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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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
1st
Ca. 300
1995
2. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
5th c. BC
1977
5th/6th c.
After 205 BC
3. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
1878
28 ka
500 thousand years ago (ka)
c. 240 BC
4. 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.
1878
5th c. BC
1712
1977
5. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
3rd c. BC
1985
2nd c. BC
4th
6. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
Ca. 300
2nd
Late 3rd
1995
7. Shelter construction
After 205 BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1420s
1420s
8. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1119
1915
408
1st c. BC
9. Spears in Germany
4th
400 ka
1420s
1712
10. Pottery
4th
Late 3rd c.
16 ka
200 ka
11. 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
200 ka
35 ka
1977
c. 240 BC
12. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
Early 3rd c. BC
1733
c. 515 BC
1804
13. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
1802
1494
1977
c. 240 BC
14. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
563
1888
1764
c. 515 BC
15. 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.
4th
1804
1888
1439
16. 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
35 ka
1915
1282
1470s
17. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
5th c. BC
5th/6th c.
1282
160
18. Flute in Germany
28 ka
28 ka
35 ka
1995
19. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1st c.
5th c. BC
200 ka
2nd c.
20. 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
5th c. BC
1709
1801
1119
21. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1420s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1st c.
4th
22. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
36 ka
1712
160
23. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
672
1560
36 ka
1717
24. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Early 3rd c. BC
1877
1st
25. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
160
c. 480 BC
5th c. BC
26. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
1985
1958-59
1420s
27. 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.
c. 480 BC
1742
3rd c. BC
28. Friction Match - John Walker
1826
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
28 ka
29. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1470s
1878
9th c.
1420s
30. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1088
1605
14th c.
1888
31. Fire and then cooking
1717
28 ka
1494
1.8 million years ago
32. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1st c. BC
35 ka
2nd c. BC
1.8 million years ago
33. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1804
5th c. BC
1282
408
34. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1878
672
4th
2nd c. BC
35. Pigments in Zambia
1470s
5th c. BC
400 ka
1878
36. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1717
2nd c.
1282
1605
37. 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.
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
1878
4th
38. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
408
1.8 million years ago
Early 3rd c. BC
39. 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
408
Early 3rd c. BC
1470s
1990
40. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1804
1985
1800-01
1420s
41. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1877
2nd c.
1764
1802
42. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
160
35 ka
1712
Early 3rd c. BC
43. Noria in Roman Empire
1st c.
4th
5th/6th c.
Ca. 300
44. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1804
1800-01
1878
500 thousand years ago (ka)
45. 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
28 ka
672
1494
46. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
16 ka
672
c. 515 BC
1712
47. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1119
2nd c. BC
1st c. BC
c. 515 BC
48. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
28 ka
400 ka
Before 421 BC
49. 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
1804
1088
672
1822
50. Twisted rope
28 ka
1st
1st c. BC
1560