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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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.
1717
60 ka
1878
1717
2. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1804
1119
1605
5th c. BC
3. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1804
1764
1709
2nd
4. Pigments in Zambia
Before 421 BC
400 ka
408
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
1995
1605
1878
6. Pottery
December 20 - 1951
1990
5th c. BC
16 ka
7. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
Late 3rd c.
3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
14th c.
8. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
1985
Ca. 300
December 20 - 1951
1494
9. Burial
160
14th c.
1st
1990
10. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1742
9th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
35 ka
11. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
c. 480 BC
2nd c. BC
1470s
1878
12. Flute in Germany
1494
35 ka
1480s
1605
13. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1878
Early 3rd c. BC
1878
1800-01
14. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
563
1439
15. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1st c. BC
160
1801
Before 421 BC
16. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1742
c. 480 BC
408
14th c.
17. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
1804
1480s
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
18. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
1742
c. 480 BC
19. 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
1764
1822
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
c. 480 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
1st
1958-59
After 205 BC
1119
21. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub
After 205 BC
36 ka
December 20 - 1951
1990
22. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
Early 3rd c. BC
1888
1878
1995
23. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
500 thousand years ago (ka)
c. 240 BC
1742
24. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1439
5th c. BC
563
1712
25. Glue in Italy
1605
200 ka
1878
1990
26. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1282
1742
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
27. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
9th c.
60 ka
36 ka
1420s
28. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
9th c.
1605
1st c. BC
1878
29. Fire and then cooking
9th c.
35 ka
1985
1.8 million years ago
30. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
4th
c. 480 BC
3rd c. BC
408
31. 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
9th c.
160
c. 240 BC
16 ka
32. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
5th c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
After 205 BC
35 ka
33. 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
1804
672
1717
408
34. Spears in Germany
400 ka
1.8 million years ago
1977
1119
35. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1801
28 ka
400 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
36. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
c. 240 BC
1826
1494
1802
37. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1878
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
1977
38. Spears in Germany
1439
December 20 - 1951
400 ka
1.8 million years ago
39. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
9th c.
2nd c. BC
9th c.
1802
40. Bow
60 ka
December 20 - 1951
1804
9th c.
41. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub
1st
2nd c. BC
1282
1990
42. Twisted rope
1.8 million years ago
1286
28 ka
16 ka
43. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1877
4th
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd
44. Shelter construction
1877
5th c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
December 20 - 1951
45. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
1878
1420s
7th c.
46. Shelter construction
408
Late 3rd
160
500 thousand years ago (ka)
47. 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.
1709
1439
1494
Early 3rd c. BC
48. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
2nd
672
1764
1878
49. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Early 3rd c. BC
1560
1915
50. 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
1977
c. 515 BC
1764
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