Inventions
Discover how the tools that define our era were created.
Abacus
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Air Compressor
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Alembic
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Ammonia Production
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Anchor
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Anemometer
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Anvil
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Apiary
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Aqueduct
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Arc Lamp
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Arc Welder
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Arch
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Arch Bridge
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Archimedes' Screw
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Arrow
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Astrolabe
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Awl
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Axle
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Balance Scale
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Balance Wheel
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Ball and Roller Bearing
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Ball Mill
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Barometer
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Barrel
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Basic shelter
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Basic Surgery (instruments)
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Bearings
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Bellows
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Bicycle
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Blast Furnace
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Boiler
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Bow
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Bow Drill Fire
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Brakes
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Bread
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Bridge
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Brush
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Building
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Button
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Cable-Stayed Bridge
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Calendar
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Calipers
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Camera Obscura
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Can Opener
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Candle
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Canning
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Canoe
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Capacitor
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Cart
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Centrifuge
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Chain
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Chariot
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Childbirth
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Chimney
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Chisel
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Marine Chronometer
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Cistern
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Clothing and fabrics
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Club
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Cobblestone Path
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Comb
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Combine harvester
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Compass
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Concrete Mixer
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Connecting Rod
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Containers
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Corduroy Road
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Corkscrew
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Cotton Gin
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Crane
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Crank and Cam
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Crankshaft
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Crossbow
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Crosswalk
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Crucible
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Dam
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Dental Filling
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Dental Prosthetics
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Differential
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Diode
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Distillation
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Diving Bell
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Drainage
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Drawing Compass
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Drill Bit
→
Drill Press
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Dynamite
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Electric Arc Furnace
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Electric generator
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Electric Motor
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Electrolysis
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Electromagnet
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Electroplating
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Escapement
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Eyeglasses
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Fabric Dyeing
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Fermentation
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Splint
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File
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Controlled Fire
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Fire Piston
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Fire Plow
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Fire Saw
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Fireworks
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Firing
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Fishing Hook
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Fishing Line
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Fishing Net
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Flint and Pyrite Ignition
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Fly catcher
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Flying Shuttle
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Flywheel
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Forge
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Formwork
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Foundation
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Frame
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Furnace
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Galvanometer
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Gas Welder
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Gear Pump
→
Gears
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Glider
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Governor
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Greenhouse
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Grinding Wheel
→
Grouse Pit
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Gutter
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Gyroscope
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Hammer
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Hand Axe
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Hand Drill
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Hand Drill Fire
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Manual Mill (grain)
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Hand Plane
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Hand Washing Basin
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Harrow
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Heliograph
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Horse Collar
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Horseshoe
→
Hose
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Hot Air Balloon
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Hourglass
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Hydraulic Press
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Hydraulic Ram Pump
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Hydrometer
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Hygrometer
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Ice House
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Incandescent Light Bulb
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Inclined Plane
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Incubator
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Inductor
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Insulation
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Internal Combustion Engine
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Jib (Lifting Arm)
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Kiln / Oven
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Knife
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Kulema Trap
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Lathe
→
Lathe Tool
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Latrine
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Lens & Refraction
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Lens Grinding
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Level
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Lever
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Leyden Jar
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Lightning Rod
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Loom
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Loudspeaker
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Fishing Lure
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Macadam Road
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Magnet
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Manual Lathe
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Map
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Masonry
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Matches
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Measuring Container
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Measuring Tools
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Mechanical Calculator
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Mechanical Clocks
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Nails and Mechanical Joints
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Mechanical Press
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Mechanical Refrigeration
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Mechanical Watch
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Micrometer
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Microphone
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Microscope
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Mill
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Milling Cutter
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Milling Machine
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Mirror
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Molding
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Mole Traps
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Monowheel
→
Mortar and Pestle
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Motion Picture
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Mouse Trap
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Movable Type
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Multitool
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Needle
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Oar
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Oil Lamp
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Oil Pump
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Oil Refinery
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Painting Walls
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Parachute
→
Passive Ventilation
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Pendulum Clock
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Perpetual Motion
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Phonograph
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Photography
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Pickaxe
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Pin
→
Pipes
→
Piston
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Pliers
→
Plow and tools
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Plumb Bob
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Potter's Wheel
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Pottery
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Printing Press
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Propeller
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Protractor
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Pulley
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Pump
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Radio
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Raft
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Rail
→
Rain Gauge
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Rammer
→
Reaper
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Structural reinforcements
→
Relay
→
Resistor
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Paved Road
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Rolling Mill
→
Roofing
→
Rope
→
Ruler
→
Safety Lamp
→
Sail
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Saw
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Scalpel
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Scarecrow
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Scissors
→
Scraper
→
Screw
→
Screwdriver
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Scythe
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Seal
→
Seed Drill
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Seismograph
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Septic Tank
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Sewage System
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Sewing Machine
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Sextant
→
Shield
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Shoes
→
Shovel
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Sickle
→
Silver Mirror
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Simple Boat
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Simple Electric Generator
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Simple fortification
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Simple housing
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Simple Irrigation
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Simple Machines
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Siphon
→
Sled
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Slide Bearings
→
Slide Rule
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Sling
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Solar Chimney
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Solar Ignition
→
Solar Still
→
Spear
→
Spectroscope
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Spindle
→
Spinning
→
Spinning Jenny
→
Spinning Wheel
→
Spoke Lacing
→
Spring
→
Spring Scale
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Steam Bath
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Steam Engine
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Steam Locomotive
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Steam Turbine
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Stethoscope
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Stirling Engine
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Stirrup
→
Stone Knife
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Stone tools
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Sundial
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Surgery Tools
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Suspension Bridge
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Sword
→
Syringe
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Tape Measure
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Telegraph
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Telephone
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Telescope
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Tension Snare
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Thatching
→
Theodolite
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Thermometer
→
Thimble
→
Threshing Machine
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Timepieces
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Toilet
→
Tongs
→
Toothbrush
→
Torch
→
Transformer
→
Transistor
→
Traps
→
Truss
→
Typewriter
→
Universal Joint
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Vacuum Pump
→
Vacuum Tube
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Valve
→
Vise
→
Wagon
→
Wall
→
Water Clock
→
Water Filter
→
Water Supply
→
Water Turbine
→
Water Wheel
→
Watermill
→
Wedge
→
Well
→
Wheel
→
Wheelbarrow
→
Winch
→
Wind Vane
→
Windcatcher (Badgir)
→
Windmill
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Window
→
Wolf Pen Trap
→
Wood Gasifier
→
Wooden Pavement
→
Wrench
→
X-ray
→
X-ray apparatus
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X-ray cooling system
→
X-ray tube
→
Yoke
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