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Backstrap Loom (Waist Loom)
TEXTILE // 7000–5000 BCE

Backstrap Loom (Waist Loom)

The backstrap loom is one of the oldest and most direct body-based weaving techn...

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The Spinning Wheel
TEXTILE // c. 1000 CE

The Spinning Wheel

The spinning wheel is one of the most important inventions in the history of tex...

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Warp-Weighted Looms
TEXTILE // prehistoric

Warp-Weighted Looms

Warp-weighted looms are one of the earliest and most influential weaving technol...

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Drop Spindle (Hand spinning)
TEXTILE // 6000–3000 BCE

Drop Spindle (Hand spinning)

The drop spindle is the first true rotary tool in the history of spinning. It ex...

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Thigh Spinning (Hand spinning without tools)
TEXTILE // prehistoric

Thigh Spinning (Hand spinning without tools)

Thigh SpinningThigh spinning is an early spinning technique that is more efficie...

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Finger-twisting (Hand spinning without tools)
TEXTILE // prehistoric

Finger-twisting (Hand spinning without tools)

Finger-twisting is one of the earliest and most fundamental spinning techniques...

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Watt Steam Engine
POWER // 1776

Watt Steam Engine

The Watt steam engine was the first type of steam engine to make use of a separa...

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Steam Locomotive
TRANSPORT // 1804

Steam Locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling pow...

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Analytical Engine
INFO // 1837

Analytical Engine

The Analytical Engine was a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designe...

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Telegraph
INFO // 1837

Telegraph

A telegraph is a device for transmitting and receiving messages over long distan...

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Bessemer Converter
POWER // 1856

Bessemer Converter

The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass p...

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Spinning Jenny
TEXTILE // 1764

Spinning Jenny

The multi-spindle spinning frame was one of the key developments in the industri...

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