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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Fire and then cooking
408
1.8 million years ago
1st c. BC
60 ka
2. Bow
2nd c.
1826
1822
60 ka
3. Twisted rope
After 205 BC
28 ka
2nd c. BC
c. 240 BC
4. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
4th
672
Ca. 300
1977
5. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
Before 421 BC
35 ka
563
1804
6. Burial
2nd c. BC
160
35 ka
5th c. BC
7. Pigments in Zambia
400 ka
160
1877
1088
8. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
36 ka
563
5th c. BC
9th c.
9. Greek fire in Constantinople - Byzantine Empire- Greek fire - an incendiary weapon likely based on petroleum or naphtha - was invented by Kallinikos - a Greek refugee to Constantinople - as described by Theophanes. However - the historicity and exact
1888
672
2nd c.
1712
10. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
16 ka
1470s
1977
1560
11. The pattern-tracing lathe (actually more like a shaper) is completed by Thomas Blanchard for the U.S. Ordnance Dept. The lathe could copy symmetrical shapes and was used for making gun stocks - and later - ax handles. The lathe's patent was in force
1822
Before 421 BC
After 205 BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
12. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
Early 3rd c. BC
1480s
1822
December 20 - 1951
13. Friction Match - John Walker
1088
60 ka
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1826
14. Banknote in Tang Dynasty China - The banknote was first developed in China during the Tang and Song dynasties - starting in the 7th century. Its roots were in merchant receipts of deposit during the Tang Dynasty (618
7th c.
1470s
1742
160
15. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
Before 421 BC
1801
1st c.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
16. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
Late 3rd c.
1915
1958-59
1802
17. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
1826
1st c.
After 205 BC
2nd c. BC
18. DVD is an optical disc storage format - invented and developed by Philips - Sony - Toshiba - and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
c. 480 BC
1995
Late 3rd
19. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1764
1709
1st
160
20. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1709
c. 515 BC
5th c. BC
1420s
21. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
36 ka
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1877
22. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1733
1st c. BC
1990
500 thousand years ago (ka)
23. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1995
28 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
24. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
Late 3rd
408
Early 3rd c. BC
1717
25. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
3rd c. BC
200 ka
2nd c. BC
After 205 BC
26. A CD-ROM (an acronym of 'Compact Disc Read-only memory') is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to - but not writable by - a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985
28 ka
After 205 BC
1985
2nd c. BC
27. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
2nd c.
1804
5th c. BC
5th/6th c.
28. Glue in Italy
200 ka
1717
Early 3rd c. BC
1764
29. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1764
Before 421 BC
1801
1st c. BC
30. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. BC
1958-59
1712
1977
31. Numerical zero in Ancient India - The concept of zero as a number - and not merely a symbol for separation is attributed toIndia. In India - practical calculations were carried out using zero - which was treated like any other number by the 9th centu
9th c.
December 20 - 1951
1st
c. 240 BC
32. Cast iron in Ancient China - Confirmed by archaeological evidence - the earliest cast iron was developed in China by the early 5th century BC during the Zhou Dynasty (1122
16 ka
5th c. BC
14th c.
2nd c. BC
33. Numerical zero in Ancient India - The concept of zero as a number - and not merely a symbol for separation is attributed toIndia. In India - practical calculations were carried out using zero - which was treated like any other number by the 9th centu
7th c.
1470s
1878
9th c.
34. Flute in Germany
4th
2nd c. BC
35 ka
200 ka
35. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
c. 480 BC
563
7th c.
1801
36. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
2nd c.
200 ka
1878
37. A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device (a television - monitor - etc.) to display a video game. The term 'video game con
9th c.
1977
7th c.
160
38. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
Late 3rd c.
1985
28 ka
1877
39. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1801
c. 480 BC
1742
3rd c. BC
40. Cast iron in Ancient China - Confirmed by archaeological evidence - the earliest cast iron was developed in China by the early 5th century BC during the Zhou Dynasty (1122
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5th c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
41. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
2nd c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
5th c. BC
14th c.
42. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
2nd c. BC
35 ka
1.8 million years ago
60 ka
43. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
5th c. BC
1826
1605
1800-01
44. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
1560
c. 480 BC
9th c.
3rd c. BC
45. Cloth woven from flax fiber
c. 240 BC
672
1826
36 ka
46. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
400 ka
1878
60 ka
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
47. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1712
2nd c. BC
1958-59
Before 421 BC
48. S
1717
9th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1804
49. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1st c.
400 ka
1733
1742
50. Flute in Germany
1605
1605
1st c. BC
35 ka