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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
400 ka
563
9th c.
2nd c.
2. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
5th/6th c.
1826
1888
1st c.
3. 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
c. 240 BC
1282
4. 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
1822
1494
672
9th c.
5. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1733
28 ka
Ca. 300
2nd c.
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
1480s
1st c. BC
1088
7. 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
1282
7th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c.
8. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1st c.
1119
1119
1st c. BC
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
After 205 BC
408
563
1915
10. Eyeglasses in Italy
1717
1995
1286
1st c.
11. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1494
5th/6th c.
2nd c. BC
1742
12. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
Late 3rd
35 ka
160
1470s
13. Flute in Germany
1282
1286
35 ka
5th/6th c.
14. Flute in Germany
1733
1420s
35 ka
1st c. BC
15. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1439
9th c.
1605
Late 3rd
16. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1995
c. 480 BC
1822
2nd c. BC
17. 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
1878
1712
1494
18. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1712
16 ka
1088
2nd c. BC
19. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1712
400 ka
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
Late 3rd
20. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
1977
2nd c. BC
21. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
500 thousand years ago (ka)
5th c. BC
408
7th c.
22. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1st
1804
2nd c. BC
2nd c. BC
23. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
1742
563
1712
24. 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
160
9th c.
1826
1st c. BC
25. 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
9th c.
563
1800-01
7th c.
26. 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
1878
c. 515 BC
1985
1088
27. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
14th c.
28 ka
60 ka
1878
28. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
2nd c. BC
1804
After 205 BC
400 ka
29. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1st
1802
1439
1494
30. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1494
1802
1st c. BC
1605
31. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1709
December 20 - 1951
1878
Early 3rd c. BC
32. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1742
1605
December 20 - 1951
5th c. BC
33. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 515 BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
5th c. BC
1804
34. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1877
Late 3rd c.
1605
2nd c. BC
35. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
408
1985
After 205 BC
1286
36. Bow
1800-01
1742
60 ka
563
37. Pottery
Late 3rd c.
16 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
200 ka
38. 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.
1800-01
9th c.
1439
9th c.
39. 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
1995
1439
1712
40. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1286
408
1st c. BC
1888
41. S
7th c.
1717
160
5th c. BC
42. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
9th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1985
3rd c. BC
43. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1985
Early 3rd c. BC
672
1878
44. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
60 ka
2nd c. BC
1.8 million years ago
1282
45. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1st
Early 3rd c. BC
3rd c. BC
1804
46. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
28 ka
1st c.
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
47. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
400 ka
1st c. BC
Late 3rd
1977
48. Spears in Germany
400 ka
1480s
1877
563
49. 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
1088
408
1286
28 ka
50. Glue in Italy
1282
200 ka
1800-01
400 ka