{"product_id":"technical-innovation-in-american-history-an-encyclopedia-of-science-and-technology-3-volumes","title":"Technical Innovation in American History: An Encyclopedia of Science and Technology [3 Volumes]","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom the invention of eyeglasses to the Internet, this three-volume set examines the pivotal effects that inventions have had on society, providing a fascinating history of technology and innovations in the United States from the earliest colonization by Europeans to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosanne Welch\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, teaches humanities courses for California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and in MFA in Screenwriting programs at California State University, Fullerton, and Stephens College, Missouri. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePeg A. Lamphier\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, teaches in an interdisciplinary program at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She also teaches American history at Mt. San Antonio College. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Recommended. Undergraduates and general readers.\" --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Suitable for high school students interested in technology and history.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Overall, the coverage and the quality of the essays is exceptional, and this tome should be a part of any K-12 library and college\/university library as a major resource on this topic.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eARBA\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Overall, the coverage and the quality of the essays is exceptional, and this tome should be a part of any school library as a major resource on this topic. . . Recommended.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the invention of eyeglasses to the Internet, this three-volume set examines the pivotal effects of inventions on society, providing a fascinating history of technology and innovations in the United States from the earliest European colonization to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnical Innovation in American History\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncourages readers to consider the tremendous potential impact of advances in science and technology and the ramifications of important inventions on the global market, human society, and even the planet as a whole\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupports eras addressed in the National Standards for American history as well as curricular units on inventions, discoveries, and technological advances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes primary documents, a chronology, and section openers that help readers contextualize the 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to Benjamin Banneker, Expressing Jefferson's Belief That Blacks Had Talents Equal to Other Races (1791), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Frontispiece of Benjamin Banneker's \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanack and Ephemeris\u003c\/i\u003e (1792), \u003cbr\u003eBifocals, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Benjamin Franklin's Letter Describing His Invention of Bifocals (1725), \u003cbr\u003eBushnell, David (1740-c. 1824), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Engraving of David Bushnell's American \u003ci\u003eTurtle\u003c\/i\u003e (1775), \u003cbr\u003eColden, Jane (1724-1766), \u003cbr\u003eDaylight Saving Time, \u003cbr\u003eExtension Arm (Long Arm), \u003cbr\u003eFire Safety, \u003cbr\u003eFlexible Catheter, \u003cbr\u003eFood Production, Native American, \u003cbr\u003eFranklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of Benjamin Franklin Describing His Experiments with Electricity (c. 1750), \u003cbr\u003eFranklin Stove, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's \u003ci\u003eAn Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places\u003c\/i\u003e (1744), \u003cbr\u003eGlass Harmonica (Armonica), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt of Benjamin Franklin's Letter to Father Giambatista Beccaria Describing the Glass Harmonica (1762), \u003cbr\u003eGlover, Elizabeth (d. 1643), \u003cbr\u003eGodfrey, Thomas (1704-1749), \u003cbr\u003eIron- and Silversmithing, \u003cbr\u003eKentucky Long Rifle, \u003cbr\u003eLightning Rod, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Frontispiece and Title Page of Benjamin Franklin's \u003ci\u003eExperiments and Observations on Electricity\u003c\/i\u003e (1774), \u003cbr\u003eLoom, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpts from the Diary of Martha Ballard Describing Home Weaving (1787), \u003cbr\u003eLucas, Eliza (1722-1793), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of Eliza Lucas to Her Father (1741), \u003cbr\u003eMasters, Sybilla (c. 1675-1720), \u003cbr\u003eMather, Cotton (1663-1728), \u003cbr\u003eNatural History, \u003cbr\u003eOnesimus (fl. 1706-1716), \u003cbr\u003ePeale, Charles Willson (1741-1827), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of Charles Willson Peale to Thomas Jefferson Regarding New Agricultural Inventions and Innovations (1815), \u003cbr\u003ePriestley, Joseph (1733-1804), \u003cbr\u003eRittenhouse, David (1732-1796), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of Thomas Jefferson to David Rittenhouse (1778), \u003cbr\u003e\"Saugus Pot,\"\u003cbr\u003eSchooner, \u003cbr\u003eSmallpox Inoculation, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: George Washington's Order for All Soldiers to Receive a Smallpox Inoculation (1778) and Letter of Edward Rowse to Thomas Jefferson Suggesting the Possibility of Vaccines for Other Diseases (1805), \u003cbr\u003eSpinning Wheel, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: An \"Address to the Ladies\" Urging American Women to Boycott British Goods (1767), \u003cbr\u003eStreet Lighting, \u003cbr\u003eSwim Fins, \u003cbr\u003eThree-Wheel Clock, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: James Ferguson's Description of Benjamin Franklin's Three-Wheel Clock (1773), \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTurtle\u003c\/i\u003e Submarine, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of David Bushnell to Thomas Jefferson Regarding Bushnell's Experiments with Submarines (1787), \u003cbr\u003eWhiton, David Erskine (1825-1904), \u003cbr\u003eWinthrop, John (1714-1779), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: John Winthrop Describes His Observation of the Planet Venus (1761), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2: The New Republic and the Market Economy (1780-1820), \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eAmphibious Steam Vehicle, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Image of an Amphibious Steam Vehicle (1834), \u003cbr\u003eApple Parers, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Apple Parer Patent Document Image (1836), \u003cbr\u003eBabbitt, Sarah \"Tabitha\" (1779-1853), \u003cbr\u003eBallard, Martha (1735-1812), \u003cbr\u003eBanjo Clock, \u003cbr\u003eBlackwell, Elizabeth (1821-1910), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpts from \"Address on the Medical Education of Women\" by Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell (1863), \u003cbr\u003eBurr Truss Bridge, \u003cbr\u003eCanals, \u003cbr\u003eCanning Factory, \u003cbr\u003eCharting the Gulf Stream, \u003cbr\u003eCircular Saw, \u003cbr\u003eCoffee Percolator, \u003cbr\u003eCotton Gin, \u003cbr\u003eCotton Sewing Thread, \u003cbr\u003eDental Floss, \u003cbr\u003eDiffraction Grating, \u003cbr\u003eErie Canal, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of Robert Fulton to George Washington Urging Him to Support the Construction of Canals (1797), \u003cbr\u003eEvans, Oliver (1755-1819), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letters from Oliver Evans to Thomas Jefferson (1804, 1808), \u003cbr\u003eFire Hydrant, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Account of the Detroit Fire (1805), \u003cbr\u003eFitch, John (1743-1798), \u003cbr\u003eFlatboat, \u003cbr\u003eFulton, Robert (1765-1815), \u003cbr\u003eGas Tungsten Arc Welding, \u003cbr\u003eGreene, Catharine Littlefield (1755-1814), \u003cbr\u003eHigh-Pressure Steam Engine, \u003cbr\u003eInterchangeable Parts, \u003cbr\u003eInternal Combustion Engine, \u003cbr\u003eJefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), \u003cbr\u003eLewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpts from the Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1805, 1806), \u003cbr\u003eLobster Trap, \u003cbr\u003eLowell Mill System, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Description of the Life of a Mill Girl from the Lowell Offering (1845), \u003cbr\u003eMilling Machine, \u003cbr\u003eMorey, Samuel (1762-1843), \u003cbr\u003eMultitubular Boiler, \u003cbr\u003eNational Road, \u003cbr\u003eOdometer, \u003cbr\u003ePatent and Copyright Statutes, \u003cbr\u003ePractical Ocean Navigation, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReport on Manufactures\u003c\/i\u003e (1791), \u003cbr\u003eRiver Steamer, \u003cbr\u003eRumford Fireplace, \u003cbr\u003eRush, Benjamin (1746-1813), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from the Medical Writings of Benjamin Rush (1805), \u003cbr\u003eScrew-Cutting Lathe, \u003cbr\u003eSlater, Samuel (1768-1835), \u003cbr\u003eSteam Engine, \u003cbr\u003eSteam Tractor, \u003cbr\u003eSteamboat, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Newspaper Announcement of Robert Fulton's Steamboat (1807) and Charles Dickens's Account of His Ride on an American Steamboat (1842), \u003cbr\u003eSubmarine, \u003cbr\u003eSuspension Bridge, \u003cbr\u003eSwivel Chair, \u003cbr\u003eThompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford) (1753-1814), \u003cbr\u003eThree-Piece Iron Plow, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Petition to Congress Asking for a Renewal of the Patent on Jethro Wood's Cast-Iron Plow (1846), \u003cbr\u003eVapor-Compression Refrigerator, \u003cbr\u003eWaltham-Lowell Textile System, \u003cbr\u003eWheel Cipher, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpts from Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the Wheel Cipher (Undated), \u003cbr\u003eWhitney, Eli (1765-1825), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of Eli Whitney to His Father Regarding the Ginning of Cotton (1793), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3: