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83 Cards in this Set
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Atlas Missile Launch Engine 1957 Robert Goddard |
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Memory Chip 1968 Robert Noyce |
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PDP8 (Programable data processor) 12 bit minicomputer 1965 Digital Equipment Corporation |
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PDP7 (18 bit) 1965 Digital Equipment Corporation |
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First Mass Produced Integrated Circuit 1960 Fairchild Semi-conductor |
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Transistor
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Kilby's first solid circuit (1958) flying wire interconnections |
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First pocket radio (1954) first commercial product using transistors |
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Cat's whisker diode (1906) early semiconductor diode |
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Transistor Bardeen |
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TurboJet 1945 Frank Whittle |
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Power station for Panama Canal 1915 electricity powers locks
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Gatun Lock Gates for Panama Canal 1915 Big Steel Doors |
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Panama Canal 1915 Middle wall of lock gates - lets you save half the water each time |
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Goethals Bridge - first Port Authority Bridge. 1930 Goethal. |
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Wilson dam lock canal 1920 TVA |
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Norris Dam 1935 TVA |
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Cooling towers for power plants 1935 TVA |
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Lock Drops 1935 TVA
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RCA FM Radio 1931 Edwin Armstrong
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Cat Whisker Diode 1900 Marconi |
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AM Radio Receiver Marconi 1900
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Marconi 1900 Radio Reflection |
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Hoover Dam 1931-1936 Frank Crowe |
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Hoover dam power station 1935 Frank Crowe |
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Hoover Dam 1935 |
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Hoover Dam 1935 Frank Crowe |
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Hoover Dam 1935 Frank Crowe |
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Hoover Dam 1935 Frank Crowe |
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Tunnel to divert the river Hoover Dam 1935 Frank Crowe |
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Hoover Dam 1935 Frank Crowe |
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George Washington Bridge 1930 Othmmar Ammann
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Washington Bridge Prototypes 1930 Othmmar Ammann |
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George Washington Bridge 1930 Othmar Ammann |
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Chrysler Building 1930 Walter Chrysler |
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Hell Gate Bridge 1916 Gustav Lindenthal |
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Wright Flyer 1903 Wilbur and Orville
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Wright glider 1902 Wilbur and Orville Wright
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Wright Test Kite 1900 Wilbur and Orville Wright |
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Model T plant 1910 Henry Ford
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Ford Model T 1908-1927 Henry Ford |
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Otto 4 cycle engine on Model T 1880 Henry Ford |
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Corliss Steam Engine 1875 George Henry Corliss |
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Graham Bell 1876 Centennial Telephone |
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Graham Bell 1875 Harmonic Telegraph (Multiple messages on one line) |
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Graham Bell 1875 Harmonic Telegraph (Multiple messages on one line) |
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AC (Alternating Current) 1887 Nikola Tesla (and Westinghouse)
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Induction Motor 1890 Nikola Tesla
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Thomas Edison "Tipped" Lamp (Carbonized thread in evacuated bulb) 1880
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Edison Dynamo 1880 DC Generator (Steam--> rotation --> electricity) |
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First Public Railway for Steam locomotive 1840 Stephenson |
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The Rocket 1830 Robert Stephenson |
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Printing Telegraph 1835 Printing Telegraph |
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Transformer 1832 Michael Faraday and Joseph Henry |
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Telegraph 1830 Joseph Henry |
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Thomas Edison 1880 Lightbulb |
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Homestead strike 1892 Henry Clay Frick |
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Bessemer Converter Henry Bessemer 1855 |
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Transcontinental Railroad 1865-1870 Leland Stanford |
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Promontory Point, Utah 1870 Leland Stanford |
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Gague War 1830-1845 Stephenson(narrow) Brunel (wide) Gague Act 1845 picks narrow |
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Traction Force Lecture Demo 1845 Robert Stephenson |
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Robert Stephenson 1845 Locomotive Drive System |
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Pony Brake(?) Dynamometer
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Francis Turbine 1845 James B. Francis |
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Pawtucket Dam James B. Francis |
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Textile Mill 1840's Francis Cabot Lowell |
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Bell Time 1870 Francis CabotLowell |
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The Morning Bell 1870 Francis Cabot Lowell Lowell Mills |
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Lowell Mill Girl 1840's (1845 protest) Francis Cabot Lowell |
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Lowell's Canal/ Lowell Mills 1790's-1800's/ 1820 Francis Cabot Lowell |
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Watt's Rotary Engine 1765-1775 James Watt |
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Single Acting Engine 1775 James Watt |
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Menai Strait Bridge 1826 Thomas Telford |
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Craigellachie bridge Thomas Telford 1814 |
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Buildwas bridge Thomas Telford 1796 |
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Blast Furnace for Smelting Iron 1709 Abraham Darby |
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The Iron Bridge 1781 Abraham Darby III |
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Snag boat
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Washington Boiler explodes Explosion-1816, Regulation- 1852 Henry Shreve |
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Fulton's submarine Robert Fulton 1800 |
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The Clermont 1807 Robert Fulton (inventor) Robert Livingston $$ |
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de Prony brake 1821 Gaspard de Prony |
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