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404 Technology Timeline - Chronicle many of the events, inventions, and notable persons that made radio what it is, and asks if lessons learned from this history can be applied to the Internet today.

1881 Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary - Features snapshot images from a late 19th century book of terms for mechanical devices. Illustrates the state of technology during that era. Includes photos and searchable index. Most links are in DjVu format.
Meta Description: [ Knight's 1881 American Mechanical Dictionary ]

A Walk Through Time - An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present, by NIST
Meta Description: [ An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present ]

A World Of Communication - All about the history, status, and future of communications technology.
Meta Description: [ This Site Describes Thoroughly All Exising And Future Types Of Communication. Few Examples Are: Telephone, Computer, Fibre Optics, ISDN and Printing ]

Air Force Technology - Timelines through 1970s.
Meta Description: [ View History by Technology ]

Alex den Ouden - Books, articles and consultancy on industrial archaeology and the history of technology, engineering and metallurgy. Text in Dutch and English.

500 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.
Meta Description: [ BUILDING BIG: A PBS miniseries on megastructures, hosted by David Macaulay ]

Early Stages of Soviet and American Radio Broadcasting - Article explores early radio broadcasting efforts by the United States and the Soviet Union.
Meta Description: [ This paper explores early radio broadcasting efforts by the United States and the Soviet Union. ]

Echo Virtual Library - Database of pages about the history of science, technology, sociology, computers and medicine.

ExpoMuseum - An online museum dedicated to world's fair history, architecture, and memorabilia.

500 Gizmohighway - Technology Guide looking at the past, present and future of technology and gadgets.

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century - Includes timelines and historical essays of the top 20.

Henry VIII Stamped Out Industrial Revolution - Article in the Telegraph reporting that archaeologists have found evidence that Cistercian monks in Yorkshire were developing a prototype blast furnace when they were evicted by the king in 1538.

History of Chinese Invention and Discovery - Chart of inventions and discoveries, with comparisons with their Western equivalents.
Meta Description: [ History of Chinese Invention and Discovery ]

History of Mechanical Calculators - Covers the history of modern day adding devices from 1885 with the Marconi Box with rubber bands and wires to electrical motor driven machines of the 1940's. Discusses styles of computing throughout this period.

History of Refrigeration - Summary with links to related articles.

History of Science and Technology in Islam - Describes Arabic original inventions and improvements in chemical processes and mechanical engineering
Meta Description: [ This site reports the results of recent research into the history of Arabic, Islamic and Latin science and technology in the Middle Ages. It discusses critical issues in the history of science and technology. ]

History of the IBM Typewriter - Timeline with images of each model
Meta Description: [ History of the IBM Typewriters, Selectrics and Lexmark Wheelwriters ]

Hook Norton Brewery Steam Engine - Possibly the last working steam engine in the world. Is used to power the brewery in a town in the UK. Page gives short history, specifications and tasks accomplished by this antique machinery.
Meta Description: [ This Steam Engine is unique to Hook Norton.Installed in 1899, it is believed to be the last steam engine in the country still in daily use for its original purpose. It is not a museum exhibit, but the driving force behind all the main brewing processes. ]

Internal Fire - A small museum in Wales covering the development of the diesel engine in the 20th century. Includes photos, history and descriptions of these types of motors.
Meta Description: [ Dedicated to the preservation of the internal combustion engine ]

Inventions! Patents at NC State University - Patents developed by faculty at the university. Organized by departments.

It'll Never Work! - Negative comments about new scientific and technological ideas.
Meta Description: [ Negative comments about new scientific and technological ideas. ]

Kodo Zuroku - Illustrated Book on the Smelting of Copper - Online facsimile of an eighteenth century book by Masuda Tsuna, translated by Zenryu Shirakawa.
Meta Description: [ This is the website of the Burndy Library ]

Lumber, Logging and Paper - An illustrated history of logging and sawmills in the US provided by Ed Sanders.
Meta Description: [ edsanders.com - Lumber, Logging and Paper ]

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.
Meta Description: [ An analysis of the technology of the late 1800s mentioned in Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. ]

Medieval Technology Pages - Medieval technology and various inventions and developments involving everyday life in the Middle Ages.
Meta Description: [ These pages contain information about medieval technology and various inventions and developments involving everyday life in the Middle Ages. Full references are given. ]

404 Nikola Tesla - Discovered the rotating magnetic field, the basis of most alternating-current machinery. Als, invented the Tesla coil, that is widely used in radios. Includes biography, list of inventions, photos, and quotes.

