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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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
9th c.
1470s
160
35 ka
2. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
672
1915
2nd
1480s
3. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1878
1420s
4. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
1990
400 ka
After 205 BC
1888
5. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
2nd c.
1877
9th c.
1282
6. 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
1977
Early 3rd c. BC
35 ka
1286
7. 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.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1878
1712
Late 3rd c.
8. 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
3rd c. BC
2nd c.
563
1915
9. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1764
200 ka
1088
1st
10. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1494
Early 3rd c. BC
1494
Late 3rd c.
11. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
4th
1088
14th c.
28 ka
12. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
5th c. BC
16 ka
1801
1st
13. Glue in Italy
200 ka
1764
3rd c. BC
1088
14. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
160
c. 240 BC
5th c. BC
1605
15. Glue in Italy
200 ka
1877
1804
1420s
16. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
400 ka
1801
28 ka
2nd c. BC
17. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
2nd
16 ka
5th c. BC
1st
18. 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
9th c.
1804
Early 3rd c. BC
19. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
2nd c. BC
1804
1802
1742
20. Shelter construction
500 thousand years ago (ka)
c. 515 BC
Late 3rd c.
1709
21. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
1915
1088
4th
1st
22. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1742
Late 3rd
2nd c. BC
2nd c.
23. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1804
Ca. 300
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1712
24. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1888
7th c.
1st c.
Early 3rd c. BC
25. Spears in Germany
1st c. BC
1888
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
400 ka
26. Pottery
Late 3rd
16 ka
9th c.
36 ka
27. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1826
5th c. BC
7th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
28. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1958-59
5th c. BC
408
1st c.
29. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1764
60 ka
35 ka
1877
30. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
Before 421 BC
c. 515 BC
9th c.
2nd c. BC
31. 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.
672
1878
1977
4th
32. Bow
563
1878
After 205 BC
60 ka
33. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
Late 3rd c.
1878
2nd
34. 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
1822
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
3rd c. BC
35. Fire and then cooking
1985
1804
1.8 million years ago
1119
36. 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
1st c. BC
9th c.
5th c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
37. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
563
December 20 - 1951
2nd c. BC
Before 421 BC
38. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
7th c.
c. 240 BC
1282
1560
39. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
1733
3rd c. BC
7th c.
40. S
1st c. BC
Before 421 BC
1802
1717
41. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
400 ka
Late 3rd
1804
c. 480 BC
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
1470s
7th c.
4th
1717
43. 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
Late 3rd c.
16 ka
1605
44. 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
35 ka
35 ka
7th c.
1st c.
45. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
400 ka
1990
December 20 - 1951
60 ka
46. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1802
1995
c. 240 BC
16 ka
47. Crane in Ancient Greece
1822
1878
1420s
c. 515 BC
48. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
After 205 BC
1480s
1712
5th c. BC
49. Cloth woven from flax fiber
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1878
36 ka
4th
50. Pigments in Zambia
400 ka
1985
c. 515 BC
1878