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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1990
1st c. BC
2nd c. BC
1733
2. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
672
1826
408
1742
3. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1804
160
1888
1420s
4. 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
c. 240 BC
1958-59
1878
5. 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
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
1439
6. Pottery
Ca. 300
1822
2nd c. BC
16 ka
7. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1st c. BC
1712
1878
9th c.
8. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
408
1420s
2nd c.
1560
9. 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.
Early 3rd c. BC
1480s
1888
10. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
3rd c. BC
160
1878
1804
11. 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
7th c.
3rd c. BC
9th c.
Late 3rd c.
12. Noria in Roman Empire
1286
Ca. 300
1804
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
13. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
After 205 BC
1st c. BC
1977
1877
14. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1742
9th c.
1439
3rd c. BC
15. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
Early 3rd c. BC
1800-01
400 ka
1439
16. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
1st
December 20 - 1951
3rd c. BC
4th
17. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
c. 480 BC
1712
7th c.
1420s
18. 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
5th c. BC
1.8 million years ago
1088
36 ka
19. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1717
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
400 ka
20. Shelter construction
500 thousand years ago (ka)
c. 240 BC
16 ka
2nd c. BC
21. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
c. 480 BC
1802
5th c. BC
Late 3rd
22. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1709
5th/6th c.
1st
1804
23. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
2nd c. BC
1494
3rd c. BC
400 ka
24. 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
Late 3rd c.
5th c. BC
1995
1822
25. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
December 20 - 1951
1420s
Late 3rd c.
408
26. Noria in Roman Empire
1826
Ca. 300
1560
1764
27. Spears in Germany
1888
1990
1st c. BC
400 ka
28. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1480s
36 ka
1st c. BC
400 ka
29. 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
1494
Late 3rd
672
400 ka
30. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1st c. BC
1712
1st c.
1888
31. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
Late 3rd
1742
2nd c. BC
1717
32. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
1742
c. 240 BC
563
1802
33. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1985
1560
7th c.
Late 3rd c.
34. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
400 ka
672
1915
35. Shelter construction
672
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Late 3rd c.
1995
36. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1088
1958-59
1878
2nd c. BC
37. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1717
Late 3rd
1st c.
38. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1717
1420s
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1st c.
39. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
c. 515 BC
c. 240 BC
1742
40. S
Late 3rd c.
16 ka
1st
1717
41. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
1985
1801
5th c. BC
42. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1764
1560
5th/6th c.
1801
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
1742
9th c.
1420s
1712
44. Bow
60 ka
c. 515 BC
1802
1878
45. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1420s
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
46. Twisted rope
1888
1733
1605
28 ka
47. Cloth woven from flax fiber
2nd c.
36 ka
1822
1764
48. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1st c. BC
36 ka
1990
9th c.
49. 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
Late 3rd c.
1888
1439
2nd c. BC
50. 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
1878
200 ka
1822
5th c. BC