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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1915
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1605
2. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
400 ka
1764
1286
1802
3. 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.
1.8 million years ago
1439
1878
1915
4. 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
4th
5th c. BC
672
1st c. BC
5. 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
1439
1119
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1.8 million years ago
6. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
16 ka
4th
9th c.
1712
7. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1995
2nd
1804
160
8. 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.
1439
400 ka
1995
28 ka
9. Pottery
16 ka
1560
1977
1088
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
1439
1990
1822
1420s
11. Friction Match - John Walker
1877
2nd c. BC
9th c.
1826
12. 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
1119
1119
1985
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
13. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
1470s
563
1878
14. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
2nd c. BC
1804
1764
Late 3rd c.
15. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
3rd c. BC
14th c.
672
December 20 - 1951
16. 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.
1470s
1800-01
After 205 BC
1439
17. Friction Match - John Walker
1801
1826
672
9th c.
18. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
Late 3rd
2nd c.
c. 240 BC
Before 421 BC
19. Noria in Roman Empire
2nd
Ca. 300
1877
1804
20. 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
December 20 - 1951
1985
1804
1801
21. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
2nd
1985
1804
1995
22. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
16 ka
1742
1985
c. 515 BC
23. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1733
5th/6th c.
2nd c. BC
16 ka
24. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1712
Before 421 BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
16 ka
25. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1800-01
160
1878
2nd c. BC
26. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1712
1915
c. 480 BC
1804
27. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
3rd c. BC
1800-01
1878
5th c. BC
28. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
1470s
400 ka
Late 3rd
29. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
c. 480 BC
28 ka
9th c.
5th/6th c.
30. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1282
1995
1470s
Early 3rd c. BC
31. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
5th c. BC
400 ka
35 ka
1420s
32. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1742
1709
1878
35 ka
33. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
36 ka
1742
1985
3rd c. BC
34. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
5th c. BC
1st c.
1985
1712
35. 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
1985
3rd c. BC
1822
36. 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
1712
1822
1888
1990
37. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1st c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
Before 421 BC
1804
38. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
After 205 BC
1804
1995
Ca. 300
39. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
Early 3rd c. BC
1480s
2nd c. BC
1958-59
40. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1822
14th c.
5th c. BC
1286
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
c. 240 BC
1119
1802
Late 3rd c.
42. 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
1990
400 ka
1.8 million years ago
2nd c. BC
43. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
408
1958-59
1439
Before 421 BC
44. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
c. 515 BC
1st c.
c. 480 BC
1742
45. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
672
1470s
1st
46. Flute in Germany
35 ka
5th c. BC
1119
Early 3rd c. BC
47. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1420s
1764
1494
1985
48. Glue in Italy
1494
200 ka
408
Before 421 BC
49. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1st c. BC
36 ka
9th c.
563
50. Spears in Germany
1802
1826
1480s
400 ka