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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1800-01
Late 3rd
1742
1480s
2. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1801
672
After 205 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
3. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1800-01
1804
200 ka
1494
4. 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
1826
1888
2nd c. BC
5. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1742
9th c.
16 ka
6. 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.
1802
1st
1470s
5th c. BC
7. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1802
408
1826
1878
8. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1709
563
1605
c. 480 BC
9. Flute in Germany
1717
1985
2nd c.
35 ka
10. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1985
2nd
c. 480 BC
11. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
1st
4th
36 ka
12. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1st c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1420s
Late 3rd
13. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
Late 3rd c.
1.8 million years ago
December 20 - 1951
1560
14. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
2nd
1480s
400 ka
4th
15. 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
400 ka
7th c.
1480s
Before 421 BC
16. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
Before 421 BC
After 205 BC
Late 3rd c.
1420s
17. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
December 20 - 1951
1888
2nd c. BC
5th c. BC
18. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
5th c. BC
1878
1119
1764
19. 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
1764
1985
1119
2nd c. BC
20. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
Early 3rd c. BC
1088
1877
Before 421 BC
21. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
1878
c. 240 BC
1605
1st
22. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
c. 480 BC
1st c.
1877
1801
23. 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
Late 3rd c.
9th c.
1764
200 ka
24. 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
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1800-01
1977
After 205 BC
25. 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
1822
Ca. 300
5th c. BC
28 ka
26. 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.
9th c.
5th c. BC
1995
December 20 - 1951
27. 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
1888
2nd c.
1.8 million years ago
1985
28. Noria in Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
Ca. 300
1420s
1st c. BC
29. Burial
c. 240 BC
16 ka
200 ka
160
30. Shelter construction
500 thousand years ago (ka)
2nd
1st c. BC
4th
31. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
Before 421 BC
9th c.
28 ka
3rd c. BC
32. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1764
1802
After 205 BC
1877
33. Bow
14th c.
1605
16 ka
60 ka
34. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
2nd c.
1717
2nd c. BC
1st c. BC
35. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1985
1282
1286
1804
36. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
After 205 BC
1995
36 ka
2nd c. BC
37. 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.
1088
400 ka
1995
2nd c. BC
38. S
1878
1717
200 ka
1804
39. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
1995
1733
1958-59
40. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
2nd
Before 421 BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1958-59
41. Pottery
Late 3rd c.
16 ka
28 ka
1712
42. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
400 ka
1439
9th c.
1712
43. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1717
1764
December 20 - 1951
1st c.
44. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
Early 3rd c. BC
c. 480 BC
1480s
1717
45. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
408
7th c.
5th c. BC
1878
46. 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.
c. 240 BC
1439
28 ka
December 20 - 1951
47. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
December 20 - 1951
1733
c. 480 BC
48. 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
1494
1822
Late 3rd
49. Pottery
1800-01
16 ka
c. 515 BC
400 ka
50. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
2nd
1494
500 thousand years ago (ka)
563