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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.
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Telegraph News The turbulent love life of Henry VIII, which led to the Reformation and dissolution of the monasteries, may also have postponed the industrial revolution by 200 years. Archaeologists have found evidence that the Cistercian monks of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, were...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.
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Nikola Tesla: inventor, engineer, scientist Tesla be and all was light. B.A. Behrend, AIEE annual meeting, New York City, May 18, 1917. a short biography Chicago World's Fair, 1893 Niagara Falls Tesla on others on Tesla anecdotes getting to Wardenclyffe Wardenclyffe Discovered suggested readings and...Traces the development of verbal and non-verbal communication through human history, from prehistoric cave drawings to satellite broadcast.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26451/
Describes Arabic original inventions and improvements in chemical processes and mechanical engineering
http://www.gabarin.com/ayh/
Medieval technology and various inventions and developments involving everyday life in the Middle Ages.
http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Technology.html
Database of pages about the history of science, technology, sociology, computers and medicine.
http://echo.gmu.edu/center.php
Digital archive of 20th century technology.
http://www.time-warp.org
Pictures, documents, technical information, and links relating to webmaster's professional and pastime interests in early audio, video and television developments.
http://www.callnetuk.com/home/terrym
Books, articles and consultancy on industrial archaeology and the history of technology, engineering and metallurgy. Text in Dutch and English.
http://www.denouden.demon.nl/index.html
Miscellaneous links to technology topics.
http://www.refstar.com/techhist/
Timeline of the major events of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. Includes links to biographies and a complete bibliography.
http://history.hyperjeff.net/statmech.html
Many links
http://sciweb.lib.umn.edu/subject/hst.html
Links to many types of resources
http://info.med.yale.edu/library/sir/history.html
http://people.clemson.edu/~pammack/links.htm
A single event from this date in the history of technology. Published weekdays, from the Center for the Study of Technology and Society.
http://www.tecsoc.org/today.htm
Timeline with images of each model
http://www.etypewriters.com/history.htm
Timelines through 1970s.
http://www.rl.af.mil/History/topic.html
An illustrated history of logging and sawmills in the US provided by Ed Sanders.
http://www.edsanders.com/logging/history.htm
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.
http://www.pbs.org/buildingbig
An online museum dedicated to world's fair history, architecture, and memorabilia.
http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/
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.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/expos/
The history of the invention of the world's first automatic totalizator in 1913 and its subsequent development. Mechanical computing on a commercial scale.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/
Database of notes written and researched by mailing members pertaining to various forms of media and communications devices throughout history.
http://www.deadmedia.org/
From the University of California, Riverside.
http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/hist-science/techn.html
Online texts of historical documents relating to the history of the steam engine.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/
Dates and descriptions of some important events in the history of technology, from prehistory through modern times.
http://campus.northpark.edu/hist...Chron/Technology/Technology.html
Patents developed by faculty at NC State University and selected items from NCSU Libraries? collection of related materials.
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archives/exhibits/patents/
A description of various methods of producing synthetic speech experimented with between 1770 and 1970. Includes auditory illustrations.
http://www.ling.su.se/staff/hartmut/kemplne.htm
Summary with links to related articles.
http://www.rogersrefrig.com/history.html
Illustrated article on the engineering enterprise of the Roman engineer. Includes aqueducts, pipes, valves, and pumps.
http://www.novanet.it/com/personale/togliard/nemi/nindex_e.htm
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.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity: Main Page Ingenuity is a radio program that tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. Written and hosted by John Lienhard, it is heard nationally on Public Radio and produced by KUHF-FM Houston. Among other features, this...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.
http://www.northwinds.net/bchris/
Online facsimile of an eighteenth century book by Masuda Tsuna, translated by Zenryu Shirakawa.
http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/OnlinePubs/KodoZuroku/index.html
Features civil engineering historic sites and engineers who made a significant impact on civil engineering in Canada.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/civileng/eng/
Written by the author of the original guide book, and including many details and fascinating facts and discoveries omitted from the guide book.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hea...er.hobden1/hamptoncourtclock.htm
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.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/s/g/sgl121/powerhistory.html
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.
http://www.internalfire.com/
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.
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Mark Twain and Technology Boss from the original edition of Connecticut Yankee is used with the kind permission of the University of Virginia. If Mark Twain were alive today, he'd probably be publishing interactive novels on the Web and charging us a fee to...Negative comments about new scientific and technological ideas.
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/neverwrk.htm
All about the history, status, and future of communications technology.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26890/
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.
http://www.hooknortonbrewery.co....c_visitors/steam/steam_home.html
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.
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/notes.html
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.
http://www.xnumber.com/xnumber/mechanical1.htm
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.
http://www.westinghouse.com/timeline.html
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.
http://www.PrincetonImaging.com/...mechanical-dictionary/index.html
Article explores early radio broadcasting efforts by the United States and the Soviet Union.
http://www.zeltser.com/radio-history/
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.
http://www.geometricum.com/
Technology Guide looking at the past, present and future of technology and gadgets.
http://www.gizmohighway.com/
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.
http://www.swehs.co.uk/indexx.html
Covers a number of popular inventions through history from the 15th to the 20th century.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002942/timeline/index.shtml
Describes facts behind the development of CRT, Roentgen, camera tubes. Includes background information of Crookes, Geissler and Ruhmkorff. Includes photos of antique models.
http://members.chello.nl/%7eh.dijkstra19/
History, pictures and videos of pile drivers, collected by Max Hollemans.
http://members.lycos.nl/heimachines/