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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1915
After 205 BC
December 20 - 1951
2nd
2. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1877
28 ka
1802
After 205 BC
3. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1717
5th c. BC
1985
1878
4. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1826
672
2nd c. BC
3rd c. BC
5. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
c. 515 BC
1st c.
Late 3rd
Early 3rd c. BC
6. 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
672
2nd c. BC
1560
1822
7. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
5th/6th c.
1119
1800-01
Early 3rd c. BC
8. 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.
1802
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1439
400 ka
9. 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
2nd c.
1878
9th c.
10. Pigments in Zambia
1995
400 ka
After 205 BC
1712
11. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
1470s
After 205 BC
1st
Early 3rd c. BC
12. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1st c.
2nd c. BC
1st c. BC
5th c. BC
13. Eyeglasses in Italy
1286
200 ka
2nd c. BC
1804
14. Spears in Germany
1.8 million years ago
c. 240 BC
400 ka
1802
15. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
9th c.
1742
1958-59
1st c. BC
16. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1st c.
563
1733
7th c.
17. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
After 205 BC
1420s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
18. S
2nd c. BC
1717
1742
1801
19. 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
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1915
1985
1877
20. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1470s
1995
1560
16 ka
21. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1480s
22. 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.
36 ka
5th c. BC
5th/6th c.
23. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1985
Before 421 BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
160
24. 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.
1985
Before 421 BC
1282
25. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1958-59
400 ka
9th c.
1822
26. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1742
1st c. BC
200 ka
1286
27. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
1985
c. 480 BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1712
28. Twisted rope
1995
28 ka
1742
1915
29. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
28 ka
1st c.
1709
1822
30. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1877
Late 3rd c.
28 ka
5th c. BC
31. 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
Ca. 300
1088
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5th c. BC
32. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1733
Before 421 BC
1915
1470s
33. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
200 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
1958-59
16 ka
34. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
5th/6th c.
1822
9th c.
1804
35. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
563
1801
200 ka
1282
36. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
14th c.
1802
c. 480 BC
1712
37. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
60 ka
1878
1560
2nd c.
38. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1286
1878
1st c. BC
1822
39. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
16 ka
c. 480 BC
1st c. BC
2nd c.
40. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
400 ka
16 ka
672
1804
41. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1995
408
2nd c. BC
1470s
42. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1st c. BC
1717
3rd c. BC
200 ka
43. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1st c.
563
Early 3rd c. BC
3rd c. BC
44. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
Before 421 BC
c. 240 BC
2nd c. BC
1709
45. S
Ca. 300
5th c. BC
1717
1888
46. 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
c. 515 BC
1709
5th c. BC
1985
47. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
2nd
400 ka
1958-59
1st c. BC
48. Glue in Italy
1802
7th c.
200 ka
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
49. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
1717
Early 3rd c. BC
563
50. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1877
1958-59
35 ka
5th c. BC