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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1990
1878
2nd c. BC
9th c.
2. 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
9th c.
1977
1470s
1915
3. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
Early 3rd c. BC
1119
1764
2nd c. BC
4. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1560
1088
563
Late 3rd
5. 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.
1119
400 ka
1439
672
6. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
1804
9th c.
36 ka
7. Friction Match - John Walker
Ca. 300
1439
Late 3rd c.
1826
8. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
2nd c. BC
1878
1119
1560
9. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
5th/6th c.
1282
3rd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
10. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1494
400 ka
1764
1420s
11. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
5th c. BC
1480s
After 205 BC
2nd c.
12. 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
7th c.
1420s
5th c. BC
1286
13. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. BC
1712
3rd c. BC
16 ka
14. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
563
Late 3rd c.
2nd
1877
15. 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.
Late 3rd
1915
1733
1439
16. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
December 20 - 1951
December 20 - 1951
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Before 421 BC
17. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
Before 421 BC
Late 3rd
1878
1712
18. Twisted rope
1480s
c. 480 BC
28 ka
400 ka
19. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
Late 3rd
672
60 ka
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
20. Shelter construction
1088
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1877
1877
21. Spears in Germany
1605
400 ka
c. 515 BC
28 ka
22. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
563
1742
35 ka
1977
23. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1st c.
7th c.
Ca. 300
1420s
24. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
1420s
2nd c.
3rd c. BC
c. 240 BC
25. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1470s
1420s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1st c.
26. 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
9th c.
2nd c. BC
1990
35 ka
27. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
563
1st c.
2nd
1958-59
28. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
1119
1826
14th c.
c. 515 BC
29. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1878
1439
1804
1088
30. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1st c. BC
60 ka
28 ka
1915
31. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1958-59
1st
1119
28 ka
32. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1st c. BC
Late 3rd c.
1877
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
33. 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
1802
5th/6th c.
5th c. BC
1286
34. 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
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1915
7th c.
1088
35. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1st
1977
1802
36. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
2nd c. BC
1439
1560
After 205 BC
37. 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
1560
672
9th c.
1st
38. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
2nd c.
1822
Before 421 BC
1420s
39. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
2nd
5th c. BC
1742
563
40. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
1804
1709
4th
1977
41. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1878
Early 3rd c. BC
42. Glue in Italy
200 ka
1119
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1439
43. Crane in Ancient Greece
1802
36 ka
c. 515 BC
1995
44. 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.
December 20 - 1951
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
Late 3rd c.
45. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1764
Late 3rd
1st c.
1420s
46. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
2nd c. BC
1st c. BC
1480s
Early 3rd c. BC
47. Crane in Ancient Greece
1804
1439
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
c. 515 BC
48. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
1st c. BC
After 205 BC
December 20 - 1951
1977
49. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1878
1801
1282
5th c. BC
50. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
408
Late 3rd c.
2nd c. BC
1282
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