Technology: Terms and Concepts

• abacus (architecture)

• abrasive

• adze

• air conditioning

• air lock

• air-cushion vehicle

• aqueduct

• Archimedes screw

• assembly line

• atomic clock

• atomic force microscope

• automated teller machine

• automation

• automobile

• ball-and-socket joint

• barbed wire

• bearing

• bellows

• bicycle

• binocular

• block and tackle

• blueprint

• boiler

• brake

• brick

• bridge (structure)

• Bunsen burner

• bus

• cable

• caisson

• calculator

• camera

• canal

• canal lock

• cantilever

• carburetor

• carpentry

• carriage

• catalytic converter

• catgut

• cement

• centrifuge

• ceramics

• chain

• chariot

• chronometer

• civil engineering

• clepsydra

• clock

• cofferdam

• compass

• composite material

• compressed air

• compression

• compressor

• concrete

• control systems

• cordage

• cotton gin

• crane (machine)

• crank

• crucible

• dam

• degree-day

• diesel engine

• differential

• dredging

• drill

• dry cleaning

• eccentric

• electrical engineering

• electron microscope

• elevator

• enamelware

• engineering

• exposition

• fan

• fiberglass

• firebrick

• fireproofing

• fireworks

• firing

• flywheel

• fossil fuel

• fuel cell

• fuel injection

• furnace

• gear

• George Whetstone

• geothermal energy

• grinding

• gunpowder

• Gunpowder Plot

• gyrocompass

• gyroscope

• harness

• heating

• heliograph

• horology

• horseshoe

• Horseshoe Bend

• hourglass

• Hovercraft

• hydraulics

• hydrofoil

• hydrology

• hydrometer

• ignition

• incinerator

• inclined plane

• insulation

• internal-combustion engine

• jack

• jeep

• kaleidoscope

• kiln

• lathe

• levee

• lever

• lighting

• lightning rod

• lock and key

• locomotive

• lubrication

• lumber

• machine

• machine tool

• Manhattan Project

• manometer

• match

• mechanical engineering

• micrometer

• microscope

• microwave oven

• monorail

• mortar

• motorcycle

• muffler

• nail

• odometer

• paper

• parchment

• pavement

• photocopying

• photostat

• pier

• pile

• pipe

• plumbing

• plywood

• pontoon

• port

• prairie schooner

• propeller

• pulley

• pump

• putty

• pyrotechnics

• quadrant (technology)

• radiator

• railroad

• ratchet and pawl

• refrigeration

• reservoir

• rivet

• road

• rotary engine

• saddle

• safety valve

• sandblast

• sandpaper

• sawmill

• screw

• searchlight

• semaphore

• servomechanism

• sewing machine

• shock absorber

• siphon

• sled

• snowmobile

• solar energy

• SOS

• sources of energy

• speedometer

• spirit level

• spring (mechanical)

• stagecoach

• standpipe

• steam engine

• steel wool

• stereoscope

• stereotype

• still

• stirrup

• stove

• streetcar

• stroboscope

• sundial

• surveying

• suspension

• tachometer

• thermography

• thermostat

• tire

• top

• torsion balance

• transmission

• triangulation

• truck

• tunnel

• turbine

• typewriter

• vacuum cleaner

• valve

• vending machine

• ventilation

• vernier

• viaduct

• watch

• water power

• water wheel

• wedge

• well

• wheel

• whetstone

• whitewash

• whiting

• winch

• windmill

• wire

• xerography