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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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.
Late 3rd
4th
c. 480 BC
2. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1st c. BC
60 ka
Late 3rd c.
5th/6th c.
3. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1494
5th c. BC
1605
1709
4. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1802
1605
28 ka
1494
5. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1470s
9th c.
1560
1733
6. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1804
5th c. BC
1733
1826
7. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
2nd c. BC
1877
1958-59
3rd c. BC
8. 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.
1995
1800-01
2nd
9. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1605
1560
1733
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
10. 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
1801
1822
1286
11. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1804
9th c.
1764
1742
12. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1800-01
1088
60 ka
1804
13. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
3rd c. BC
2nd
1878
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
14. Pottery
1888
16 ka
7th c.
1480s
15. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1764
1764
400 ka
Before 421 BC
16. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
1995
2nd c.
14th c.
17. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1560
c. 515 BC
1802
18. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1605
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
2nd c. BC
19. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1st c. BC
1958-59
1119
1470s
20. 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
3rd c. BC
1088
14th c.
36 ka
21. Burial
2nd c.
1802
160
5th c. BC
22. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
1822
1st c.
4th
23. 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
1480s
2nd c. BC
1977
24. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
7th c.
5th/6th c.
2nd
2nd c.
25. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1282
2nd c. BC
1st c.
1742
26. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
1286
1480s
160
c. 480 BC
27. Fire and then cooking
9th c.
408
1.8 million years ago
1st c.
28. 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
2nd c. BC
1480s
1985
1470s
29. 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
5th/6th c.
9th c.
Late 3rd c.
7th c.
30. Bow
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
60 ka
Late 3rd c.
1st c.
31. 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
1915
1877
Late 3rd
1709
32. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1800-01
1878
2nd
1470s
33. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
200 ka
5th c. BC
1st
December 20 - 1951
34. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
c. 240 BC
1822
1826
408
35. 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.
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
1878
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
36. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
Late 3rd
1742
Late 3rd c.
2nd c. BC
37. Noria in Roman Empire
1985
1709
36 ka
Ca. 300
38. Eyeglasses in Italy
1286
563
1st c.
2nd c.
39. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1958-59
2nd c. BC
9th c.
1977
40. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1st c. BC
1088
16 ka
2nd c. BC
41. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1420s
1560
16 ka
1878
42. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1804
1822
c. 240 BC
60 ka
43. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1494
1717
44. Friction Match - John Walker
1826
Late 3rd
1420s
Late 3rd
45. Pigments in Zambia
1560
1282
400 ka
Late 3rd c.
46. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1804
1985
1915
Early 3rd c. BC
47. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1st c.
2nd c. BC
28 ka
Ca. 300
48. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
60 ka
After 205 BC
4th
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
49. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
28 ka
14th c.
2nd c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
50. Spears in Germany
400 ka
7th c.
1712
500 thousand years ago (ka)