCarbon FiberCast IronCementCeramicsConcreteCopperGlassGrapheneKevlarPlasticsRubberSiliconSteelTitaniumWrought IronMethodsAnnealingShowing 1 to 50 of 62 entities carrying this claim. 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