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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1709
1.8 million years ago
1804
2nd c. BC
2. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
200 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
563
2nd c. BC
3. 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.
4th
1995
Late 3rd
2nd
4. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1560
1709
1470s
December 20 - 1951
5. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
c. 480 BC
1915
Late 3rd c.
1119
6. 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
9th c.
3rd c. BC
1878
5th c. BC
7. 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
2nd c.
408
9th c.
1742
8. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1958-59
1877
Late 3rd
Late 3rd c.
9. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
35 ka
c. 480 BC
28 ka
2nd c. BC
10. 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
1977
5th/6th c.
1494
11. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1605
1878
1877
c. 515 BC
12. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1.8 million years ago
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
400 ka
13. 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
1977
1712
14th c.
5th c. BC
14. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
2nd c. BC
1888
7th c.
After 205 BC
15. 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
1st c. BC
1764
5th c. BC
16. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1990
1st c. BC
1877
Early 3rd c. BC
17. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
3rd c. BC
1878
1709
4th
18. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub
1877
2nd c. BC
1990
1985
19. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1878
1286
5th/6th c.
1420s
20. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1801
c. 240 BC
Late 3rd c.
1494
21. 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
1985
2nd
1888
408
22. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
c. 240 BC
1742
After 205 BC
Late 3rd
23. Friction Match - John Walker
4th
160
1800-01
1826
24. 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
5th c. BC
1888
5th c. BC
1990
25. Friction Match - John Walker
9th c.
1480s
1826
Late 3rd
26. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
Before 421 BC
1990
1709
c. 240 BC
27. Bow
60 ka
1822
408
1119
28. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1985
5th c. BC
672
2nd
29. Glue in Italy
1712
200 ka
1.8 million years ago
Early 3rd c. BC
30. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
1826
672
1st
31. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1420s
1470s
1958-59
1st
32. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
5th c. BC
4th
1st c. BC
28 ka
33. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1888
1958-59
1742
34. Shelter construction
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1420s
2nd c.
1742
35. 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
1088
7th c.
2nd c. BC
200 ka
36. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
c. 480 BC
2nd c. BC
1733
5th c. BC
37. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
408
1560
5th/6th c.
1742
38. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
28 ka
c. 480 BC
1605
1800-01
39. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
2nd c. BC
1977
After 205 BC
c. 480 BC
40. Pigments in Zambia
c. 480 BC
400 ka
1995
160
41. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1st c. BC
3rd c. BC
1764
1958-59
42. Fire and then cooking
After 205 BC
7th c.
1st c. BC
1.8 million years ago
43. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1800-01
1282
5th/6th c.
563
44. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1st c.
1826
9th c.
45. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub
1990
35 ka
2nd
9th c.
46. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1877
9th c.
5th c. BC
1712
47. 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
5th c. BC
1822
200 ka
2nd c.
48. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1995
1800-01
1878
1802
49. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1560
2nd c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1420s
50. 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.
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1439
5th c. BC