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streetcars, electric 100 traveler’s checks 68 weightlessness 278
submarine communications cables 137, treadle wheels 25 Wellesley, Arthur 291
154–155, 265 treadmills 22 wheelbarrows 13, 202
submarines 112–113 treasure ships 19 wheels 12–13, 22–23, 93
submersibles 112 trepanning 230 Wii 211
sulfonamides 233 Trevithick, Richard 126 wind farms 59, 91
sun-centered universe 258, 259 trip hammers 23 windmills 25
sundials 138 triremes 16 wind power 25, 58, 59
sunscreen 215 trolleys, supermarket 66 wind-up radios 151
superbikes 91 Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin 268 wing flaps 117
supercomputers 148–149 Tupperware 195 wireless technology 145, 207
super toilets 213 turbine-powered boats 109 woodcuts 33
surgery 230–231, 236, 237 Turtle 112 Woods, Granville 291
surveillance satellites 262 turtle ships 19 World Wide Web 174–175
Swan, Joseph 180–181 typewriters 167 Wright Brothers 116, 118–119
sweets 198–199 writing 34–35, 166–167
Syncrom 3 265 U INDEX
synthetic materials 64–65, 219 ultrasound scanners 224 X–Y–Z
syringes 242 ultraviolet 253 Xbox 211
underground railways 128 Xi Ling Shi 290
T universe, heliocentric 258–259 X-rays 61, 224, 227, 247, 253
tablets 173 uranium 227 yachts 104–105
Talbot, William Henry Fox 156, 289 zero emissions buses 101
tape measures 42 V zero-carbon city 59
tape recorders 205 V-2 rocket 270 Zhang Heng 36–37
Technicolor 160 vaccinations 242–243, 244, 245 zip fasteners 221
teeth 246–247 vacuum cleaners 200–203
telegraphs 136–137, 186 Velcro 221, 283
telephone exchanges 143 velocipedes 86
telephones 142–147, 249 Venera missions 284
telescopes 252–259 Venus 258, 284
television 162–165, 264 vertical-axis mills 25
Tesla coil 61, 189 Very Large Telescope (VLT) 252–253
Tesla, Nikola 60–61, 188–189 video cassettes 161
textiles, synthetic 64, 219 video games 210–211
texting 143 Viking orbiters 285
thermometers 229, 259 Vikings 18
threshing machines 46 Volta, Alessandro 190
thrust 117 Voltaic Pile 190
tidal energy 59 von Braun, Werner 269, 270
time 138–141 Vostok 1 272, 275
time zones 139 Voyager space probes 284, 287
tinned food 44
tires, inflatable 84 W
Titan 285, 287 wagons 13, 14, 15, 126
toasters 194 Wakefield, Ruth Graves 199, 291
toilet paper 213 walkie-talkies 153
toilets, flushing 212–213 warehouses 70–71
tools warrior robots 79
early 8–9 washing machines 192–193, 202
modern 40–43 watches 140–141
toothbrushes 246 water clocks 140
toothpaste 214 water power 58
torque 41 water pumps 22, 27
touchpads 173 water therapy 216–217
touchscreen technology 173 waterproof fabrics 218, 219
Toyoda, Sakichi 291 waterwheels 22–23, 27
tractors 46–47 Watt, James 52
traffic lights 102 weapons
trainers 218 gunpowder 28–29, 30–31
trains 126–133 nuclear 171
tram-trains 101 rocket-borne 268, 270
transatlantic cables 137 weather satellites 263
transistor radios 153 websites 175

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