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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 515 BC
1088
1915
9th c.
2. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
2nd c. BC
36 ka
2nd c. BC
5th c. BC
3. Pottery
16 ka
1878
408
400 ka
4. 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.
160
1st c. BC
5th/6th c.
1995
5. Pigments in Zambia
1878
400 ka
1717
After 205 BC
6. 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
9th c.
9th c.
1958-59
7. 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.
1877
5th c. BC
Ca. 300
3rd c. BC
8. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
4th
16 ka
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
9. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
2nd
563
1958-59
1282
10. S
Ca. 300
5th c. BC
1717
5th c. BC
11. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
16 ka
408
1733
1800-01
12. The pattern-tracing lathe (actually more like a shaper) is completed by Thomas Blanchard for the U.S. Ordnance Dept. The lathe could copy symmetrical shapes and was used for making gun stocks - and later - ax handles. The lathe's patent was in force
1822
December 20 - 1951
2nd c. BC
1480s
13. 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
1888
1st c. BC
3rd c. BC
9th c.
14. Fire and then cooking
1st
160
1.8 million years ago
1977
15. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
5th c. BC
Ca. 300
1282
16. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
5th c. BC
1420s
c. 515 BC
1st c.
17. 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
Late 3rd
36 ka
1764
7th c.
18. 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
1119
1915
1709
1st c. BC
19. Noria in Roman Empire
Ca. 300
1709
December 20 - 1951
1878
20. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1605
1st c. BC
1877
1st c. BC
21. Spears in Germany
400 ka
1st
1878
After 205 BC
22. 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
1560
1800-01
14th c.
23. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1804
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
24. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1958-59
1.8 million years ago
Early 3rd c. BC
1888
25. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
Before 421 BC
1742
1822
1088
26. Pigments in Zambia
Early 3rd c. BC
1605
400 ka
1977
27. 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
1088
Early 3rd c. BC
1985
c. 515 BC
28. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
1494
408
December 20 - 1951
1995
29. 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
1st c. BC
1802
1822
1977
30. 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
1439
9th c.
Before 421 BC
1709
31. Bow
60 ka
1878
1802
500 thousand years ago (ka)
32. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
672
1st c.
1985
1st c. BC
33. Friction Match - John Walker
1119
1826
2nd c. BC
2nd c.
34. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1282
1st
c. 240 BC
1480s
35. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1877
1494
Late 3rd
1888
36. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
Early 3rd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1878
37. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1709
16 ka
1494
1119
38. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
1st
2nd c. BC
1764
39. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
1088
1282
14th c.
40. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
1801
3rd c. BC
4th
41. Shelter construction
5th c. BC
1605
1990
500 thousand years ago (ka)
42. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1995
c. 240 BC
c. 480 BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
43. Glue in Italy
160
200 ka
5th c. BC
3rd c. BC
44. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
Ca. 300
2nd
563
5th c. BC
45. 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
400 ka
9th c.
1915
1286
46. Pottery
16 ka
9th c.
3rd c. BC
200 ka
47. Glue in Italy
200 ka
9th c.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1st c. BC
48. Eyeglasses in Italy
1286
400 ka
1282
16 ka
49. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1439
Ca. 300
1st c. BC
16 ka
50. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1.8 million years ago
1733
1st c.
1804