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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1977
1712
1985
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
2. S
408
1717
1470s
1804
3. Cloth woven from flax fiber
1800-01
1804
36 ka
28 ka
4. Noria in Roman Empire
1733
After 205 BC
14th c.
Ca. 300
5. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1088
3rd c. BC
1804
1878
6. Glue in Italy
Early 3rd c. BC
200 ka
1709
Early 3rd c. BC
7. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
c. 480 BC
1995
1420s
1977
8. 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.
Ca. 300
1995
1802
Early 3rd c. BC
9. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1764
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
35 ka
10. 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
408
60 ka
4th
1822
11. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
36 ka
36 ka
1733
1.8 million years ago
12. Friction Match - John Walker
1560
1990
1826
35 ka
13. Fire and then cooking
1560
1605
1.8 million years ago
563
14. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
16 ka
Late 3rd c.
400 ka
3rd c. BC
15. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1877
1709
c. 515 BC
1088
16. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
1878
1439
563
17. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub
2nd c. BC
Before 421 BC
1990
408
18. 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
1712
9th c.
1826
1977
19. Cast iron in Ancient China - Confirmed by archaeological evidence - the earliest cast iron was developed in China by the early 5th century BC during the Zhou Dynasty (1122
1494
1.8 million years ago
5th c. BC
1990
20. Shelter construction
4th
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1st c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
21. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
2nd c.
16 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
1826
22. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
1804
1282
36 ka
23. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
4th
563
5th c. BC
1985
24. 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
1st
1915
Early 3rd c. BC
9th c.
25. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1826
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
160
26. Flute in Germany
Late 3rd c.
35 ka
December 20 - 1951
1822
27. Cloth woven from flax fiber
1802
36 ka
Before 421 BC
5th c. BC
28. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1804
1877
1282
1733
29. Friction Match - John Walker
1717
1st c.
1st
1826
30. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1470s
1605
Early 3rd c. BC
31. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
160
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
35 ka
32. 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
1733
2nd c. BC
9th c.
33. 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
2nd
1878
1977
1709
34. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
9th c.
2nd c. BC
9th c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
35. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1822
1800-01
14th c.
1802
36. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1878
1742
1995
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
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
5th c. BC
Late 3rd c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1822
38. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1990
1st c. BC
1560
1800-01
39. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
4th
1088
500 thousand years ago (ka)
5th/6th c.
40. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1822
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
5th c. BC
1088
41. 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
December 20 - 1951
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
36 ka
42. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
2nd c. BC
28 ka
1088
1712
43. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1560
1st c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1712
44. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
2nd c. BC
Ca. 300
1st c. BC
1958-59
45. Flute in Germany
408
1826
35 ka
1480s
46. 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
1709
1088
16 ka
1st c. BC
47. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1480s
1420s
1st c.
1800-01
48. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1826
1560
36 ka
36 ka
49. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1977
1764
5th c. BC
2nd c.
50. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1.8 million years ago
563
4th
5th c. BC