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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Noria in Roman Empire
Ca. 300
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
36 ka
1915
2. 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
1985
Late 3rd
1439
1420s
3. 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
1088
35 ka
1822
1826
4. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1878
Late 3rd
28 ka
1801
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
1878
9th c.
1800-01
1119
6. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1802
1804
14th c.
35 ka
7. 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.
1119
9th c.
Ca. 300
1439
8. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
c. 515 BC
1958-59
28 ka
1822
9. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1877
4th
3rd c. BC
1800-01
10. 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.
1717
5th c. BC
1439
1822
11. Eyeglasses in Italy
Ca. 300
1286
After 205 BC
1420s
12. 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
Ca. 300
1560
1088
14th c.
13. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1712
1742
1st
1.8 million years ago
14. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1470s
1709
December 20 - 1951
15. 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
400 ka
1990
1119
16. Pottery
1826
1717
1878
16 ka
17. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
c. 240 BC
1764
1995
9th c.
18. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
Before 421 BC
Before 421 BC
7th c.
1494
19. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1717
1st c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1420s
20. 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
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
2nd
1915
c. 240 BC
21. 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
28 ka
2nd c.
1st c. BC
9th c.
22. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1877
1878
1888
7th c.
23. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
Ca. 300
After 205 BC
35 ka
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
24. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
1958-59
2nd
14th c.
1733
25. 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
5th c. BC
1st c. BC
9th c.
2nd c. BC
26. S
1717
1494
1470s
Ca. 300
27. Fire and then cooking
1439
1.8 million years ago
1826
Late 3rd c.
28. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1888
1802
c. 240 BC
1990
29. Twisted rope
Before 421 BC
28 ka
1119
1877
30. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1878
1709
1st c. BC
2nd c. BC
31. 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 c. BC
2nd c. BC
1804
4th
32. Crane in Ancient Greece
1282
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
160
c. 515 BC
33. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1480s
1733
2nd
1282
34. 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
1985
1977
c. 240 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
35. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1st
c. 480 BC
2nd c. BC
36 ka
36. Noria in Roman Empire
35 ka
1985
Early 3rd c. BC
Ca. 300
37. 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
60 ka
1742
7th c.
1282
38. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
1439
14th c.
5th/6th c.
39. 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.
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
2nd
14th c.
40. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
2nd c.
1958-59
1990
1st c. BC
41. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1605
Early 3rd c. BC
1826
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
42. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
9th c.
1804
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
43. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1st c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1480s
1088
44. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
14th c.
2nd c. BC
28 ka
1800-01
45. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
408
60 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
46. Cloth woven from flax fiber
c. 480 BC
2nd c.
2nd c. BC
36 ka
47. 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
1st
1985
1st c.
5th c. BC
48. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
400 ka
1712
1801
1286
49. 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
Ca. 300
400 ka
1605
672
50. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
5th/6th c.
1990
1958-59
1800-01