Engineering and Technology
Engineering and Technology
Engineering and Technology Links
- The Dead Media Project Database of notes written and researched by mailing members pertaining to various forms of media and communications devices throughout history.
- Greatest Inventions - The Evolution of Man through History Covers a number of popular inventions through history from the 15th to the 20th century.
- Medieval Technology Pages Medieval technology and various inventions and developments involving everyday life in the Middle Ages.
- Technology History Miscellaneous links to technology topics.
- Peaceful Nuclear Explosions history Once considered for civil engineering applications. Site suggests the folly of such schemes.
- Fifty Years of the Transistor 1997 was the 50th anniversary of the invention of the transistor. Here is its history written by the lab where it was invented.
- Reinventing the wheel BBC Education - A journey through the bright ideas of history
- South Western Electricity Historical Society The SWEHS is interested in electricity history and industrial archeology with particular reference to the supply, generation and distribution of electricity in the South Western area of England.
- Sketches of a History of Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics - Hyperjeff Timeline of the major events of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. Includes links to biographies and a complete bibliography.
- Pam Mack's History of Technology Links
- The Complete History Of The Discovery Of Cinematography An Illustrated Chronological History Of The Development Of Motion Pictures Covering2,500 Years Leading To Cinematography In The 1800's
- World's Fairs and Expositions Resources on the world's fairs held from 1876 to 1916 focusing on how they shaped American culture by presenting idealized visions of the past and future that often ignored minority viewpoints.
- Yale Library: History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Links to many types of resources
- Vacuum History & Technology Contains biographies of scientists and development of vacuum technologies
- Mark Twain and Technology An exploration of the technology Twain refers to in his novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. site was constructed as part of a Summer Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
- A Walk Through Time An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present, by NIST
- WWWVL History of Technology and Engineering Virtual Library - links to more specific web pages.
- Sealed Refrigeration Systems Historical article from ASHRAE Journal, 1996 with illustrations.
- Air Force Technology Timelines through 1970s.
- Printing: History and Development Article
- Resources in the History of Science & Technology Many links
- History of the IBM Typewriter Timeline with images of each model
- A World Of Communication All about the history, status, and future of communications technology.
- Vintage Audio, Video and Television site Pictures, documents, technical information, and links relating to webmaster's professional and pastime interests in early audio, video and television developments.
- ExpoMuseum An online museum dedicated to world's fair history, architecture, and memorabilia.
- Early Iron Smelting Information about the archeological finds (800BC) from Tell Hammeh az-Zarqa, Jordan.
- History of Technology (ICE) Mainly list of links, with some bibliography
- Building Big A companion to the PBS series, the site explores the engineering principles, design challenges, and stories behind some of the most remarkable achievements in the history of building.
- ThinkQuest - The Evolution of Communication Traces the development of verbal and non-verbal communication through human history, from prehistoric cave drawings to satellite broadcast.
- Technology Chronology Dates and descriptions of some important events in the history of technology, from prehistory through modern times.
- Totalizator History The history of the invention of the world's first automatic totalizator in 1913 and its subsequent development. Mechanical computing on a commercial scale.
- Waterpower at Niagara The history of power development at Niagara Falls. Includes a timeline, a hot-linked schematic of a power house installation, and short biographies of key power pioneers.
- H-GIG Technology History links From the University of California, Riverside.
- Charles Babbage's First Difference Engine Contains archival source material and graphics, together with a discussion of the Mathematics of the Engine.
- Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century Includes timelines and historical essays of the top 20.
- The Newcomen Society The world's oldest learned society devoted to the history of engineering and technology.
- A Brief History of Computer Technology
- Time Warp Digital archive of 20th century technology.
- The History of Technology Excerpt from encyclopedia article
- Alex den Ouden Books, articles and consultancy on industrial archaeology and the history of technology, engineering and metallurgy. Text in Dutch and English.
- Lumber, Logging and Paper An illustrated history of logging and sawmills in the US provided by Ed Sanders.
- It'll Never Work! Negative comments about new scientific and technological ideas.
- The Sparks Telegraph Key Review An interactive historical and pictorial review of the telegraph and wireless radio. Includes hundreds of pictures of telegraph keys and inventors.
- History of Radio This paper analyzes early stages of Soviet and US radio broadcasting. It was a different world back then.
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