Antebellum Industrialization and the Civil War (1820-1865), \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eAdhesive Tape, \u003cbr\u003eAgassiz, Louis (1807-1873), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from the Journal of Louis Agassiz Describing a Trip to the United States (1846), \u003cbr\u003eAnesthesia, \u003cbr\u003eBall Bearings and Babbitt Metal, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest Friend\u003c\/i\u003e Steam Engine, \u003cbr\u003eBreast Pump, \u003cbr\u003eBrown Truss, \u003cbr\u003eBurglar Alarm, \u003cbr\u003eCalliope (Steam Organ), \u003cbr\u003eCannon, Double-Barrel, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from the Memoirs of Former Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander on \"Artillery Hell\" at Antietam (1907), \u003cbr\u003eCivil War Medicine (1861-1865), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Report of Medical Director Robert Murray on Union Casualties Suffered at the Battle of Shiloh (1862), \u003cbr\u003eCivil War Nursing, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Clara Barton's Poem \"The Women Who Went to the Field\" (1892), \u003cbr\u003eClipper Ship, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpts from the Journal of Alexander Van Valen Describing His Journey to California via Clipper Ship (1849), \u003cbr\u003eClothespin, \u003cbr\u003eCoal-Mining Technologies, \u003cbr\u003eCoil Magnet\/Electromagnet, \u003cbr\u003eColgate, William (1783-1857), \u003cbr\u003eColored Female Free Produce Society, \u003cbr\u003eColt, Samuel (1814-1862), \u003cbr\u003eColt Revolver, \u003cbr\u003eColumbiad Cannon, \u003cbr\u003eCombine Harvester, \u003cbr\u003eCompact Iron Stove, \u003cbr\u003eConestoga Wagon, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from John G. Abbott's Recollections of Traveling to California by Wagon Train (1852), \u003cbr\u003eCorn Sheller, \u003cbr\u003eCorset, \u003cbr\u003eCoston, Martha (1826-1904), \u003cbr\u003eCowboy Hat (Stetson), \u003cbr\u003eCrumpler, Rebecca (1831-1895), \u003cbr\u003eCylinder Pin Tumbler Lock, \u003cbr\u003eDahlgren Gun, \u003cbr\u003eDeere, John (1804-1886) and Deere and Company, \u003cbr\u003eDental Chair, \u003cbr\u003eDetachable Collar, \u003cbr\u003eDix, Dorothea (1802-1887), \u003cbr\u003eDustpan, \u003cbr\u003eEggbeater, \u003cbr\u003eElectric Doorbell, \u003cbr\u003eElectric Stove, \u003cbr\u003eElectric Street Railway, \u003cbr\u003eElevator Safety Brake, \u003cbr\u003eEquatorial Sextant, \u003cbr\u003eField, Cyrus West (1819-1892), \u003cbr\u003eFire Alarm Call Box, \u003cbr\u003eFloating Dry Dock (1849), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Patent Application for the Floating Dry Dock (1849), \u003cbr\u003eGas Well, \u003cbr\u003eGold-Mining Technologies, \u003cbr\u003eGoodyear, Charles (1800-1860), \u003cbr\u003eGrain Elevator, \u003cbr\u003eGridiron for Cooking, \u003cbr\u003eHand-Cranked Ice Cream Maker, \u003cbr\u003eHealth Reform, \u003cbr\u003eHenry, Joseph (1797-1878), \u003cbr\u003eHoop Skirt, \u003cbr\u003eHorse-Drawn Streetcar, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Image of a Horse-Drawn Streetcar (c. 1920), \u003cbr\u003eHospital Transport Service, Women's Department, \u003cbr\u003eHowe, Elias (1819-1867), \u003cbr\u003eHowe Truss, \u003cbr\u003eInterchangeable Gun Parts, \u003cbr\u003eInverted Microscope, \u003cbr\u003eJervis, John B. (1795-1885), \u003cbr\u003eLand Mines, \u003cbr\u003eLong, Crawford Williamson (1815-1878), \u003cbr\u003eMachine\/Gatling Gun, \u003cbr\u003eMason Jar, \u003cbr\u003eMaynard, Edward (1813-1891), \u003cbr\u003eMaynard Carbine, \u003cbr\u003eMcCormick, Cyrus (1809-1884), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of Robert E. Lee to Cyrus McCormick Regarding the Curriculum at Washington College (1865), \u003cbr\u003eMechanical Reaper, \u003cbr\u003eMerrick, Solymon (1806-1852), \u003cbr\u003eMilitary Technology (Civil War), \u003cbr\u003eMitchell, Maria (1818-1889), \u003cbr\u003eMorse, Samuel F. B. (1791-1872), \u003cbr\u003eMorse Code, \u003cbr\u003eNational Academy of Sciences (NAS), \u003cbr\u003eNightingale Plan, \u003cbr\u003eNorth, Simeon (1765-1852), \u003cbr\u003eOmnibus System, \u003cbr\u003ePapermaking Machine, \u003cbr\u003ePencil Eraser, \u003cbr\u003ePepper (and Salt) Shaker, \u003cbr\u003ePerkins, Jacob (1766-1849), \u003cbr\u003ePlatform Scale, \u003cbr\u003ePolished Steel Plow, \u003cbr\u003ePrinting, \u003cbr\u003ePrinting Telegraph, \u003cbr\u003ePullman, George Mortimer (1831-1897), \u003cbr\u003eRailroad T-Rail and Tie, \u003cbr\u003eRailroads, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Pacific Railway Act (1862), \u003cbr\u003eRatchet Wrench, \u003cbr\u003eRelay, \u003cbr\u003eRepeating Rifle, \u003cbr\u003eRoller Skates, \u003cbr\u003eRotary Hook (for Sewing Machines), \u003cbr\u003eRucker Ambulance, \u003cbr\u003eSafety Pin, \u003cbr\u003eSewing Machine, Automated, \u003cbr\u003eSewing Pattern, \u003cbr\u003eSolar Compass, \u003cbr\u003eSpar Torpedo, \u003cbr\u003eSteam Locomotive, \u003cbr\u003eSteam Shovel, \u003cbr\u003eStevens, Robert Livingston (1787-1856), \u003cbr\u003eStrauss, Levi (1829-1902), \u003cbr\u003eTelegraph, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Act Authorizing Construction of a Transcontinental Telegraph (1855), \u003cbr\u003eTen-Hour Movement, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from the Preamble and Constitution of the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association (1846), \u003cbr\u003eToothpaste, \u003cbr\u003eTorpedo, \u003cbr\u003eTransatlantic Cable, \u003cbr\u003eTransverse Shuttle, \u003cbr\u003eTwine Knotter, \u003cbr\u003eTwist Drill, \u003cbr\u003eUnited States Capitol Building, Construction of, \u003cbr\u003eU.S. Sanitary Commission (USSC), \u003cbr\u003eVulcanization, \u003cbr\u003eWalker, Mary (1832-1919), \u003cbr\u003eWestern Union Telegraph Company, \u003cbr\u003eZipper, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography: Colonial America to 1865\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVOLUME 2: RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH WORLD WAR II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1: The Rise of Industrialism, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age (1866-1900), \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eAbbe, Cleveland (1838-1916), \u003cbr\u003eAC Generator and Transformer, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) Member Biography for William Stanley (1934), \u003cbr\u003eAC Induction Motor, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Nikola Tesla's Patent for an AC Induction Motor (1896), \u003cbr\u003eAdding Machine with Keys, \u003cbr\u003eAmalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), \u003cbr\u003eAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT\u0026amp;T), \u003cbr\u003eAsphalt, \u003cbr\u003eAspirin, \u003cbr\u003eBarbed Wire, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpts from an Article on Joseph F. Glidden and the Barb-Wire Industry (1884), \u003cbr\u003eBatteries, \u003cbr\u003eBee Smoker, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt on the Use of a Bee Smoker from Moses Quinby's \u003ci\u003eMysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained\u003c\/i\u003e (1853), \u003cbr\u003eBell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of Alexander Graham Bell to His Parents Describing His Idea for the Telephone (1874), \u003cbr\u003eBerliner, Emile (1851-1929), \u003cbr\u003eBrooklyn Bridge, \u003cbr\u003eCamera, \u003cbr\u003eCan Opener, \u003cbr\u003eCarnegie, Andrew (1836-1919), \u003cbr\u003eCarnegie Steel Mill, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Correspondence of Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick Regarding the Homestead Strike (1892), \u003cbr\u003eCarpet Sweeper, \u003cbr\u003eCarver, George Washington (1861-1943), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: George Washington Carver Addresses Congress (1921), \u003cbr\u003eCash Register, \u003cbr\u003eCelluloid, \u003cbr\u003eCoca-Cola, \u003cbr\u003eCotton Candy Machine, \u003cbr\u003eCrayons, \u003cbr\u003eCurling Iron, \u003cbr\u003eDiner (Horse-Drawn), \u003cbr\u003eDishwashing Machine, \u003cbr\u003eDow Chemical Company, \u003cbr\u003edu Pont, Pierre (1870-1954), \u003cbr\u003eDuPont Company, \u003cbr\u003eDuprey, Ana Roqué de (1853-1933), \u003cbr\u003eDuryea, Charles (1861-1938) and Frank (1869-1967), \u003cbr\u003eEarmuffs, \u003cbr\u003eEastman, George (1854-1932), \u003cbr\u003eEastman Kodak Company, \u003cbr\u003eEdison, Thomas (1847-1931), \u003cbr\u003eElectric Iron, \u003cbr\u003eElectric Lightbulb, \u003cbr\u003eElectricity, War of the Currents, \u003cbr\u003eElectrification, Urban, \u003cbr\u003eEscalator, \u003cbr\u003eFerris Wheel, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Telegrams between Luther Rice and George Ferris Following the Successful Test of the Ferris Wheel (1893), \u003cbr\u003eFolding Cabinet Bed, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Patent for Folding Cabinet Bed (1885), \u003cbr\u003eFood Preservation, \u003cbr\u003eFountain Pen, \u003cbr\u003eFrasch Process, \u003cbr\u003eGas Transmission, \u003cbr\u003eGeneral Electric, \u003cbr\u003eGoodrich, B. F. (1841-1888), \u003cbr\u003eGoodyear, Charles, Jr. (1833-1896), \u003cbr\u003eHallidie, Andrew Smith (1836-1900), \u003cbr\u003eHarvard Computers, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Undated Photo of the Harvard Computers, \u003cbr\u003eHaynes, Elwood (1857-1925), \u003cbr\u003eHeyl, Henry (1842-1919), \u003cbr\u003eIce Cream Soda, \u003cbr\u003eInman, George (1895-1972), \u003cbr\u003eIron Ship with Revolving Turret, \u003cbr\u003eIroning Board, \u003cbr\u003eJeans, \u003cbr\u003eJockstrap, \u003cbr\u003eJones, Amanda T. (1835-1914), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: \"The Soldier's Mother\" by Amanda T. Jones (1867), \u003cbr\u003eKellogg, William Keith (1860-1951), \u003cbr\u003eKelly, William (1811-1888), \u003cbr\u003eKier, Samuel (1813-1874), \u003cbr\u003eKinematoscope, \u003cbr\u003eKnight, Margaret (1838-1914), \u003cbr\u003eLady Stitchers' Union, \u003cbr\u003eLawn Mower, Reel-Type, \u003cbr\u003eLennox, David (1855-1947), \u003cbr\u003eLinotype Machine, \u003cbr\u003eMargarine, \u003cbr\u003eMatchbook Matches, \u003cbr\u003eMatzeliger, Jan Ernst (1852-1889), \u003cbr\u003eMaxim, Hudson (1853-1927), \u003cbr\u003eMetal Detector, \u003cbr\u003eMetal Electrode Weld, \u003cbr\u003eMetal Windmill, \u003cbr\u003eMilitary Technology (Post-Civil War through World War I), \u003cbr\u003eMotion