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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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
36 ka
672
Early 3rd c. BC
1560
2. Bow
60 ka
1822
1804
1.8 million years ago
3. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
Late 3rd
After 205 BC
1560
1802
4. 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
1977
1822
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
5. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
5th/6th c.
1st c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
6. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1480s
1st
1st c.
14th c.
7. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
408
1804
1.8 million years ago
1470s
8. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
Ca. 300
400 ka
1088
1804
9. Twisted rope
1764
28 ka
1802
1802
10. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
36 ka
1480s
3rd c. BC
1712
11. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
5th c. BC
1877
1st
1709
12. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
160
2nd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1958-59
13. 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
c. 480 BC
1286
1088
400 ka
14. Crane in Ancient Greece
1st c.
1878
c. 515 BC
1990
15. Eyeglasses in Italy
1804
2nd c. BC
1286
5th/6th c.
16. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1742
Late 3rd c.
1764
c. 480 BC
17. 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
1119
1420s
408
2nd
18. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1800-01
5th c. BC
1990
563
19. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
5th c. BC
1119
1st
1.8 million years ago
20. Glue in Italy
5th c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
200 ka
408
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
Late 3rd
1802
9th c.
1977
22. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
1742
1985
After 205 BC
672
23. Shelter construction
28 ka
500 thousand years ago (ka)
400 ka
1826
24. Burial
1990
160
60 ka
14th c.
25. S
1480s
1088
1717
1990
26. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1742
1977
16 ka
1801
27. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
2nd
9th c.
1439
2nd c. BC
28. 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
1439
9th c.
1977
1877
29. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1804
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1878
30. Spears in Germany
672
1826
400 ka
1958-59
31. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1985
2nd c. BC
7th c.
c. 515 BC
32. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1st
Early 3rd c. BC
9th c.
1742
33. Pottery
16 ka
1494
After 205 BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
34. 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
1990
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1088
1878
35. 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.
Late 3rd
1439
60 ka
1480s
36. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1878
2nd c. BC
1119
1877
37. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
563
1439
4th
38. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1st c.
28 ka
2nd c. BC
1494
39. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
2nd c.
1st
400 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
40. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
36 ka
1st c. BC
1st
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
41. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
400 ka
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1717
1088
42. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1st c.
Before 421 BC
1420s
2nd c. BC
43. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
36 ka
1958-59
2nd
Ca. 300
44. 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
160
1977
2nd c.
563
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
1560
28 ka
Ca. 300
46. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
160
28 ka
1420s
1801
47. 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
Ca. 300
1826
7th c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
48. 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
December 20 - 1951
16 ka
400 ka
1915
49. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1878
1826
1733
1802
50. Cloth woven from flax fiber
1709
1801
1877
36 ka