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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1990
1st c. BC
1420s
1915
2. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
408
5th c. BC
7th c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
3. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
200 ka
5th c. BC
1709
1286
4. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
7th c.
1605
2nd
5th/6th c.
5. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
36 ka
1800-01
Early 3rd c. BC
1560
6. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1804
1888
1st c.
1st
7. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
Early 3rd c. BC
1733
1977
5th c. BC
8. 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.
1888
2nd c.
5th c. BC
1915
9. 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
1826
1915
1088
10. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
4th
1480s
1.8 million years ago
11. 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.
5th c. BC
c. 240 BC
35 ka
12. S
1717
9th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c.
13. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1995
1480s
1605
1119
14. 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.
After 205 BC
5th c. BC
1995
1480s
15. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1804
Early 3rd c. BC
Ca. 300
9th c.
16. 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
1494
160
5th/6th c.
17. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1990
4th
1st c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
18. 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
1888
1878
1088
2nd c.
19. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1958-59
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Ca. 300
1733
20. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1st c. BC
2nd c. BC
1712
14th c.
21. 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
400 ka
5th c. BC
7th c.
14th c.
22. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
60 ka
14th c.
16 ka
1st c. BC
23. Flute in Germany
5th c. BC
1088
1st c. BC
35 ka
24. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1877
1878
1st
Early 3rd c. BC
25. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
5th c. BC
16 ka
400 ka
26. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
1742
c. 515 BC
Ca. 300
27. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
c. 515 BC
1877
1420s
1st c. BC
28. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. BC
2nd
1712
Ca. 300
29. 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
14th c.
1119
1764
2nd c. BC
30. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
672
c. 240 BC
Ca. 300
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
31. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
35 ka
4th
1877
1st c. BC
32. 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
35 ka
1990
1888
1733
33. Eyeglasses in Italy
1560
563
1286
1712
34. 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
1088
1.8 million years ago
1977
1800-01
35. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
60 ka
1888
1804
1995
36. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
563
1494
1420s
7th c.
37. 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
1877
1822
Late 3rd c.
Early 3rd c. BC
38. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1605
1480s
1282
60 ka
39. Twisted rope
28 ka
1804
1804
1995
40. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1977
2nd c. BC
2nd c.
Before 421 BC
41. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1742
1801
1470s
400 ka
42. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
Ca. 300
1.8 million years ago
2nd c.
Early 3rd c. BC
43. Spears in Germany
14th c.
1420s
35 ka
400 ka
44. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
408
28 ka
After 205 BC
1420s
45. 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
28 ka
December 20 - 1951
1877
46. Glue in Italy
200 ka
5th c. BC
1990
2nd c.
47. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1878
1800-01
400 ka
1480s
48. 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
400 ka
1282
1088
1st c.
49. Friction Match - John Walker
1822
5th c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1826
50. 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.
1822
1878
500 thousand years ago (ka)
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
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