Technology and Inventions
The official government body responsible for granting Intellectual Property Rights in the UK. The site includes detailed information and advice about Intellectual Property including copyright, designs, patents and Trade Marks.
The British Library's pages on Intellectual Property. They include information about the Library's holdings and services, frequently asked questions plus links to databases, classification schemes, legislation and more.
Search the full text of patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Covers the entire collection - from patents issued in the 1790s through to 2006. Choose to search by patent details (Patent number, inventor), by classification or by date.
Provides biographies of inventors and descriptions of inventions, catalogued both alphabetically and under subject headings including Black inventors and Women Inventors.
Catalogue of selected invention related online resources.
Lists both inventors and inventions alphabetically, and includes an Innovation Timeline.
Site from America’s National Academy of Engineering providing histories and timelines of engineering discoveries and inventions, including many every day and household appliances.
Simple and easy to understand explanations of how things work. There's a vast amount of information here, split into categories including science, electronics and computing.
Includes descriptions of technological advancements made during the Industrial Revolution and the nineteenth century, and a Science and Technology Timeline from the late seventeenth century to the late twentieth century.
