Mechanical Engineering field
Technologies curated under the Mechanical Engineering field in TechTree.
Ancient
- Levers, Sledges, and Timber Slipways (levers_and_rollers) — -9600 / century
- Cart Axle Bearings (cart_axle_bearings) — -3500 / century
- Pottery Wheel (pottery_wheel) — -3500 / century
- Wheel and Axle (wheel_and_axle) — -3500 / century
Classical
- Classical Simple Machines and Hoisting Aids (levers_pulleys_ramps) — -600 / century
- Water Clock Timekeeping (water_clock_timekeeping) — -430 / decade
- Ctesibius-Style Regulated Water Clocks (water_clocks_advanced_clepsydra) — -300 / century
- Hellenistic Toothed Gears (gears_simple_classical) — -300 / century
- Water-Clock Feedback and Time-Reporting Mechanisms (mechanical_clocks_water_escapements) — -300 / century
- Geared Calculating Devices (geared_calculating_devices) — -150 / century
- Norias & Water-Lifting Wheels (norias_water_wheels) — -30 / decade
- Hero-Style Pneumatic and Hydraulic Automata (mechanical_automata_heros_engine) — 50 / century
Medieval
- Mechanical Pumps (pumps) — 100 / century
- Spinning Wheel (spinning_wheel) — 100 / century
- Windmills (windmills) — 700 / decade
- Trebuchet (Counterweight Siege Engine) (trebuchet_counterweight_siege_engine) — 1100 / century
- Mechanical Clocks (mechanical_clocks) — 1200 / century
- Water-Powered Pumps (water_powered_pumps) — 1200 / century
- Waterwheel Grain Milling Networks (waterwheel_grain_milling_networks) — 1250 / decade
- Mechanical Bell Striking (mechanical_bell_striking) — 1300 / century
- Mechanical Clock Dials (mechanical_clock_dials) — 1300 / century
- Mechanical Clock Towers (mechanical_clock_towers) — 1300 / century
- Mechanical Clock Workday Regulation (mechanical_clock_workday_regulation) — 1300 / century
- Town Clock Curfew Bells (town_clock_curfew_bells) — 1300 / century
Renaissance
- Clockwork Mechanisms (clockwork_mechanisms) — 1300 / decade
- Scientific Instrument Making Guilds (scientific_instrument_making_guilds) — 1500 / century
- Clockwork Automata (clockwork_automata) — 1614 / unknown
- Vacuum Pump Experiments (vacuum_pump_experiments) — 1654 / year
Industrial
- Steam Engine (steam_engine) — 1712 / exact
- Factory System (factory_system) — 1760 / decade
- Mass Production (mass_production) — 1760 / exact
- Electric Generators & Dynamos (electric_generators_dynamos) — 1775 / unknown
- Interchangeable Parts (interchangeable_parts) — 1775 / unknown
- Precision Machine Tools (precision_machine_tools) — 1775 / exact
- Electric Motor (electric_motor) — 1821 / exact
- Thermodynamics (thermodynamics) — 1824 / exact
- Dynamo (dynamo) — 1831 / exact
- Standardized Screw Threads (standardized_screw_threads) — 1841 / exact
- Internal Combustion Engine (internal_combustion_engine) — 1860 / exact
- Steam Turbine Power Generation (steam_turbine_power_generation) — 1884 / exact
- Diesel Engine (diesel_engine_compression_ignition) — 1897 / exact
- Process Control Instrumentation (process_control_instrumentation) — 1900 / decade
- Assembly Line (assembly_line) — 1913 / exact
- Assembly-Line Quality Systems (assembly_line_quality_systems) — 1913 / decade
Modern
- Aerodynamics (Supersonic) (aerodynamics_supersonic) — 1887 / exact
- Precision Mechanics & Miniaturization (precision_mechanics_miniaturization) — 1900 / century
- Jet Engine (jet_engine) — 1937 / exact
- Numerical Control (Automated Machining) (numerical_control_automated_machining) — 1947 / exact
- Robotic Manipulators (robotic_manipulators) — 1948 / decade
- Robotics (robotics) — 1948 / decade
- Servo Control Systems (servo_control_systems) — 1948 / decade
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD Software) (computer_aided_design_cad_software) — 1958 / decade
- Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM Systems) (computer_aided_manufacturing_cam_systems) — 1958 / decade
- Industrial Robot Arms (industrial_robot_arms) — 1958 / decade
- Systems Engineering (systems_engineering) — 1958 / decade