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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1712
c. 240 BC
1878
1420s
2. Wind power in an open air stream is thus proportional to the third power of the wind speed; the available power increases eightfold when the wind speed doubles. Wind turbines for grid electricity therefore need to be especially efficient at greater w
1888
1712
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5th c. BC
3. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
16 ka
Ca. 300
1888
Before 421 BC
4. Crossbow in Ancient China and Ancient Greece - In Ancient China - the earliest evidence of bronze crossbow bolts dates as early as mid-5th century BC in Yutaishan - Hubei.In Ancient Greece - the terminus ante quem of the gastraphetes is 421 BC.
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1712
5. Glue in Italy
200 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1st c. BC
6. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1470s
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
c. 240 BC
7. Pottery
16 ka
1st
1878
563
8. 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
563
5th c. BC
9th c.
7th c.
9. S
16 ka
1717
1877
400 ka
10. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
1st
c. 480 BC
1995
14th c.
11. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1470s
5th c. BC
1088
563
12. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1st c. BC
1800-01
1282
1605
13. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1st
1800-01
14. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1709
1st c. BC
1801
5th c. BC
15. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1877
1826
Late 3rd
1717
16. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
2nd
400 ka
1802
1712
17. Glue in Italy
200 ka
1801
c. 480 BC
2nd c.
18. Cloth woven from flax fiber
1878
400 ka
400 ka
36 ka
19. Flute in Germany
1st
3rd c. BC
35 ka
160
20. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
1st
1742
200 ka
21. Crane in Ancient Greece
4th
c. 515 BC
1st c.
160
22. 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
200 ka
1822
1470s
28 ka
23. Flute in Germany
1878
1915
1717
35 ka
24. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1494
400 ka
After 205 BC
Late 3rd
25. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
1802
5th/6th c.
26. Fire and then cooking
1480s
Early 3rd c. BC
1.8 million years ago
1877
27. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
5th c. BC
1480s
1439
1st c. BC
28. 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.
1st c. BC
1877
1888
1995
29. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1878
After 205 BC
35 ka
9th c.
30. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1958-59
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1995
28 ka
31. Pottery
5th c. BC
1717
160
16 ka
32. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
5th c. BC
1717
1494
14th c.
33. Friction Match - John Walker
500 thousand years ago (ka)
35 ka
1733
1826
34. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1605
c. 515 BC
2nd c.
1804
35. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1st c. BC
5th c. BC
2nd
5th c. BC
36. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
16 ka
1712
1733
3rd c. BC
37. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1480s
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1717
1560
38. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1995
9th c.
1888
2nd c. BC
39. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1717
Early 3rd c. BC
1801
1800-01
40. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
35 ka
2nd c. BC
Ca. 300
1958-59
41. Shelter construction
500 thousand years ago (ka)
400 ka
400 ka
5th c. BC
42. Gunpowder in Ancient China - Gunpowder was - according to prevailing academic consensus - discovered in the 9th century by Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of immortality. Evidence of gunpowder's first use in China comes from the Five Dynas
28 ka
9th c.
1st
1480s
43. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
After 205 BC
35 ka
1480s
1915
44. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1977
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1282
1802
45. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
Ca. 300
5th c. BC
5th/6th c.
December 20 - 1951
46. 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
1826
1822
7th c.
3rd c. BC
47. Crossbow in Ancient China and Ancient Greece - In Ancient China - the earliest evidence of bronze crossbow bolts dates as early as mid-5th century BC in Yutaishan - Hubei.In Ancient Greece - the terminus ante quem of the gastraphetes is 421 BC.
Before 421 BC
1560
5th c. BC
1439
48. 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
c. 480 BC
1977
c. 240 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
49. Mariner's compass (wet compass) in Ancient China - The earliest recorded use of magnetized needle for navigational purposes at sea is found in Zhu Yu's book Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 (written from 1111 to 1117). The typical Chinese navigational co
1439
7th c.
2nd c.
1119
50. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
408
1480s
Late 3rd
1800-01