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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1733
672
1958-59
Early 3rd c. BC
2. Spears in Germany
December 20 - 1951
4th
1712
400 ka
3. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
400 ka
1088
1286
4. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1439
1st c. BC
200 ka
2nd
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.
5th c. BC
1826
1605
1088
6. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
5th c. BC
1st c. BC
160
1560
7. 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
1088
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
1119
8. Fire and then cooking
1.8 million years ago
c. 240 BC
5th/6th c.
400 ka
9. 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
1733
14th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1985
10. Pigments in Zambia
400 ka
1560
1958-59
1.8 million years ago
11. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
36 ka
Before 421 BC
5th/6th c.
5th c. BC
12. Twisted rope
28 ka
3rd c. BC
1439
1804
13. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1st c. BC
1420s
408
c. 480 BC
14. Noria in Roman Empire
2nd c.
1st c. BC
c. 240 BC
Ca. 300
15. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
14th c.
1877
1717
160
16. Pigments in Zambia
1470s
1733
400 ka
1717
17. Friction Match - John Walker
1826
1878
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Early 3rd c. BC
18. Glue in Italy
Late 3rd
9th c.
200 ka
1877
19. S
1733
1717
2nd
1480s
20. 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
35 ka
9th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
Ca. 300
21. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
160
1712
36 ka
1286
22. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
2nd c. BC
1878
Late 3rd
1439
23. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
1877
c. 240 BC
December 20 - 1951
24. Cloth woven from flax fiber
Ca. 300
Late 3rd
Ca. 300
36 ka
25. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1958-59
9th c.
1985
1st c. BC
26. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
Early 3rd c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1878
1958-59
27. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1282
1560
400 ka
1717
28. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
400 ka
1764
400 ka
Before 421 BC
29. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
160
Late 3rd c.
1420s
1st c. BC
30. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1985
1742
Late 3rd
31. 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
c. 240 BC
7th c.
408
563
32. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
c. 480 BC
408
563
Early 3rd c. BC
33. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
16 ka
1826
1800-01
1560
34. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
14th c.
60 ka
1802
2nd c. BC
35. Burial
160
28 ka
1826
1958-59
36. Crane in Ancient Greece
1764
1804
c. 515 BC
1282
37. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
c. 480 BC
1800-01
1088
1877
38. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1877
c. 480 BC
1958-59
1733
39. Noria in Roman Empire
1822
Ca. 300
1733
Early 3rd c. BC
40. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1733
1995
3rd c. BC
5th/6th c.
41. Burial
1764
2nd
160
1804
42. 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
1826
Before 421 BC
1985
7th c.
43. Eyeglasses in Italy
1st c. BC
1286
1119
Late 3rd
44. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1439
1800-01
Early 3rd c. BC
9th c.
45. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1915
1st
1742
5th/6th c.
46. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
28 ka
c. 240 BC
Late 3rd c.
16 ka
47. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
Before 421 BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1804
1st c. BC
48. The tank was invented by Ernest Swinton - although the British Royal Commission on Awards recognised a South Australian named Lance de Mole who had submitted a proposal to the British War Office - for a 'chain-rail vehicle which could be easily stee
1915
672
160
After 205 BC
49. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
2nd
1742
1494
50. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
35 ka
4th
1764
2nd c. BC