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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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.
400 ka
9th c.
28 ka
1995
2. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
400 ka
1st
2nd c. BC
1420s
3. Glue in Italy
200 ka
2nd c.
1764
Early 3rd c. BC
4. 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
1.8 million years ago
1822
1480s
1605
5. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
Late 3rd
Early 3rd c. BC
1709
2nd c. BC
6. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
2nd
Early 3rd c. BC
1282
5th c. BC
7. Pigments in Zambia
5th/6th c.
1480s
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
8. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
3rd c. BC
1st
1733
5th c. BC
9. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
Ca. 300
1877
1802
Early 3rd c. BC
10. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
200 ka
2nd
1958-59
11. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1764
1420s
2nd c. BC
1985
12. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1420s
1st
c. 480 BC
1826
13. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
400 ka
5th c. BC
672
408
14. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1st
1494
c. 480 BC
1560
15. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
408
1st c. BC
5th/6th c.
1877
16. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
1709
36 ka
4th
17. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
2nd c.
672
1.8 million years ago
1804
18. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
Late 3rd c.
1st c. BC
1605
9th c.
19. 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.
December 20 - 1951
5th c. BC
7th c.
2nd c.
20. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1800-01
1888
1801
1420s
21. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
After 205 BC
1802
1878
Early 3rd c. BC
22. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1712
1802
1st c. BC
1958-59
23. 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
36 ka
200 ka
1.8 million years ago
1119
24. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
4th
After 205 BC
1733
1286
25. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
December 20 - 1951
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1764
35 ka
26. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1977
c. 480 BC
27. Fire and then cooking
160
1.8 million years ago
408
1717
28. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
5th c. BC
1804
1st c. BC
29. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
c. 480 BC
1877
1605
60 ka
30. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1802
5th c. BC
9th c.
1605
31. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
4th
1878
14th c.
1802
32. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
1.8 million years ago
60 ka
1088
14th c.
33. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1801
1826
1480s
408
34. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
1915
1560
Late 3rd c.
35. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
200 ka
1420s
3rd c. BC
1709
36. Burial
160
1480s
1888
1801
37. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1958-59
1st c. BC
1712
1800-01
38. Pigments in Zambia
1800-01
December 20 - 1951
400 ka
c. 480 BC
39. Friction Match - John Walker
1826
2nd c. BC
1709
563
40. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
2nd c. BC
200 ka
408
1822
41. 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
60 ka
9th c.
1826
5th c. BC
42. Cloth woven from flax fiber
5th c. BC
5th c. BC
7th c.
36 ka
43. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
2nd
2nd c. BC
1878
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
44. Eyeglasses in Italy
1764
1286
1605
1.8 million years ago
45. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
c. 480 BC
1995
1877
563
46. Twisted rope
2nd
28 ka
After 205 BC
Ca. 300
47. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
563
1.8 million years ago
1st c. BC
48. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1733
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
9th c.
1877
49. 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.
5th/6th c.
December 20 - 1951
50. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
Late 3rd c.
672
1804
5th c. BC