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TECHNICAL INNOVATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY: AN ENCY 3V

U.S. History

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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="289"><colgroup><col width="289"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td height="20" width="289">This title surveys the history of technology, documenting the chronological and thematic connections between specific inventions, technological systems, individuals, and events that have contributed to the history of science and technology in the United States. Covering eras from colonial times to the present day in three chronological volumes, the entries include innovations in fields such as architecture, civil engineering, transportation, energy, mining and oil industries, chemical industries, electronics, computer and information technology, communications (television, radio, and print), agriculture and food technology, and military technology. The A–Z entries address key individuals, events, organizations, and legislation related to themes such as industry, consumer and medical technology, military technology, computer technology, and space science, among others, enabling readers to understand how specific inventions, technological systems, individuals, and events influenced the history, cultural development, and even self-identity of the United States and its people. The information also spotlights how American culture, the U.S. government, and American society have specifically influenced technological development.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Technical Innovation in American History

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Transaction Type

Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Introduction.
Chronology.
Colonial America and Enlightenment Science.
1: American Philosophical Society.
2: Astronomical Almanacs.
3: Banneker, Benjamin (1731&#x2013;1806).
4: Bifocals.
5: Bushnell, David (1740&#x2013;c. 1824).
6: Colden, Jane (1724&#x2013;1766).
7: Daylight Saving Time.
8: Extension Arm (Long Arm).
9: Fire Safety.
10: Flexible Catheter.
11: Food Production, Native American.
12: Franklin, Benjamin (1706&#x2013;1790).
13: Franklin Stove.
14: Glass Harmonica (Armonica).
15: Glover, Elizabeth (d. 1643).
16: Godfrey, Thomas (1704&#x2013;1749).
17: Iron-and Silversmithing.
18: Kentucky Long Rifle.
19: Lightning Rod.
20: Loom.
21: Lucas, Eliza (1722&#x2013;1793).
22: Masters, Sybilla (c. 1675&#x2013;1720).
23: Mather, Cotton (1663&#x2013;1728).
24: Natural History.
25: Onesimus (fl. 1706&#x2013;1716).
26: Peale, Charles Willson (1741&#x2013;1827).
27: Priestley, Joseph (1733&#x2013;1804).
28: Rittenhouse, David (1732&#x2013;1796).
29: &#x201C;Saugus Pot&#x201D;.
30: Schooner.
31: Smallpox Inoculation.
32: Spinning Wheel.
33: Street Lighting.
34: Swim Fins.
35: Three-Wheel Clock.
36: Turtle Submarine.
37: Whiton, David Erskine (1825&#x2013;1904).
38: Winthrop, John (1714&#x2013;1779).
The New Republic and the Market Economy (1780&#x2013;1820).
39: Amphibious Steam Vehicle.
40: Apple Parers.
41: Babbitt, Sarah &#x201C;Tabitha&#x201D; (1779&#x2013;1853).
42: Ballard, Martha (1735&#x2013;1812).
43: Banjo Clock.
44: Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821&#x2013;1910).
45: Burr Truss Bridge.
46: Canals.
47: Canning Factory.
48: Charting the Gulf Stream.
49: Circular Saw.
50: Coffee Percolator.
51: Cotton Gin.
52: Cotton Sewing Thread.
53: Dental Floss.
54: Diffraction Grating.
55: Erie Canal.
56: Evans, Oliver (1755&#x2013;1819).
57: Fire Hydrant.
58: Fitch, John (1743&#x2013;1798).
59: Flatboat.
60: Fulton, Robert (1765&#x2013;1815).
61: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding.
62: Greene, Catharine Littlefield (1755&#x2013;1814).