Picture Camera, \u003cbr\u003eNational Consumers League, \u003cbr\u003eNational Institutes of Health (NIH), \u003cbr\u003eNiagara Falls Power Plant, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from Nikola Tesla's Commemoration Address for the Niagara Falls Power Plant (1897), \u003cbr\u003eOffice Technology (Pre-World War II), \u003cbr\u003ePaper Bag, \u003cbr\u003ePaper Clip, \u003cbr\u003ePhonograph, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Roll Call of Companies at the Phonograph Convention in Chicago (1890), \u003cbr\u003ePhotographic Film, \u003cbr\u003ePipe Wrench, \u003cbr\u003ePlayer Piano, \u003cbr\u003ePortland Cement Mortar, \u003cbr\u003ePunch Card Tabulator, \u003cbr\u003eQuadruplex Telegraph, \u003cbr\u003eRailroad Refrigerator Car, \u003cbr\u003eRailroad Sleeping Car and Pullman Car, \u003cbr\u003eRailroad Switch Systems, \u003cbr\u003eRichards, Ellen Swallow (1842-1911), \u003cbr\u003eRoebling, Emily (1843-1903), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Photograph of the Promenade on the Brooklyn Bridge (1899), \u003cbr\u003eRoebling, John (1806-1869), \u003cbr\u003eRoll Film, \u003cbr\u003eRoller Coaster, \u003cbr\u003eRotary Washing Machine, \u003cbr\u003eRowing Machine, \u003cbr\u003eSaccharine, \u003cbr\u003eSilo, \u003cbr\u003eSkyscraper, \u003cbr\u003eSoda Fountain, \u003cbr\u003eSpork, \u003cbr\u003eSteel Arched Bridge, \u003cbr\u003eStethoscope, Binaural, \u003cbr\u003eStockyards, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Photograph of Chicago's Union Stock Yards (1907), \u003cbr\u003eTape Measure, \u003cbr\u003eTaylor, Frederick (1856-1915), \u003cbr\u003eTesla, Nikola (1856-1943), \u003cbr\u003eTicker Tape, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Thumb\u003c\/i\u003e Locomotive, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: John Latrobe's Description of the \u003ci\u003eTom Thumb\u003c\/i\u003e Locomotive (1830), \u003cbr\u003eTrack-Type Tractor, \u003cbr\u003eTranscontinental Railroad, \u003cbr\u003eTwine Self-Binding Harvester, \u003cbr\u003eTypewriter and QWERTY, \u003cbr\u003eVelocipede, \u003cbr\u003eVending Machine, \u003cbr\u003eVibrator, \u003cbr\u003eWater Heater, \u003cbr\u003eWestinghouse Air Brake, \u003cbr\u003eWorld's Fairs, \u003cbr\u003eWright, Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville (1871-1948), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Entry from Orville Wright's Diary of December 17, 1903, \u003cbr\u003eYerkes Observatory, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2: The Progressive Era and the Roaring Twenties (1900-1929), \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eAerosol Spray Can, \u003cbr\u003eAirplane, \u003cbr\u003eAnderson, Mary (1866-1953), \u003cbr\u003eAssembly Line, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from Henry Ford's \"The First Assembly Line\" (1913), \u003cbr\u003eAutomobile Technologies (Pre-World War II), \u003cbr\u003eBakelite, \u003cbr\u003eBand-Aid, \u003cbr\u003eBell Telephone Laboratories, \u003cbr\u003eBinney \u0026amp; Smith Inc., \u003cbr\u003eBirdseye, Clarence (1886-1956), \u003cbr\u003eBlender, \u003cbr\u003eBlodgett, Katherine (1898-1979), \u003cbr\u003eBoeing, William E. (1881-1956), \u003cbr\u003eBottle-Making Machine, \u003cbr\u003eBread Slicer and Wrapping Machine, \u003cbr\u003eBryant, Alice (1862-1942), \u003cbr\u003eCannon, Annie Jump (1863-1941), \u003cbr\u003eCarothers, Wallace (1896-1937), \u003cbr\u003eChristmas Tree Lights, \u003cbr\u003eChuck Wagon, \u003cbr\u003ede Forest, Lee (1873-1961), \u003cbr\u003eDickelman, Elizabeth (dates unknown), \u003cbr\u003eDickerson, Mary Cynthia (1866-1923), \u003cbr\u003eDrew, Charles (1904-1950), \u003cbr\u003eDuctile Tungsten, \u003cbr\u003eEinstein, Albert (1879-1955), \u003cbr\u003eEmpire State Building, \u003cbr\u003eFord, Henry (1863-1947), \u003cbr\u003eFreon, \u003cbr\u003eGalvin, Paul Vincent (1895-1959), \u003cbr\u003eGeneral Motors (GM), \u003cbr\u003eGilbreth, Lillian (1878-1972), \u003cbr\u003eGramophone\/Victrola, \u003cbr\u003eGumball Machine, \u003cbr\u003eHewitt, Peter C. (1861-1921), \u003cbr\u003eHoosier Cabinet, \u003cbr\u003eHydroelectric Power, \u003cbr\u003eJacob, Mary Phelps (1891-1970), \u003cbr\u003eKettering, Charles F. (1876-1958), \u003cbr\u003eLie Detector, \u003cbr\u003eLife Savers Candy, \u003cbr\u003eMarsh, Albert L. (1877-1944), \u003cbr\u003eMcKnight, William L. (1887-1978), \u003cbr\u003eMidgley, Thomas (1889-1944), \u003cbr\u003eMorgan, Garrett (1877-1963), \u003cbr\u003eMotorcycle (Pre-World War II), \u003cbr\u003eNational Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), \u003cbr\u003eNoether, Amalie Emmy (1882-1935), \u003cbr\u003eOlds, Ransom Eli (1864-1950), \u003cbr\u003ePanama Canal, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from President Theodore Roosevelt's Message to Congress After Returning from the Canal Zone in Panama (1906), \u003cbr\u003ePennington, Mary Engle (1872-1952), \u003cbr\u003ePetroleum Industry (Pre-World War II), \u003cbr\u003ePop-Up Toaster, \u003cbr\u003ePushpin, \u003cbr\u003eRadio, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: \"Radio's Real Uses\" by E. E. Free, Science Editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Forum\u003c\/i\u003e (1926), \u003cbr\u003eRocky Mountain Laboratories, \u003cbr\u003eSafety