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

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.umw.edu/hisa/resources/Student%20Projects/Ben%20Franklin%20--%20The%20Pill/students.mwc.edu/_bfran8wk/PILL/invent.html

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