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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1958-59
400 ka
1.8 million years ago
1420s
2. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
4th
563
16 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
3. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
2nd
1439
1494
3rd c. BC
4. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
1.8 million years ago
1605
563
5. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
Before 421 BC
1717
160
1977
6. Friction Match - John Walker
1605
9th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1826
7. 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
1764
9th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1985
8. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1439
1.8 million years ago
9. 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
7th c.
3rd c. BC
1990
1888
10. Twisted rope
1958-59
1995
28 ka
1480s
11. Pottery
200 ka
16 ka
28 ka
563
12. Glue in Italy
563
60 ka
200 ka
16 ka
13. 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
5th c. BC
1915
1764
1878
14. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
408
35 ka
1119
1977
15. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1826
After 205 BC
1888
1733
16. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1.8 million years ago
Late 3rd
3rd c. BC
1st c. BC
17. Cloth woven from flax fiber
1st c.
36 ka
c. 515 BC
3rd c. BC
18. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1439
1712
1958-59
1990
19. 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
Ca. 300
Late 3rd c.
200 ka
20. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
408
2nd c. BC
1st c.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
21. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. BC
1119
35 ka
1990
22. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
2nd c. BC
9th c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
c. 240 BC
23. 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.
563
1801
160
5th c. BC
24. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1088
1826
1800-01
5th c. BC
25. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1712
c. 480 BC
1286
Early 3rd c. BC
26. 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
After 205 BC
672
c. 480 BC
1985
27. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
160
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5th/6th c.
28. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1560
2nd c.
Late 3rd
After 205 BC
29. Crane in Ancient Greece
1560
c. 515 BC
1420s
2nd
30. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1742
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1709
5th c. BC
31. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
After 205 BC
1480s
1995
1494
32. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1990
408
1st
1480s
33. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
35 ka
1480s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1470s
34. 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
1804
1958-59
35 ka
35. Pottery
1985
400 ka
16 ka
400 ka
36. 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
1088
36 ka
c. 515 BC
c. 240 BC
37. Bow
60 ka
1804
563
160
38. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1804
c. 240 BC
1990
Late 3rd c.
39. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1494
672
1958-59
1st c. BC
40. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1480s
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Late 3rd c.
41. 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
5th c. BC
1286
1st
1888
42. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1878
1494
1826
28 ka
43. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
1878
After 205 BC
2nd c. BC
December 20 - 1951
44. Noria in Roman Empire
1420s
Ca. 300
Before 421 BC
Before 421 BC
45. S
After 205 BC
1717
1804
1st c. BC
46. 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.
1439
9th c.
1st
1878
47. 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.
1st
5th c. BC
1878
2nd c. BC
48. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
c. 240 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
7th c.
1712
49. 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
1286
1888
c. 480 BC
1915
50. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
Early 3rd c. BC
Before 421 BC
1801
1605