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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1990
c. 240 BC
563
16 ka
2. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1878
200 ka
408
1st c. BC
3. Pottery
December 20 - 1951
1st c.
1st
16 ka
4. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1st c.
1560
1420s
1st c. BC
5. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
3rd c. BC
1605
9th c.
1804
6. 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
1995
400 ka
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1888
7. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
5th c. BC
14th c.
1878
1990
8. 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 c. BC
2nd
1915
1977
9. 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.
1709
1985
200 ka
5th c. BC
10. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1995
1560
28 ka
4th
11. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1801
2nd
1804
16 ka
12. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
60 ka
Late 3rd c.
1958-59
1878
13. Friction Match - John Walker
16 ka
1985
1826
2nd c. BC
14. Shelter construction
500 thousand years ago (ka)
14th c.
563
1st c. BC
15. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1st c.
14th c.
200 ka
1822
16. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
200 ka
1282
2nd c. BC
1st
17. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
9th c.
1282
Late 3rd
1470s
18. 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
1439
200 ka
1764
1888
19. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1995
1605
Before 421 BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
20. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
400 ka
5th c. BC
1801
1494
21. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1420s
1802
1605
Ca. 300
22. Glue in Italy
Early 3rd c. BC
408
200 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
23. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
1977
December 20 - 1951
Before 421 BC
1826
24. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
35 ka
14th c.
1470s
160
25. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
Late 3rd c.
1878
1742
1480s
26. Burial
1977
1560
160
400 ka
27. Noria in Roman Empire
5th c. BC
1470s
5th c. BC
Ca. 300
28. Eyeglasses in Italy
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1286
1st
Early 3rd c. BC
29. Flute in Germany
35 ka
1877
28 ka
5th c. BC
30. 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
36 ka
1420s
5th c. BC
1088
31. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1804
1958-59
672
c. 240 BC
32. Spears in Germany
400 ka
1764
563
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
33. 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
1878
5th c. BC
1985
2nd c. BC
34. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
7th c.
1494
Ca. 300
16 ka
35. Friction Match - John Walker
1800-01
2nd c.
1826
1470s
36. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
After 205 BC
28 ka
2nd c. BC
Late 3rd
37. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
5th c. BC
160
1742
1800-01
38. 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
1742
1764
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1088
39. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
2nd c. BC
December 20 - 1951
Late 3rd
1494
40. Pigments in Zambia
1822
1119
1717
400 ka
41. 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
1977
160
672
42. 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
1802
4th
1826
43. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
Late 3rd c.
1709
2nd c.
1801
44. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
3rd c. BC
200 ka
2nd c. BC
1st c. BC
45. 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
1088
7th c.
1420s
46. 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
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Late 3rd
7th c.
1st c. BC
47. Twisted rope
9th c.
1709
Early 3rd c. BC
28 ka
48. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1480s
14th c.
400 ka
2nd
49. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1764
1st c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1826
50. 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
c. 480 BC
1480s
Late 3rd c.
9th c.