Razor, \u003cbr\u003eScotch Tape, \u003cbr\u003eSubway System of New York City, \u003cbr\u003eTalking Movies, \u003cbr\u003eTraffic Light, Electric, \u003cbr\u003eTriode Tube, \u003cbr\u003eTurbine Engine, Gas Powered, \u003cbr\u003eWashing Machine, Electric, \u003cbr\u003eWelding, Alternating Current, \u003cbr\u003eWelding, Automatic, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3: The Great Depression and World War II (1930-1945), \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eAlaska Highway, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from Ruth Gruber's Study of Highway Routes to Alaska (1941), \u003cbr\u003eAtomic Bombs\/Nuclear Weapons, \u003cbr\u003eAvenger Field, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letters of Mary Anna Martin Wyall, a Pilot Trainee at Avenger Airfield (1944), \u003cbr\u003eB-17 Flying Fortress, \u003cbr\u003eBig Science, \u003cbr\u003eBlood Transfusion, \u003cbr\u003eBradberry, Henrietta (1903-1979), \u003cbr\u003eCalutron Girls, \u003cbr\u003eClarke, Edith (1883-1959), \u003cbr\u003eCurtiss-Wright Aeronautical Engineering Cadettes, \u003cbr\u003eD Rations, \u003cbr\u003eElectric Guitar, \u003cbr\u003eFermi, Enrico (1901-1954), \u003cbr\u003eFM Radio, \u003cbr\u003eFreeze-Dried Food, \u003cbr\u003eGarbage Disposal, \u003cbr\u003eGas Mask, \u003cbr\u003eGolden Gate Bridge, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of Charles Ellis to the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Regarding the Golden Gate Bridge (1930), \u003cbr\u003eHelicopter, \u003cbr\u003eHoover Dam, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Speech at the Dedication of Hoover Dam (1935), \u003cbr\u003eHydrogen Bomb, \u003cbr\u003eHydroponics, \u003cbr\u003eInternational Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: \"The Uprising of the 20,000,\"\u003cbr\u003eInterstate Highway System, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from the Federal-Aid Highway Act (1956), \u003cbr\u003eLamarr, Hedy (1914-2000), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Patent for Hedy Lamarr's Frequency-Hopping System (1942), \u003cbr\u003eLange, Dorothea (1895-1965), \u003cbr\u003eLend-Lease Program (1941-1945), \u003cbr\u003eLiberty Ships, \u003cbr\u003eM\u0026amp;M's, \u003cbr\u003eM4 Sherman Tank, \u003cbr\u003eManhattan Project, \u003cbr\u003eMead, Margaret (1901-1978), \u003cbr\u003eMicrowave Oven, \u003cbr\u003eMilitary Technology (World War II), \u003cbr\u003eMIT Radiation Laboratory, \u003cbr\u003eNeoprene, \u003cbr\u003eOppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967), \u003cbr\u003ePaul, Les (1915-2009), \u003cbr\u003ePenicillin, \u003cbr\u003epH Meter, \u003cbr\u003ePhotocopier, \u003cbr\u003ePinball and Arcade Games, \u003cbr\u003ePlastic Wrap, \u003cbr\u003eRadar, \u003cbr\u003eRefrigerator, \u003cbr\u003eRichter Scale, \u003cbr\u003eRocketry (Pre-Space Age), \u003cbr\u003eRosie the Riveter, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from Interview with Maria Isabel Solis (2003), \u003cbr\u003eSchwinger, Julian (1918-1994), \u003cbr\u003eSemple, Ellen Churchill (1863-1932), \u003cbr\u003eSONAR, \u003cbr\u003eSubmarine Technology, \u003cbr\u003eTampon, \u003cbr\u003eTea Bag, \u003cbr\u003eTelephone, \u003cbr\u003eTelevision, \u003cbr\u003eTennessee Valley Authority Electricity Project (TVA), \u003cbr\u003eThomas, Vivien Theodore (1910-1985), \u003cbr\u003eTizard Mission, \u003cbr\u003eWomen's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), \u003cbr\u003eWu, Chien-Shiung (1912-1997), \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography: Reconstruction through World War II\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVOLUME 3: THE COLD WAR TO THE PRESENT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1: The Cold War (1946-1979), \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e911 Emergency System, \u003cbr\u003eAgent Orange, \u003cbr\u003e\"Air\" Athletic Shoes, \u003cbr\u003eAntiballistic Missiles (ABMs), \u003cbr\u003eAntibiotic, \u003cbr\u003eApollo Project, \u003cbr\u003eARPANET, \u003cbr\u003eAspartame, \u003cbr\u003eAssociation for Women in Mathematics (AWM), \u003cbr\u003eAtari, \u003cbr\u003eAutomotive Technologies (Post-World War II), \u003cbr\u003eBaer, Ralph (1922-2014), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from Ralph Baer's Four-Page Paper Describing His Plans for Simple Video Games (1966), \u003cbr\u003eBar Code Scanner, \u003cbr\u003eBenerito, Ruth Rogan (1916-2013), \u003cbr\u003eBiodiesel, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Statement of Anne Steckel, the Vice President of Federal Affairs of the National Biodiesel Board, to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (2016), \u003cbr\u003eBirth Control Pill, \u003cbr\u003eBomb Disposal Robots\/Units, \u003cbr\u003eBrill, Yvonne Madalaine Claeys (1924-2013), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Yvonne Brill's Patent for New Jet Propulsion Technology (1974), \u003cbr\u003eBrown, Marie Van Brittan (1922-1999), \u003cbr\u003eBulletproof Vest\/Kevlar, \u003cbr\u003eCarson, Rachel (1907-1964), \u003cbr\u003eChlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), \u003cbr\u003eClimate Change, \u003cbr\u003eCO2 Welding, \u003cbr\u003eCommodore 64, \u003cbr\u003eComsat\/Intelsat, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCuranderas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eDark Matter Science, \u003cbr\u003eDolby Laboratories, \u003cbr\u003eDrones, \u003cbr\u003eElectric Car, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Article from the energy.gov Web Site on Electric Cars (2014), \u003cbr\u003eEnders, John Franklin (1897-1985), \u003cbr\u003eEngelbart, Douglas (1925-2013), \u003cbr\u003eENIAC and the \"ENIAC Girls,\"\u003cbr\u003eFortran, \u003cbr\u003eFuller, Richard Buckminster (1895-1983), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Drawing of R. Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome (c. 1933), \u003cbr\u003eGlobal Positioning System (GPS), \u003cbr\u003eGoeppert-Mayer, Maria (1906-1972), \u003cbr\u003eGraham, Bette (1924-1980), \u003cbr\u003eHamilton, Margaret (1936-), \u003cbr\u003eHaynes, Martha Euphemia Lofton (1890-1980), \u003cbr\u003eHopper, Grace (1906-1992), \u003cbr\u003eHydraulic Fracturing (\"Fracking\"), \u003cbr\u003eHydrogen Energy, \u003cbr\u003eIBM 360 Computer, \u003cbr\u003eIn Vitro Fertilization (IVF), \u003cbr\u003eIntegrated Circuit, \u003cbr\u003eIntel Corporation, \u003cbr\u003eJackson, Mary Winston (1921-2005), \u003cbr\u003eJet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), \u003cbr\u003eJohnson, Katherine Goble (1918-), \u003cbr\u003eKilby, Jack (1923-2005), \u003cbr\u003eKwolek, Stephanie Louise (1923-2014), \u003cbr\u003eLacks, Henrietta (1920-1951), \u003cbr\u003eLand, Edwin H. (1909-1991), \u003cbr\u003eLasers, \u003cbr\u003eLED Lights, \u003cbr\u003eLiquified Natural Gas (LNG) Carrier, \u003cbr\u003eLiskov, Barbara (1939-), \u003cbr\u003eM16 Rifle, \u003cbr\u003eMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), \u003cbr\u003eMASER, \u003cbr\u003eMcClintock, Barbara (1902-1992), \u003cbr\u003eMercury 13, \u003cbr\u003eMilitary-Industrial Complex, \u003cbr\u003eMinsky, Marvin (1927-2016), \u003cbr\u003eMoog, Robert (1934-2005), \u003cbr\u003eMorgan, Mary Sherman (1921-2004), \u003cbr\u003eNanotechnology, \u003cbr\u003eNapalm, \u003cbr\u003eNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter of President Dwight Eisenhower to Keith Glennan, Retiring Administrator for NASA (1960), \u003cbr\u003eNational Science Foundation (NSF), \u003cbr\u003eNoyce, Robert (1927-1990), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Personal Interview with Robert Noyce for the IEEE History Center (1975), \u003cbr\u003eNuclear and Radiation Accidents, \u003cbr\u003eOchoa, Ellen (1958-), \u003cbr\u003eOrshansky, Mollie (1915-2006), \u003cbr\u003ePacket Switching, \u003cbr\u003eParticle Accelerator, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Press Release Issued by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (2012), \u003cbr\u003ePauling, Linus \"Carl\" (1901-1994), \u003cbr\u003ePermanent Press Fabric, \u003cbr\u003ePetroleum Industry (Post-World War II), \u003cbr\u003ePlasma Arc Welding, \u003cbr\u003ePlastics, \u003cbr\u003ePolaroids, \u003cbr\u003ePolio Vaccine, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePong\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003ePortable Transistor Radio, \u003cbr\u003eRocket Girls of JPL, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Press Release Announcing Eleanor F. Helin's Naming to the Women in Science and Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame (1998), \u003cbr\u003eRogallo, Francis Melvin (1912-2009), \u003cbr\u003eSabin, Albert B. (1906-1993), \u003cbr\u003eSalk, Jonas (1914-1995), \u003cbr\u003eSatellites and Space Probes, \u003cbr\u003eSherman, Patsy O'Connell (1930-2008), \u003cbr\u003eShippingport Atomic Power Station, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), \u003cbr\u003eSilicon Valley, \u003cbr\u003eSingle-Chip Microprocessor, \u003cbr\u003eSkylab, \u003cbr\u003eSkywalker Ranch, \u003cbr\u003eSmallpox, Eradication of, \u003cbr\u003eSmoke Detector, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Chris P. Borreson's Account of the Iroquois Theater Fire (1904), \u003cbr\u003eSpace Science and Technology, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Account of Astronaut David Alexander Wolf Voting in Space (1997), \u003cbr\u003eStealth Technologies, \u003cbr\u003eSuperconductivity, \u003cbr\u003eTaussig, Helen (1898-1986), \u003cbr\u003eTelephone Switching, Computerized, \u003cbr\u003eThomas, Valerie (1943-), \u003cbr\u003eTouch-Tone Phones, \u003cbr\u003eTrans-Alaska Pipeline, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Bill to Reform the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Authorization Act (1989), \u003cbr\u003eTransistor Radio, \u003cbr\u003eTV Dinner, \u003cbr\u003eUnimate\/Industrial Robot, \u003cbr\u003eUniversal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC), \u003cbr\u003eVaccines, \u003cbr\u003eVaughan, Dorothy (1910-2008), \u003cbr\u003eVocoder, \u003cbr\u003eVoyager Spacecraft, \u003cbr\u003eWise, Brownie (1913-1992), \u003cbr\u003eXerox Corporation, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Patent for Xerography (1956), \u003cbr\u003eYalow, Rosalyn Sussman (1921-2011), \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSection 2: The Post-Cold War Era (1980-1999), \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eAIDS