Industrial technology

This includes tools, machinery, fuels, chemical technology, utilities, and other technology.

   

Advanced technology

1895 Roentgen discovers X-rays.

c. 1938 - c. 1945 Physicists including Einstein warn the United States government of the possibility that Germany could develop nuclear weaponry. Fermi heads the Manhattan project which demonstrates controlled nuclear fission and develops an atomic bomb.

Utilities

c. 1863 - 1883 Edison invents or improves numerous electrical and communication devices and begins building electrical power networks.

Machinery

1765 - 1794. Wattdevelops the steam engine

c. 1821-1859 Faraday 's research into electricity and electromagnetism produces electric motors and generators.

1876 Otto introduces the first commecially successful gasoline-powered internal combustion engine.

Weaponry

Chemical technology

Dyes, plastics, metallurgy, and glass and ceramics are a few of the possible classifications.

Fuels

Fossil fuels including natural gas, petroleum, and coal, and natural fuels including peat and wood are included.

Tools

This includes, at its simplest, hand tools.


History

Industrial technology can be identified as far back as the stone ages of prehistory. Early prehistory and middle prehistory can be connected. Late prehistory including the early 8th millennium BC, late 8th millennium BC, early 7th millennium BC, late 7th millennium BC, early 6th millennium BC, and late 6th millennium BC can be connected.

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Antiquity

The 5th millennium BC including the early 5th millennium BC, early mid 5th millennium BC, mid 5th millennium BC, late mid 5th millennium BC, and late 5th millennium BC can be connected. The 4th millennium BC including the early 4th millennium BC, early mid 4th millennium BC, mid 4th millennium BC, late mid 4th millennium BC, and late 4th millennium BC can be connected. The 3rd millennium BC including the early 3rd millennium BC, early mid 3rd millennium BC, mid 3rd millennium BC, late mid 3rd millennium BC, and late 3rd millennium BC can be connected. The 2nd millennium BC including the early 2nd millennium BC, early mid 2nd millennium BC, mid 2nd millennium BC, late mid 2nd millennium BC, and late 2nd millennium BC can be connected. The early 1st millennium BC including the 10th century BC, 9th century BC, 8th century BC, 7th century BC, and 6th century BC can be connected.

Classical and medieval history

Early classical times including the 5th century BC, 4th century BC, 3rd century BC, 2nd century BC, and 1st century BC can be connected. Late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, and 5th century CE can be connected. Early medieval times including the 6th century, 7th century, 8th century, 9th century, and 10th century can be connected. Late medieval times including the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, and 15th century can be connected.

Modern history

Industrial technology developed somewhat in the 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be connected. It developed substantially in the 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 18th century.

The 19th century including the early 19th century, early mid 19th century, mid 19th century, and late mid 19th century can be connected. The late 19th century including the early 1880s, late 1880s, early 1890s, and late 1890s can be connected.

20th century

Industrial technology can be followed through the early 20th century including the early 1900s, late 1900s, early 1910s, and late 1910s. The early-mid 20th century including the early 1920s, late 1920s, early 1930s, and late 1930s can be connected. The mid 20th century including the early 1940s, late 1940s, early 1950s, and late 1950s can be connected. The Late mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s can be connected. The late 20th century including the early 1980s, late 1980s, early 1990s, and late 1990s can be connected.

Early 21st century

The early 2000s including 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 can be connected. The late 2000s including 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 can be connected. The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 including the first quarter 2011 and second quarter 2011 can be connected. Its future is obscure.

Sociology

Peoples of the world including Asiatic peoples, Western civilization, African peoples, and American Indian peoples had different varieties of industrial technology. Nations including the United States, China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Russia can be connected.

Communities are also important to its development.

Social structure and change

Social change including particular changes, social change processes, and social change factors can be connected. Social types including industrial societies, agrarian societies, horticultural societies, and hunting and gathering societies can be connected. Social structure including community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure can be connected.

Institutions

Religion including particular religions, religious organization, religious practice, and religious belief can be connected. Government including particular governments, government activities, government structure, and law can be connected. Economics including economic systems, industrieas, and economic activities can be connected. Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be connected. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage can be connected.

Other culture

Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Other material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, communication technology, transportation technology, clothing, foodstuffs, and building technology can be connected.

Anthropology including human geography, human ecology, physical anthropology, demography, and social foundations can be connected. Particular groups can be connected.

This will include connections to personal studies. This is closely connected to science, including physics and chemistry. Astronomy is not so useful, but earth science and biology are.


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