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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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
14th c.
60 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
1985
2. The electric light bulb was first patented in England by 1878 by Joseph Swan after having experimented since about 1850. Thomas Edison in the U.S. was working on improving the bulb patented by Swan and was granted a U.S. patent in 1879.
1878
160
28 ka
1420s
3. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1990
1826
14th c.
2nd c.
4. S
Late 3rd
1605
7th c.
1717
5. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1st
5th c. BC
1420s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
6. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1733
2nd c.
35 ka
3rd c. BC
7. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1605
c. 480 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1709
8. 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
1804
c. 515 BC
7th c.
1282
9. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1804
563
5th/6th c.
14th c.
10. 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
1605
1958-59
Early 3rd c. BC
672
11. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
500 thousand years ago (ka)
5th c. BC
1560
1822
12. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1985
1282
1480s
36 ka
13. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1709
1878
563
1995
14. 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
2nd
1804
9th c.
1888
15. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
1420s
400 ka
2nd c. BC
16. 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
408
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
200 ka
1985
17. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1826
Before 421 BC
1420s
5th c. BC
18. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1st c. BC
1801
1439
Late 3rd
19. 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
5th c. BC
1888
Late 3rd c.
After 205 BC
20. 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
1878
1119
2nd c.
408
21. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1801
1st
c. 480 BC
1088
22. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1822
1439
c. 480 BC
1804
23. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
c. 480 BC
1878
5th c. BC
1119
24. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1119
2nd c. BC
4th
1282
25. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
400 ka
Ca. 300
After 205 BC
1712
26. Movable type in Ancient China - The first record of a movable type system is in the Dream Pool Essays written in 1088 - which attributed the invention of the movable type to Bi Sheng. In the 15th century - Johannes Gutenberg independently invented th
1088
408
1286
400 ka
27. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1990
2nd
1958-59
c. 515 BC
28. Shelter construction
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1709
1st c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
29. Crane in Ancient Greece
1985
1764
c. 515 BC
1977
30. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1804
1st c. BC
1958-59
672
31. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
2nd
December 20 - 1951
1st
1888
32. 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
1804
5th c. BC
9th c.
200 ka
33. Noria in Roman Empire
Ca. 300
1420s
5th c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
34. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
c. 240 BC
c. 480 BC
c. 515 BC
1878
35. Burial
1560
160
400 ka
1878
36. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
5th/6th c.
Before 421 BC
2nd
1712
37. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1804
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5th c. BC
408
38. 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.
1995
Early 3rd c. BC
1764
1733
39. 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
60 ka
1822
1915
408
40. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1801
1800-01
2nd c. BC
1878
41. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
160
16 ka
1733
Late 3rd
42. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
9th c.
1801
43. 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
1733
2nd c. BC
1985
44. 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.
1826
Early 3rd c. BC
1282
45. Twisted rope
c. 515 BC
1878
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
28 ka
46. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
c. 240 BC
1282
1119
4th
47. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
After 205 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1439
1985
48. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
9th c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
400 ka
1st c.
49. Pigments in Zambia
1560
400 ka
After 205 BC
160
50. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
2nd c. BC
60 ka
1878