Aurora Pump was founded in 1920, but its Aurora geneology can be viewed as going much further back

Technology Breakthroughs Since Industrial Revolution

And How They Changed Our Lives

Reference Resource Bibliography for Breakthroughs in Technology

Overall Curriculum

They Built America, Harold Evans 2004. http://www.amazon.com/They-Made-America-Centuries-Innovators/dp/B000LP64Q8/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-7574675-9109519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178738608&sr=1-2 .

History of Science and Technology, Bryan Bunch 2004. http://www.ideafinder.com/resource/books/featured_books/raa149.htm

Century of Innovation, Constable, Somerville, 2003. http://books.google.com/books?id=IyVFweSZu0cC&dq=Century+of+Innovation,++Constable,+Somerville&pg=PP1&ots=xphp5yrJr7&sig=wEJLvdH0LseKPb5bO1V5sUkAJ2s&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fsourceid%3Dnavclient%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2005-37,GGLG:en%26q%3DCentury%2Bof%2BInnovation%252C%2B%2BConstable%252C%2BSomerville&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPA108,M1.

Great Inventions: Geniuses, Gadgets and Gizmos: Innovations in Our Time and Great Discoveries : An Amazing Journey Through Space and Time, Editors of TIME, 2003. http://www.amazon.com/Great-Inventions-Geniuses-Gadgets-Innovations/dp/1932273034/ref=pd_sim_b_1/002-2296953-2724019

Inventors and Discoverers: Changing Our World, National Geographic Society 1988. http://www.amazon.com/Inventors-Discoverers-Changing-Our-World/dp/0870447513/ref=sr_1_5/104-7574675-9109519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178740551&sr=1-5

History of Invention: From Stone Axes to Silicon Chips: Trevor I. Williams 1987 http://www.amazon.com/History-Invention-Stone-Silicon-Chips/dp/0816040729/ref=sr_1_2/104-7574675-9109519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178740795&sr=1-2

Inventions and Discoveries, Scientific American, Rodney Carlisle 2004

http://www.amazon.com/Scientific-American-Inventions-Discoveries-Milestones/dp/0471244104/ref=sr_1_1/103-8393793-5653405?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189544145&sr=1-1

Seventy Wonders of the Modern World: 1500 Years of Extraordinary Feats of Engineering and Construction, Parkyn 2002. Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World, Brian M. Fagan, 2004. http://www.amazon.com/Seventy-Wonders-Modern-World-Extraordinary/dp/0500510474 http://www.amazon.com/Seventy-Great-Inventions-Ancient-World/dp/0500051305/ref=pd_sim_b_5/104-7574675-9109519?ie=UTF8&qid=1178741182&sr=1

Smithsonian Book of Invention, Alexis Doster III, Joe Goodwin, Jame M. Ross 1978. http://www.amazon.com/Smithsonian-Book-Invention-Alexis-Doster/dp/0895990024/ref=sr_1_2/104-7574675-9109519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178742873&sr=1-2

Story of Inventions, Jeremy Hornsby, 1977. http://www.amazon.com/Story-Inventions-Jeremy-Hornsby/dp/0517216965/ref=sr_1_1/104-7574675-9109519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178743669&sr=1-1

History of American Business & Industry, Alex Groner, American Heritage, Business Week 1972 http://www.amazon.com/American-Heritage-History-Business-Industry/dp/0828103135/ref=sr_1_1/104-7574675-9109519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178739879&sr=1-1

Those Inventive Americans, Robert Breeden, National Geographic 1971http://www.amazon.com/Inventive-Americans-People-Places-Discoveries/dp/0870440896

Norton History of Technology, Donald Cardwell 1995 http://www.amazon.com/Norton-History-Technology-Science/dp/0393036529/ref=sr_1_1/103-8393793-5653405?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189544395&sr=1-1

Timetable of Technology, Hearst Books, 1982 http://www.amazon.com/Timetable-Technology-Hearst-Editors/dp/0878512098/ref=sr_1_1/103-8393793-5653405?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191565077&sr=1-1

Technology of Man, Birdsall Cipolla 1979 http://www.amazon.com/Technology-Carlo-Cipolla-Derek-Birdsall/dp/B000OKUILC/ref=sr_1_1/103-8393793-5653405?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191565206&sr=1-1

Inventing Modern America, Brown, 2002 http://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Modern-America-Microwave-Mouse/dp/0262523493/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8393793-5653405?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191565461&sr=1-1

Great Inventors & Discoveries, Clarke http://www.amazon.com/Works-Encyclopedia-Great-Inventors-Discoveries/dp/B000R0CFGA/ref=sr_1_1/103-8393793-5653405?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191565583&sr=1-1

