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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Burial
1977
1985
160
1804
2. Crane in Ancient Greece
1st c. BC
1878
1985
c. 515 BC
3. Glue in Italy
2nd c.
5th c. BC
200 ka
1733
4. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
14th c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1088
1439
5. 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.
c. 480 BC
5th c. BC
35 ka
1888
6. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1560
1804
1560
1802
7. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1.8 million years ago
1804
2nd c. BC
1480s
8. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
Early 3rd c. BC
c. 480 BC
1802
1888
9. 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
1119
1470s
Late 3rd
5th/6th c.
10. 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
1733
1977
11. Bow
1995
1878
60 ka
1958-59
12. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
400 ka
1804
1878
563
13. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
2nd c. BC
1480s
5th/6th c.
1494
14. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1985
Early 3rd c. BC
December 20 - 1951
1st c. BC
15. 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
1709
1888
2nd c. BC
c. 480 BC
16. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1282
1st
5th c. BC
5th c. BC
17. Cloth woven from flax fiber
200 ka
7th c.
35 ka
36 ka
18. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1801
c. 480 BC
1878
1st c. BC
19. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1733
c. 480 BC
2nd c. BC
1878
20. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
1605
563
1878
21. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1995
1480s
3rd c. BC
2nd c.
22. Pottery
1990
28 ka
16 ka
1915
23. Printing press in Mainz - Germany - The printing press was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 - based on existing screw presses. The first confirmed record of a press appeared in a 1439 lawsuit against Gutenberg.
28 ka
4th
2nd c. BC
1439
24. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
3rd c. BC
1282
1764
1439
25. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1088
1470s
2nd c. BC
1915
26. S
36 ka
1717
1977
1.8 million years ago
27. 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.
1990
1977
1995
c. 515 BC
28. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
36 ka
16 ka
29. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
1804
Before 421 BC
5th c. BC
30. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
5th c. BC
1286
1985
1878
31. Eyeglasses in Italy
Early 3rd c. BC
1990
1st c. BC
1286
32. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
160
2nd c.
2nd c. BC
Before 421 BC
33. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1764
500 thousand years ago (ka)
c. 480 BC
34. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1764
1439
2nd
Late 3rd c.
35. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
5th/6th c.
14th c.
December 20 - 1951
1st c. BC
36. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
December 20 - 1951
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
2nd c. BC
37. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1733
7th c.
5th c. BC
1977
38. Glue in Italy
1439
7th c.
200 ka
1712
39. 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
1800-01
1977
1985
1878
40. 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
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
c. 515 BC
1717
41. Shelter construction
1709
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1826
1439
42. Friction Match - John Walker
1801
1742
December 20 - 1951
1826
43. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
Late 3rd c.
5th c. BC
16 ka
c. 480 BC
44. 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.
1470s
5th c. BC
1977
2nd c. BC
45. Pigments in Zambia
400 ka
1st c. BC
1915
December 20 - 1951
46. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1480s
2nd c. BC
1717
1st c. BC
47. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
1878
1878
After 205 BC
1826
48. 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
672
1888
1717
1733
49. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1877
1822
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
50. Twisted rope
1712
1088
28 ka
1119