Research, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Introduction to the AIDS Archive by Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, \u003cbr\u003eApple, \u003cbr\u003eApple II, \u003cbr\u003eArtificial Heart, \u003cbr\u003eArtificial Intelligence (AI), \u003cbr\u003eBerners-Lee, Tim (1955-), \u003cbr\u003eBoston Tunnel, \u003cbr\u003eCD and DVD, \u003cbr\u003eCD-ROM, \u003cbr\u003eComputer\/Information Technology, \u003cbr\u003eCray, Seymour (1925-1996), \u003cbr\u003eDell, Michael \"Saul\" (1965-), \u003cbr\u003eDigital Photography, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Excerpt from the Patent for Kodak's Digital Camera (1978), \u003cbr\u003eElion, Gertrude (1918-1999), \u003cbr\u003eFloppy Disk, \u003cbr\u003eFossey, Dian (1932-1985), \u003cbr\u003eGates, Bill (1955-), \u003cbr\u003eGenetic Engineering, \u003cbr\u003eGosling, James (1955-), \u003cbr\u003eIBM Personal Computer, \u003cbr\u003eInfant Formula, \u003cbr\u003eInsulin Pump, \u003cbr\u003eInternet, \u003cbr\u003eJobs, Steve (1955-2011), \u003cbr\u003eKare, Susan (1954-), \u003cbr\u003eLaser Cataract Surgery Device, \u003cbr\u003eMetcalfe, Robert (1946-), \u003cbr\u003eMicrochip, \u003cbr\u003eMicrosoft, \u003cbr\u003eMobile Phone, \u003cbr\u003eNuclear Energy\/Nuclear Power Plants, \u003cbr\u003eOpen-Source Software, \u003cbr\u003ePerlman, Radia (1951-), \u003cbr\u003ePersonal Computer (PC), \u003cbr\u003eRide, Sally (1951-2012), \u003cbr\u003eRitchie, Dennis (1941-2011), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Abstract for \"The Development of the C Language\" by Dennis Ritchie (1993), \u003cbr\u003eRobotic Surgery, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Letter from Elizabeth A. Kage, Acting District Director of the FDA, to Gary S. Guthart, President of Intuitive Surgical Inc., on the Regulation of Robotic Surgery (2013), \u003cbr\u003eSatellite Radio, \u003cbr\u003eSelf-Driving Cars, \u003cbr\u003eSEMATECH, \u003cbr\u003eSolar Energy, \u003cbr\u003eSpace Shuttle, \u003cbr\u003eStrategic Defense Initiative (SDI), \u003cbr\u003eSustainable Agriculture, \u003cbr\u003eWind Energy, \u003cbr\u003eWozniak, Steve (1950-), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3: The New Millennium (2000-Present), \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eAirplane Deicer, \u003cbr\u003eAmazon Web Services, \u003cbr\u003eAmazon.com, \u003cbr\u003eArtificial Memories, \u003cbr\u003eBashen, Janet (1957-), \u003cbr\u003eBirth Control Patch, \u003cbr\u003eBlizzard Entertainment, \u003cbr\u003eCancer Research, \u003cbr\u003eCassini Saturn Mission, \u003cbr\u003eDrake Equation, \u003cbr\u003ee-Book and e-Reader, \u003cbr\u003ee-Sports, \u003cbr\u003eFacebook, \u003cbr\u003eGene Patenting, \u003cbr\u003eGenetically Modified Foods, \u003cbr\u003eGoogle, \u003cbr\u003eGoogle Earth, \u003cbr\u003eGrandin, Temple (1947-), \u003cbr\u003eHawking, Stephen (1942-2018), \u003cbr\u003eHubble Space Telescope, \u003cbr\u003eHuman Genome Project, \u003cbr\u003eHybrid Vehicles, \u003cbr\u003eHypertext, \u003cbr\u003eInternational Space Station, \u003cbr\u003eIntraocular Contact Lens, \u003cbr\u003eiPod, \u003cbr\u003eJava, \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Interview with James Gosling, the Creator of Java (2001), \u003cbr\u003eJemison, Mae (1956-), \u003cbr\u003eJoystick\/Flight Simulator, \u003cbr\u003eKurzweil, Ray (1948-), \u003cbr\u003eLinux, \u003cbr\u003eMaker Faire, \u003cbr\u003eMarch for Science, \u003cbr\u003eMars Rover Series, \u003cbr\u003eMIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), \u003cbr\u003eMoore, Ann (1934-), \u003cbr\u003eMP3, \u003cbr\u003eNegroponte, Nicholas (1943-), \u003cbr\u003eNetscape, \u003cbr\u003eNye, Bill (1955-), \u003cbr\u003eOne Laptop per Child, \u003cbr\u003ePayPal, \u003cbr\u003ePGP Encryption, \u003cbr\u003eQuantum Science, \u003cbr\u003eRFID Labels, \u003cbr\u003eRU-486\/Plan B, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience Friday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eSETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), \u003cbr\u003eSmartphone and 3G Network, \u003cbr\u003eTarter, Jill (1944-), \u003cbr\u003eThompson, Ken (1943-), \u003cbr\u003ePrimary Document: Interview with Ken Thompson, Inventor of the UNIX System (2011), \u003cbr\u003e3-D Printing, \u003cbr\u003eTOR (The Onion Router), \u003cbr\u003eTorvalds, Linus (1969-), \u003cbr\u003eTyson, Neil deGrasse (1958-), \u003cbr\u003eVideo Game, \u003cbr\u003eVideo Streaming Services, \u003cbr\u003eVirtual Reality (VR), \u003cbr\u003eWang, An (1920-1990), \u003cbr\u003eWilliams, Roberta (1953-) and Ken (1954-), \u003cbr\u003eWireless Communication, \u003cbr\u003eYouTube, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography: The Cold War to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEditors and Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the invention of eyeglasses to the Internet, this three-volume set examines the pivotal effects of inventions on society, providing a fascinating history of technology and innovations in the United States from the earliest European colonization to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTechnical Innovation in American History\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. 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