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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Burial
5th c. BC
1480s
400 ka
160
2. Noria in Roman Empire
1985
Ca. 300
1605
1915
3. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1480s
2nd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
December 20 - 1951
4. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1119
1st c. BC
36 ka
1804
5. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
2nd
35 ka
1977
1878
6. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
36 ka
3rd c. BC
1709
35 ka
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.
1990
Late 3rd c.
1st
1878
8. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
400 ka
1560
408
1877
9. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
1733
1st c. BC
60 ka
10. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1915
1480s
1088
Early 3rd c. BC
11. 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
2nd
1804
7th c.
1888
12. 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
400 ka
1801
1826
1915
13. 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
1822
1733
1990
1878
14. Crane in Ancient Greece
1878
1st c. BC
1958-59
c. 515 BC
15. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1st c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1712
1958-59
16. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
28 ka
1439
Late 3rd c.
35 ka
17. Shelter construction
1915
500 thousand years ago (ka)
5th c. BC
c. 480 BC
18. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
2nd
1742
672
9th c.
19. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1733
1888
1494
1717
20. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
Late 3rd
1822
1480s
1712
21. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
Early 3rd c. BC
160
1878
1877
22. Cloth woven from flax fiber
36 ka
1742
5th c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
23. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1733
2nd c. BC
2nd c.
2nd c. BC
24. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1985
1742
1282
Late 3rd c.
25. 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
7th c.
5th c. BC
Late 3rd c.
35 ka
26. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1878
1470s
1985
5th/6th c.
27. Crane in Ancient Greece
9th c.
1878
c. 515 BC
1822
28. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
7th c.
1480s
Early 3rd c. BC
1560
29. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1st c. BC
5th c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1733
30. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
c. 480 BC
3rd c. BC
2nd c.
9th c.
31. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1800-01
1494
1.8 million years ago
1742
32. Shelter construction
1804
1605
Late 3rd
500 thousand years ago (ka)
33. 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
672
400 ka
2nd c. BC
1119
34. Cloth woven from flax fiber
1888
36 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
200 ka
35. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
672
Late 3rd c.
160
c. 240 BC
36. Eyeglasses in Italy
1st c.
1286
1st c. BC
1494
37. 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.
c. 240 BC
1st c.
1.8 million years ago
5th c. BC
38. Fire and then cooking
1.8 million years ago
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
5th c. BC
39. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
1822
1800-01
2nd
14th c.
40. Flute in Germany
5th/6th c.
3rd c. BC
35 ka
Before 421 BC
41. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1742
9th c.
4th
408
42. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
Late 3rd
160
2nd
1764
43. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1st
Early 3rd c. BC
14th c.
1733
44. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
1494
400 ka
5th c. BC
45. 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
1494
1977
1560
46. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
5th/6th c.
1990
1877
160
47. Flute in Germany
2nd c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
35 ka
2nd
48. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1804
1439
1088
1282
49. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
1878
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
c. 240 BC
1560
50. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
400 ka
1800-01
1990
672
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