Scientists & Inventions, Feldman, Ford, 1979 http://www.amazon.com/Scientists-Inventors-Anthony-Feldman/dp/B000UPE0QU/ref=sr_1_3/103-8393793-5653405?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191565888&sr=1-3

Links to Images for Individual Class Sessions

I. Industrial Revolution

Pre Industrial Revolution http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405325681

UK Industrial Revolution http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405325699

US Industrial Revolution http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405325741

II. Early Transportation

Water 1785-1862 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405316340

Rail 1800-1900 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405325825

III. Electricity and communications

Electricity 1750-1900 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405329267

Telegraph and Telephone 1844-1915 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405319695#

IV. Home, Work and Community

Food 1837-1970 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405319714

Construction 1840-1970 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405329347

Home Appliances 1854-1955 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405319717

Heavy Industry 1800-1915 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405329526

V. 20 th Century Transportation

Motor Vehicle 1876-1960 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405413621

Air 1900-1974 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405413653

Water, Rail 1900-90 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405423649http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405413655

VI. Entertainment Broadcasting and Recording

Broadcasting http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405329275

Printing, Photo, Recording http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405319704

VII. Synthetics

Chemicals 1844-1975 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405423581

Oil, Nuclear 1859-1980 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405423561 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405423601

VIII. Information and Biotechnology

Mainframe to Personal Computer 1947-1983 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405423651 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405423656

Laser to Telecom and Internet 1954-2000 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405413661 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405423652

Health and Biotech 1860-2000 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405433630 http://new.photos.yahoo.com/rpjhand@pacbell.net/album/576460762405423650

Links to Inventor Biographies, Industry Timelines, Class Topic Background Information

Inventorshttp://www.madehow.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame

http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/ford.html

Chemicalhttp://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/misc/name_index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Polymer_personalities

Plasticshttp://www.plastiquarian.com/ind3.htm Semiconductorshttp://www.semiconductorhof.org/shof/

Timelines

Technology http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/history/index.html#top

Printing http://ink.news.com.au/mercury/print_museum/print_history.htm

Steam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_steam_power

Petroleuem http://www.kipnotes.com/Oil.htm http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3675

Carnegie http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/timeline/timeline2.html

Electricity http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blelectric2.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/timeline/index.html

Photography http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eastman/timeline/index_3.html

Telephone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_telephone

Radio http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/empire/timeline/

Broadcasting http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0151956.html

Aviation http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/timeline/1900.html

Air conditioning http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3854

Home Appliances http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3768 http://www.kipnotes.com/HouseholdAppliances.htm

Plastics http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/plastics.htm

Personal Computer http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/

Laser Fiber Optics http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3706

I. Industrial Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_revolution

Pre Industrial Revolution http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.274337451503.1186855341121&conn_speed=1

UK Industrial Revolution http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.122647451503.1186855341121&conn_speed=1

http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.booneshares.com/SomeAbrahamDarbycompanies.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalbrookdale

http://www.northeastengland.talktalk.net/SouthYorkshire.htm

http://www.telfordsites.co.uk/telford/ibridges.html

US Industrial Revolution http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.370887451503.1186855341121&conn_speed=1

http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/slater.htm

http://inventors.about.com/cs/inventorsalphabet/a/toc.htm

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2006/4/2006_4_16_print.shtml

http://inventors.about.com/cs/inventorsalphabet/a/machine.htm

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2006/4/2006_4_16_print.shtml

http://www.nps.gov/archive/lowe/2002/loweweb/lowe_history/lowe_handbook/Waltham_Lowell.htm

http://www.theclockdepot.com/seth-thomas-clocks.html

II. Early Transportation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_transport

Water 1785-1862 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_transport http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.767208451503.1186855341121&conn_speed=1

http://www.steamboats.com/museum/engineroom1.html

http://www.hrmm.org/steamboats/fulton.html

http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/steamboats/livingston.html

Rail 1800-1900 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/railroad.htm http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.760338451503.1186855341121&conn_speed=1

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAstephensonG.htm

http://www.cooper.edu/engineering/chemechem/general/cooper.html

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/builders/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/timeline/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Sprague

III. Electricity and communications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_communication#History_of_telecommunication

Electricity 1750-1900 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_electricity

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.537579451503.1186855341120&conn_speed=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_lamp

http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/edison/000_story_02.asp

http://www.teslasociety.com/ac.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents

http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/index.html

Telegraph and Telephone 1844-1915 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_telegraph#History

