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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1826
9th c.
7th c.
1480s
2. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
16 ka
1878
2nd
1709
3. 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
14th c.
7th c.
400 ka
4. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
200 ka
Before 421 BC
After 205 BC
1802
5. Burial
1804
December 20 - 1951
5th c. BC
160
6. 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
1.8 million years ago
9th c.
1990
4th
7. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
1877
1st
1995
After 205 BC
8. Crane in Ancient Greece
400 ka
1801
1733
c. 515 BC
9. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1480s
563
500 thousand years ago (ka)
500 thousand years ago (ka)
10. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1915
1717
1st c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
11. Twisted rope
28 ka
9th c.
1119
9th c.
12. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
December 20 - 1951
2nd c. BC
1717
1282
13. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1764
Early 3rd c. BC
563
1717
14. 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
3rd c. BC
1494
1888
1878
15. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
3rd c. BC
1470s
160
1742
16. Friction Match - John Walker
1826
9th c.
5th c. BC
1420s
17. 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
1800-01
1282
672
Late 3rd c.
18. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
2nd c. BC
9th c.
1560
19. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
c. 240 BC
1282
1800-01
1990
20. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
1915
c. 240 BC
16 ka
5th/6th c.
21. 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
7th c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1088
672
22. Eyeglasses in Italy
1733
Ca. 300
1439
1286
23. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1985
2nd c. BC
2nd c.
24. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1420s
2nd c. BC
5th/6th c.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
25. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
14th c.
1804
1733
2nd c. BC
26. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1742
1st c. BC
1560
563
27. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
4th
1764
1804
1915
28. Spears in Germany
Late 3rd
1282
400 ka
1801
29. S
Late 3rd c.
1717
28 ka
1286
30. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1822
Ca. 300
1802
400 ka
31. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
14th c.
1420s
1877
1742
32. 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
4th
1st
1st c.
1990
33. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
Early 3rd c. BC
c. 480 BC
1119
200 ka
34. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1764
2nd
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
35. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1st
2nd c. BC
3rd c. BC
1.8 million years ago
36. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1990
1800-01
1494
37. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1822
1977
1560
1801
38. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1804
563
1494
3rd c. BC
39. Pottery
1995
4th
1439
16 ka
40. Glue in Italy
200 ka
28 ka
1717
1712
41. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
1717
1st c. BC
December 20 - 1951
Early 3rd c. BC
42. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1560
1958-59
1990
1742
43. 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.
1717
200 ka
1804
1995
44. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
1st
3rd c. BC
1712
45. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1709
36 ka
1878
2nd c. BC
46. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
672
1119
1717
3rd c. BC
47. 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
1480s
Early 3rd c. BC
1985
16 ka
48. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
7th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1878
Late 3rd c.
49. Twisted rope
1804
5th c. BC
28 ka
1878
50. Bow
60 ka
1801
1282
Ca. 300
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