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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
Early 3rd c. BC
1494
1764
1801
2. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1.8 million years ago
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1977
160
3. Spears in Germany
200 ka
400 ka
c. 240 BC
36 ka
4. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
Ca. 300
1st c. BC
1494
1742
5. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1804
1420s
2nd c. BC
1877
6. 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
1985
400 ka
1826
2nd c. BC
7. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
c. 240 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c.
1742
8. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
4th
2nd c. BC
1709
1709
9. Glue in Italy
28 ka
2nd c. BC
1801
200 ka
10. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1560
1804
9th c.
28 ka
11. Noria in Roman Empire
3rd c. BC
Ca. 300
1st c.
1977
12. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
16 ka
1742
1st c. BC
2nd c.
13. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1605
5th c. BC
36 ka
c. 240 BC
14. Spears in Germany
5th c. BC
400 ka
1764
1915
15. Pottery
9th c.
2nd
16 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
16. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
9th c.
1915
5th/6th c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
17. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1990
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
18. S
1995
1822
1717
Early 3rd c. BC
19. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
408
5th/6th c.
5th c. BC
1560
20. 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.
1286
1439
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Ca. 300
21. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
After 205 BC
7th c.
1878
22. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1494
1st c. BC
1st c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
23. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1990
c. 240 BC
1733
1480s
24. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1801
5th c. BC
c. 515 BC
1733
25. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1764
1990
2nd c. BC
1494
26. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
400 ka
200 ka
Before 421 BC
563
27. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
1888
1733
1605
28. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1878
5th c. BC
5th c. BC
1915
29. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1286
1439
c. 480 BC
Late 3rd
30. 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.
1985
1439
1st c. BC
1282
31. Glue in Italy
7th c.
160
200 ka
1878
32. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1286
1282
1st c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
33. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1st c. BC
1822
7th c.
1712
34. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1801
1286
Early 3rd c. BC
1822
35. 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.
400 ka
5th c. BC
400 ka
1712
36. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
28 ka
1826
2nd c. BC
After 205 BC
37. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
Before 421 BC
1804
1480s
1826
38. 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
1st c.
200 ka
2nd c. BC
1088
39. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
1605
5th c. BC
1826
December 20 - 1951
40. Fire and then cooking
1.8 million years ago
1742
408
1826
41. 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.
2nd c. BC
672
5th c. BC
1878
42. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1802
1888
1st c. BC
2nd c. BC
43. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
4th
c. 240 BC
44. 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
400 ka
1717
45. Eyeglasses in Italy
1st c. BC
1286
1605
1804
46. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1286
4th
Late 3rd c.
1560
47. 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
14th c.
1088
200 ka
1888
48. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1877
2nd
1420s
1470s
49. 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
408
1st c. BC
5th c. BC
50. 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.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1995