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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1605
1709
1888
672
2. Friction Match - John Walker
9th c.
4th
5th/6th c.
1826
3. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
7th c.
c. 480 BC
c. 240 BC
Before 421 BC
4. Pottery
1420s
1605
16 ka
Ca. 300
5. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
c. 240 BC
1286
1802
1712
6. Eyeglasses in Italy
1733
1878
1286
1717
7. Eyeglasses in Italy
Ca. 300
60 ka
5th/6th c.
1286
8. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1742
408
2nd c.
December 20 - 1951
9. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1990
2nd c. BC
672
1985
10. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
672
2nd c. BC
c. 240 BC
1742
11. Friction Match - John Walker
December 20 - 1951
Early 3rd c. BC
1088
1826
12. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
5th c. BC
563
1878
1282
13. 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.
December 20 - 1951
1878
4th
December 20 - 1951
14. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1st c.
1119
160
Early 3rd c. BC
15. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1282
60 ka
1977
400 ka
16. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
35 ka
1804
400 ka
1712
17. Flute in Germany
1286
35 ka
1877
1990
18. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1733
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c. BC
408
19. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1.8 million years ago
Late 3rd c.
3rd c. BC
9th c.
20. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
4th
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1878
21. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
60 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd
5th c. BC
22. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
c. 515 BC
2nd c. BC
2nd c.
1712
23. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
160
After 205 BC
1958-59
1764
24. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
c. 480 BC
5th c. BC
1888
25. 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
5th/6th c.
1990
1420s
26. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
3rd c. BC
Late 3rd
Ca. 300
1733
27. Crane in Ancient Greece
1915
c. 515 BC
2nd c.
1826
28. 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
2nd c.
1990
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
29. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
Ca. 300
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
After 205 BC
4th
30. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1877
7th c.
1800-01
1958-59
31. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1733
1.8 million years ago
2nd c. BC
1802
32. 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
1494
1717
1822
400 ka
33. Pigments in Zambia
400 ka
60 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
34. 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
1733
35 ka
9th c.
1088
35. 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
1709
1995
9th c.
14th c.
36. Burial
1119
28 ka
1802
160
37. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
3rd c. BC
1.8 million years ago
38. Glue in Italy
200 ka
28 ka
400 ka
1st c. BC
39. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
5th c. BC
1709
1742
1st c. BC
40. 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
1877
1801
408
41. 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
1915
1560
42. 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
9th c.
3rd c. BC
7th c.
December 20 - 1951
43. 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
2nd c.
1712
1717
1888
44. 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
1804
1560
c. 240 BC
1088
45. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
5th c. BC
1494
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1878
46. Pigments in Zambia
2nd c. BC
400 ka
1826
16 ka
47. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
9th c.
1878
1712
563
48. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
Early 3rd c. BC
3rd c. BC
7th c.
1802
49. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
5th c. BC
1958-59
1712
7th c.
50. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1804
1494
35 ka
1985