Time Warp
Digital archive of 20th century 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.

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

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

Technology History
Miscellaneous links to technology topics.

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.

Resources in the History of Science & Technology
Many links

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

Pam Mack's History of Technology Links

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.

History of the IBM Typewriter
Timeline with images of each model

Air Force Technology
Timelines through 1970s.

Lumber, Logging and Paper
An illustrated history of logging and sawmills in the US provided by Ed Sanders.

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.

A Walk Through Time
An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present, by NIST

History of Radio
This paper analyzes early stages of Soviet and US radio broadcasting. It was a different world back then.

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

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.

Medieval Technology Pages
Medieval technology and various inventions and developments involving everyday life in the Middle Ages.

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.

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.

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.

H-GIG Technology History links
From the University of California, Riverside.

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Online texts of historical documents relating to the history of the steam engine.

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

Inventions! Patents at NC State University
Patents developed by faculty at NC State University and selected items from NCSU Libraries? collection of related materials.

Wolfgang von Kempelen's and the subsequent speaking machines
A description of vaious methods of producing synthetic speech experimented with between 1770 and 1970. Includes auditory illustrations.

Echo Science and Technology Virtual Center
Incorporating the WWW Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology, & Medicine, established in 1994.

History of Refrigeration
Summary with links to related articles.

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.

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

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.

Surfing the Aether - A Radio History & 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.

History of Science and Technology in Islam
Describes Arabic original inventions and improvements in chemical processes and mechanical engineering

Kodo Zuroku - Illustrated Book on the Smelting of Copper
Online facsimile of an eighteenth century book by Masuda Tsuna, translated by Zenryu Shirakawa.

Canadian Civil Engineering History & Heritage
Features civil engineering historic sites and engineers who made a significant impact on civil engineering in Canada.

Charles Babbage's First Difference Engine
Contains archival source material and graphics, together with a discussion of the Mathematics of the Engine.

The astronomical clock at Hampton Court Palace
The astronomical clock at Hampton Court Palace by the author of the original guide book, and including many details and fascinating facts and discoveries omitted from the guide book.

ThinkQuest - The Evolution of Communication
Traces the development of verbal and non-verbal communication through human history, from prehistoric cave drawings to satellite broadcast.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It'll Never Work!
Negative comments about new scientific and technological ideas.

A World Of Communication
All about the history, status, and future of communications technology.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.