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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
2nd c.
1st c. BC
2nd c. BC
1733
2. Shelter construction
1717
After 205 BC
1915
500 thousand years ago (ka)
3. Bow
1470s
60 ka
1560
2nd
4. 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
1878
c. 240 BC
1888
5th/6th c.
5. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
14th c.
c. 515 BC
1st c.
1801
6. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1439
1712
4th
1605
7. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
2nd c.
1915
200 ka
2nd c. BC
8. Crane in Ancient Greece
500 thousand years ago (ka)
563
1990
c. 515 BC
9. 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
1804
1878
1990
1st c.
10. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
Late 3rd
500 thousand years ago (ka)
c. 240 BC
11. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd
1915
2nd c. BC
1822
12. Burial
160
1985
60 ka
c. 515 BC
13. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1717
5th/6th c.
1282
1st c. BC
14. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1st
1480s
28 ka
5th c. BC
15. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
400 ka
1733
1764
1822
16. Pottery
1286
16 ka
160
672
17. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1712
1717
2nd
4th
18. Glue in Italy
Early 3rd c. BC
4th
200 ka
2nd c. BC
19. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1st c.
5th c. BC
5th c. BC
1282
20. 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
1958-59
1915
1733
672
21. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1826
1977
2nd
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
22. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1878
1st c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
563
23. 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.
1420s
December 20 - 1951
1st c. BC
1439
24. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
1985
35 ka
1995
25. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1985
5th c. BC
December 20 - 1951
1282
26. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1119
2nd c. BC
672
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
27. Twisted rope
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
28 ka
1804
1st c. BC
28. 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
563
408
160
29. Friction Match - John Walker
160
1826
1985
400 ka
30. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
60 ka
c. 515 BC
4th
Late 3rd c.
31. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1990
16 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
1560
32. 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
1878
9th c.
7th c.
36 ka
33. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1560
9th c.
160
c. 480 BC
34. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1480s
36 ka
5th c. BC
160
35. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1958-59
14th c.
1742
1826
36. 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.
1995
1990
1801
1480s
37. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1119
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
5th/6th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
38. Friction Match - John Walker
2nd c.
1826
1560
1709
39. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
5th/6th c.
400 ka
1822
1915
40. Noria in Roman Empire
2nd
Ca. 300
1.8 million years ago
c. 515 BC
41. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1826
Early 3rd c. BC
Before 421 BC
1877
42. 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
3rd c. BC
1985
60 ka
1480s
43. 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
1804
9th c.
1st c. BC
1st c.
44. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
408
1742
4th
1560
45. 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
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1st c.
9th c.
46. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1733
1733
1st c.
1742
47. Fire and then cooking
28 ka
1.8 million years ago
1439
1801
48. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
Late 3rd
7th c.
1.8 million years ago
1709
49. Cloth woven from flax fiber
1286
1.8 million years ago
c. 240 BC
36 ka
50. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
563
Ca. 300
1709