Old scientific Instruments - Includes photos of astrolabes, , protractors, drawing tools, and book covers that were created from the 15th to 18th centuries. Includes general specifications of each item within a table chart.
Meta Description: [ Old scientific instruments and books from 15th to 18th century, Astrolabes, Dividers, Rulers, Drawing Instruments,Graphometer, Scientific Books, Geometry, Practical Geometry, Tables, Land Surveying, Euclides, Regiomontanus ]

Pam Mack's History of Technology Links -

Pile Drivers - History, pictures and videos of pile drivers, collected by Max Hollemans.

Recording Technology History - Discusses early people and items used to make early audio and video devices from the first record players to digital television. Includes additional resource links.

500 Roman Engineering and Industry - Illustrated article on the engineering enterprise of the Roman engineer. Includes aqueducts, pipes, valves, and pumps.

404 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.
Meta Description: [ Important names, dates and experiments in the history of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, probability, phlogiston, caloric, and kinetic theory, quantum statistics theories and related subjects. ]

South Western Electricity Historical Society (SWEHC) - Group is interested in electricity history and industrial archeology with particular reference to the supply, generation and distribution of electricity in the southwest area of England.
Meta Description: [ Index Page for SWEHS ]

Technology Chronology - Dates and descriptions of some important events in the history of technology, from prehistory through modern times.

The Astronomical Clock at Hampton Court Palace - Written by the author of the original guide book, and including many details and fascinating facts and discoveries omitted from the guide book.

The Cathode Ray Tube site - Describes facts behind the development of CRT, Roentgen, camera tubes. Includes background information of Crookes, Geissler and Ruhmkorff. Includes photos of antique models.
Meta Description: [ collecting and history of CRT tubes and physics instruments ]

The Dead Media Project - Database of notes written and researched by mailing members pertaining to various forms of media and communications devices throughout history.
Meta Description: [ Home page of the Dead media Project ]

The Engines of Our Ingenuity - Radio program that tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. Features transcripts for every episode heard since the show's inception in 1988.
Meta Description: [ The Engines of Our Ingenuity, radio program ]

The History of Japanese Calculators - Describes the development of calculating machines beginning with an adaptation of the Chinese abacus called the soroban. Page includes background of developers and photos of early prototypes.

The Steam Engine Library - Online texts of historical documents relating to the history of the steam engine.

ThinkQuest - The Evolution of Communication - Traces the development of verbal and non-verbal communication through human history, from prehistoric cave drawings to satellite broadcast.
Meta Description: [ Reaching Out: The Evolution Of Communication -- Everything about communication you'll find in this online source!! An ThinkQuest entry made by students. ]

ThinkQuest: Greatest Inventions - Covers a number of popular inventions through history from the 15th to the 20th century.
Meta Description: [ Greatest Inventions - The Evolution of Man Through History is a website, developed with purpose of acquainting the internet surfer with the greatest minds of all times and the useful inventions they have invented for the better live of the mankind! In the website not only will you find the co... ]

Time Warp - Digital archive of 20th century technology.
Meta Description: [ Enter the time-warp. Witness the history of computers, calculators, antique radio, tube audio and video games-vintage technology of the 20th century. ]

Today in Technology History - A single event from this date in the history of technology. Published weekdays, from the Center for the Study of Technology and Society.
Meta Description: [ A daily description of an event that occurred on this date in the history of technology. ]

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.
Meta Description: [ The invention of the world's first automatic totalisator by Sir George Julius in 1913 and some history of Automatic Totalisators the company he founded which became a world monopoly in this field. ]

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.

Westinghouse Heritage - A timeline that shows the inventions created by the company over the years like the light bulb and household appliances. Included are information about the founder, George Westinghouse, and world events during those periods. Requires Quicktime plugin.

Wolfgang von Kempelen's Speaking Machine and its Successors - A description of various methods of producing synthetic speech experimented with between 1770 and 1970. Includes auditory illustrations.
Meta Description: [ A description of vaious methods of producing synthetic speech in use since the 18th century. Includes auditory illustrations. ]

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.
Meta Description: [ Jim Zwick's books on Mark Twain and anti-imperialism, web sites, biography, and how to contact him. ]

Yale Library: History of Science, Technology, and Medicine - Links to many types of resources