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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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.
1717
c. 240 BC
1878
1286
2. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1985
1st c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1958-59
3. Glue in Italy
400 ka
1717
1286
200 ka
4. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
400 ka
5th/6th c.
1822
c. 480 BC
5. Twisted rope
2nd c.
1605
28 ka
Before 421 BC
6. Noria in Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
3rd c. BC
Ca. 300
1995
7. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c. BC
1878
1822
8. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1826
1605
1764
1804
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
1st
4th
1286
1990
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.
1282
2nd
5th c. BC
3rd c. BC
11. Shelter construction
1480s
2nd c. BC
1709
500 thousand years ago (ka)
12. 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
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1802
Early 3rd c. BC
13. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
2nd c. BC
Late 3rd c.
1494
c. 480 BC
14. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1878
1801
1st c. BC
1119
15. 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
2nd
Early 3rd c. BC
1494
1985
16. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
1605
1560
1494
17. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
9th c.
1st c. BC
1470s
1439
18. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
5th c. BC
400 ka
1802
7th c.
19. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1977
1st c. BC
3rd c. BC
1494
20. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1480s
1804
400 ka
2nd c.
21. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1712
1605
December 20 - 1951
672
22. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
1st c. BC
1878
2nd c.
23. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
5th/6th c.
1822
5th c. BC
24. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1742
36 ka
1282
1977
25. 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
1977
16 ka
3rd c. BC
1888
26. Pottery
563
1480s
16 ka
c. 240 BC
27. Friction Match - John Walker
1826
60 ka
1958-59
4th
28. Twisted rope
Early 3rd c. BC
1480s
28 ka
c. 480 BC
29. Crane in Ancient Greece
1439
c. 515 BC
1800-01
1709
30. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1560
1804
5th/6th c.
1439
31. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
4th
December 20 - 1951
1958-59
1st
32. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
1470s
1985
33. 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
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1888
2nd c. BC
1088
34. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd
1990
1712
35. Eyeglasses in Italy
7th c.
c. 480 BC
1286
1733
36. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1826
1560
Late 3rd
9th c.
37. Fire and then cooking
1800-01
1.8 million years ago
28 ka
1742
38. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
5th c. BC
1480s
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
39. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1st c.
200 ka
After 205 BC
1470s
40. 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
2nd c.
7th c.
1888
1605
41. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1494
1733
1119
3rd c. BC
42. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1822
c. 240 BC
1088
1480s
43. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
160
1560
1888
1801
44. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1712
5th c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
500 thousand years ago (ka)
45. 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.
c. 515 BC
4th
1878
1712
46. Friction Match - John Walker
5th/6th c.
1420s
1826
c. 480 BC
47. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1088
Ca. 300
1878
1st c.
48. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1560
1801
1420s
1st
49. Noria in Roman Empire
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Late 3rd c.
c. 480 BC
Ca. 300
50. 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.
160
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
1742