63: High-Pressure Steam Engine.
64: Interchangeable Parts.
65: Internal Combustion Engine.
66: Jefferson, Thomas (1743&#x2013;1826).
67: Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804&#x2013;1806).
68: Lobster Trap.
69: Lowell Mill System.
70: Milling Machine.
71: Morey, Samuel (1762&#x2013;1843).
72: Multitubular Boiler.
73: National Road.
74: Odometer.
75: Patent and Copyright Statutes.
76: Practical Ocean Navigation.
77: Report on Manufactures (1791).
78: River Steamer.
79: Rumford Fireplace.
80: Rush, Benjamin (1746&#x2013;1813).
81: Screw-Cutting Lathe.
82: Slater, Samuel (1768&#x2013;1835).
83: Steam Engine.
84: Steam Tractor.
85: Steamboat.
86: Submarine.
87: Suspension Bridge.
88: Swivel Chair.
89: Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford) (1753&#x2013;1814).
90: Three-Piece Iron Plow.
91: Vapor-Compression Refrigerator.
92: Waltham-Lowell Textile System.
93: Wheel Cipher.
94: Whitney, Eli (1765&#x2013;1825).
Antebellum Industrialization and the Civil War (1820&#x2013;1865).
95: Adhesive Tape.
96: Agassiz, Louis (1807&#x2013;1873).
97: Anesthesia.
98: Ball Bearings and Babbitt Metal.
99: Best Friend Steam Engine.
100: Breast Pump.
101: Brown Truss.
102: Burglar Alarm.
103: Calliope (Steam Organ).
104: Cannon, Double-Barrel.
105: Civil War Medicine (1861&#x2013;1865).
106: Civil War Nursing.
107: Clipper Ship.
108: Clothespin.
109: Coal-Mining Technologies.
110: Coil Magnet/Electromagnet.
111: Colgate, William (1783&#x2013;1857).
112: Colored Female Free Produce Society.
113: Colt, Samuel (1814&#x2013;1862).
114: Colt Revolver.
115: Columbiad Cannon.
116: Combine Harvester.
117: Compact Iron Stove.
118: Conestoga Wagon.
119: Corn Sheller.
120: Corset.
121: Coston, Martha (1826&#x2013;1904).
122: Cowboy Hat (Stetson).
123: Crumpler, Rebecca (1831&#x2013;1895).
124: Cylinder Pin Tumbler Lock.
125: Dahlgren Gun.
126: Deere, John (1804&#x2013;1886) and Deere and Company.
127: Dental Chair.
128: Detachable Collar.
129: Dix, Dorothea (1802&#x2013;1887).
130: Dustpan.
131: Eggbeater.
132: Electric Doorbell.
133: Electric Stove.
134: Electric Street Railway.
135: Elevator Safety Brake.
136: Equatorial Sextant.
137: Field, Cyrus West (1819&#x2013;1892).
138: Fire Alarm Call Box.
139: Floating Dry Dock (1849).
140: Gas Well.
141: Gold-Mining Technologies.
142: Goodyear, Charles (1800&#x2013;1860).
143: Grain Elevator.
144: Gridiron for Cooking.
145: Hand-Cranked Ice Cream Maker.
146: Health Reform.
147: Henry, Joseph (1797&#x2013;1878).
148: Hoop Skirt.
149: Horse-Drawn Streetcar.
150: Hospital Transport Service, Women&#x0027;s Department.
151: Howe, Elias (1819&#x2013;1867).
152: Howe Truss.
153: Interchangeable Gun Parts.
154: Inverted Microscope.
155: Jervis, John B. (1795&#x2013;1885).
156: Land Mines.
157: Long, Crawford Williamson (1815&#x2013;1878).
158: Machine/Gatling Gun.
159: Mason Jar.
160: Maynard, Edward (1813&#x2013;1891).
161: Maynard Carbine.
162: McCormick, Cyrus (1809&#x2013;1884).
163: Mechanical Reaper.
164: Merrick, Solymon (1806&#x2013;1852).
165: Military Technology (Civil War).
166: Mitchell, Maria (1818&#x2013;1889).
167: Morse, Samuel F. B. (1791&#x2013;1872).
168: Morse Code.
169: National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
170: Nightingale Plan.
171: North, Simeon (1765&#x2013;1852).
172: Omnibus System.
173: Papermaking Machine.
174: Pencil Eraser.
175: Pepper (and Salt) Shaker.
176: Perkins, Jacob (1766&#x2013;1849).
177: Platform Scale.
178: Polished Steel Plow.
179: Printing.
180: Printing Telegraph.
181: Pullman, George Mortimer (1831&#x2013;1897).
182: Railroad T-Rail and Tie.
183: Railroads.
184: Ratchet Wrench.
185: Relay.
186: Repeating Rifle.
187: Roller Skates.
188: Rotary Hook (for Sewing Machines).
189: Rucker Ambulance.
190: Safety Pin.

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