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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
1977
2nd c. BC
Ca. 300
1088
2. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1888
Before 421 BC
1282
2nd
3. Flute in Germany
400 ka
1800-01
35 ka
4th
4. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1990
1804
1995
400 ka
5. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 240 BC
c. 515 BC
1470s
3rd c. BC
6. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
60 ka
1494
3rd c. BC
2nd c.
7. 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
1977
1822
1560
Early 3rd c. BC
8. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1990
2nd c.
Before 421 BC
1742
9. 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
1712
2nd c.
672
1804
10. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
Late 3rd c.
1119
Late 3rd
1480s
11. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1802
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1560
1712
12. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1977
3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
1605
13. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1733
2nd c. BC
After 205 BC
1st c. BC
14. Fire and then cooking
1.8 million years ago
160
5th c. BC
1420s
15. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
1286
28 ka
1822
c. 240 BC
16. Spears in Germany
36 ka
400 ka
1st c.
Late 3rd c.
17. Eyeglasses in Italy
2nd c. BC
1.8 million years ago
1286
1605
18. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
2nd c. BC
400 ka
1878
1742
19. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
36 ka
1878
1877
Late 3rd c.
20. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
408
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
200 ka
2nd
21. Fire and then cooking
1712
Before 421 BC
28 ka
1.8 million years ago
22. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
14th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1420s
Early 3rd c. BC
23. 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
160
500 thousand years ago (ka)
5th c. BC
9th c.
24. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
Late 3rd
1802
1712
1888
25. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1733
1878
14th c.
2nd c. BC
26. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1439
1088
1877
1804
27. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
1605
c. 480 BC
1977
500 thousand years ago (ka)
28. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1st c.
2nd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1802
29. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1st c. BC
5th c. BC
1764
1915
30. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
2nd c. BC
1877
1878
Early 3rd c. BC
31. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
Early 3rd c. BC
1088
1st c. BC
1804
32. 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.
1878
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1915
2nd c.
33. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1282
1801
1470s
1494
34. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1605
c. 515 BC
408
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
35. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
Ca. 300
408
1804
December 20 - 1951
36. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
c. 240 BC
9th c.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
37. Shelter construction
2nd c. BC
1282
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1977
38. 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
2nd c. BC
1985
5th c. BC
1717
39. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
After 205 BC
400 ka
563
1915
40. 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
1878
1709
9th c.
1800-01
41. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
2nd
1826
1822
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
42. Twisted rope
Before 421 BC
563
28 ka
9th c.
43. 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
1439
Early 3rd c. BC
672
1480s
44. 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.
1995
1480s
1709
Ca. 300
45. Crane in Ancient Greece
36 ka
c. 515 BC
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
46. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
Early 3rd c. BC
1977
400 ka
1st c. BC
47. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1878
1822
408
Late 3rd c.
48. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
14th c.
7th c.
1420s
2nd c. BC
49. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1088
5th/6th c.
1985
2nd c. BC
50. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1802
1286
1119
5th/6th c.