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.230420551503.1186855341120&conn_speed=1

http://www.telegraph-history.org/http://www.privateline.com/TelephoneHistory/History1.htm

http://www.morsehistoricsite.org/history/morse.html

http://www.corp.att.com/history/milestones.html

http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/addlbios/vail.html

IV. Home, Work and Community

Food 1837-1970 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_agriculture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_processing http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.276264551503.1186854882830&conn_speed=1

http://www.vaes.vt.edu/steeles/mccormick/harvest.html

http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/history/johndeerestory.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_preservation

http://www.canningpantry.com/mason-jar-history.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Borden

http://www.sucrose.com/lhist.html

http://www.laserengravedkeychains.com/bottle-cap.htm

http://www.nfraweb.org/media/edit1.html

http://www.kelloggcompany.com/company.aspx?id=39

http://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/texts/readmach/zmaczynski.htm

Construction 1840-1970 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_industry http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.302373551503.1186855341120&conn_speed=1

http://www.eriecanal.org/

http://www.theelevatormuseum.org/e/e.htm http://www.elevator-expert.com/history.htm

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blelevator.htm

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/62.html

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/exhibit.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper

Home Appliances 1854-1955 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_appliances http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.108005551503.1186854882830&conn_speed=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_machine

http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/history.html

Heavy Industry 1800-1915 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_basic_manufacturing_topics http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.995105551503.1186854882830&conn_speed=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_modern_steel_industry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall-H%C3%A9roult_process

V. 20 th Century Transportation http://www.marshall.edu/ati/dfv/teacher/timeline.htmlx

Motor Vehicle 1876-1960 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobile http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.447365551503.1186834912078&conn_speed=1

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1992/4/1992_4_48.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler

http://www.authorviews.com/authors/pelfrey/pelfrey-obd.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan

http://www.motorera.com/history/history.htm

http://www.gm.com/company/corp_info/history/gmhis1920.html

Air 1900-1974 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_history http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.252317551503.1186834912078&conn_speed=1

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wright/about.html http://www.first-to-fly.com/History/Wright%20Story/wright%20story.htm

http://www.glenncurtiss.com/glenn_curitss_time_line.htm

http://www.wingsoverkansas.com/history/article.asp?id=404

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Commercial_Aviation/Pan_Am/Tran12.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Company

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine

http://www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil/Genesis/chap5.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_707

Water and Rail 1900-1990 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containerization http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.429479551503.1186834563217&conn_speed=1 http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.315348551503.1186834732291&conn_speed=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad

VI. Entertainment Broadcasting and Recording

Broadcasting 1887-1970 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_broadcasting http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.589901551503.1186855341120&conn_speed=1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/sci_tech/2001/marconi/

http://www.leedeforest.org/portrait.html

http://www.tvhistory.tv/SiteMap.htm

Printing and Recording 1839-1970 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Ualbumsperpage=24&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.548560551503.1186855341120&conn_speed=1

http://books.google.com/books?id=1ip2bRHw9u4C&dq=hoe+printing+history

http://www.historybuff.com/library/reftype.html

http://holonet.khm.de/visual_alchemy/lumiere.html

http://www.fonthaus.com/xheight/linotype.cfm

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/tape.html

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/graphophone.html

http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventions/a/gramophone.htm

VII. Synthetics

Chemicals 1844-1975 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_industry http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.817383651503.1186834289992&conn_speed=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celluloid

http://www.packagingtoday.com/introcelluloid.htm

http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/plastics/baekeland.html

http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/electrochem/acheson.html

http://heritage.dupont.com/touchpoints/tp_1915/depth.shtml

http://heritage.dupont.com/touchpoints/tp_1938/depth.shtml

http://www.pslc.ws/macrog/exp/rubber/synth/reverend.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tupperware/timeline/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene

Petroleum and Nuclear 1859-1980 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_energy_topics http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.944594651503.1186834181070&conn_speed=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Silliman,_Jr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil

VIII. Information and Biotechnology

Mainframe to Personal Computer 1947-1983 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computing_timelines http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.758874651503.1186834029530&conn_speed=1

http://www.xnumber.com/xnumber/hancock7.htm

http://www.intel4004.com/sgate.htm

http://www.porticus.org/bell/belllabs_transistor.html

Laser to Telecom and Internet 1954-2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_optic http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.448035651503.1186833842136&conn_speed=1

http://www.corp.att.com/history/nethistory/transmission.html

Health and Biotech 1860-2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_medicine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?&mode=fromsite&collid=53737609403.873735651503.1186833130471&conn_speed=1

http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/Penicillin.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/timeline/timeline2.html

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/volwiler_tabern.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Hi-Bred http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genome_Project