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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Spears in Germany
5th c. BC
400 ka
1888
1st c.
2. 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.
1717
1800-01
Late 3rd
3. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1958-59
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1605
1st
4. Burial
160
1915
14th c.
2nd c. BC
5. Noria in Roman Empire
1742
1560
1878
Ca. 300
6. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1764
1088
5th c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
7. 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
1282
9th c.
2nd
408
8. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
3rd c. BC
1822
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1877
9. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
2nd c.
16 ka
Ca. 300
28 ka
10. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
14th c.
60 ka
December 20 - 1951
14th c.
11. 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
1494
9th c.
2nd c. BC
5th c. BC
12. Bow
60 ka
1990
1985
1420s
13. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1802
1470s
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1764
14. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
Before 421 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1804
15. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1990
1977
1804
2nd
16. 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
1888
1802
c. 480 BC
c. 515 BC
17. Eyeglasses in Italy
1605
160
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1286
18. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1717
5th c. BC
1995
2nd
19. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1st c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
Ca. 300
1st
20. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
Early 3rd c. BC
36 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
21. 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
400 ka
1888
5th c. BC
22. 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
5th c. BC
December 20 - 1951
1st c.
1119
23. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1119
4th
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1480s
24. 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
2nd c.
1878
672
1286
25. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1822
60 ka
2nd c. BC
1804
26. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1494
4th
9th c.
1990
27. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
28 ka
c. 515 BC
1560
2nd c. BC
28. Glue in Italy
1995
Ca. 300
2nd c.
200 ka
29. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
c. 515 BC
2nd c.
1764
Late 3rd
30. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1286
5th c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c.
31. 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
1878
1088
1764
32. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1st c. BC
1804
2nd c. BC
1888
33. 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
5th c. BC
1119
200 ka
1804
34. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1480s
1888
1958-59
35. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
1420s
1st c.
28 ka
36. Glue in Italy
200 ka
1712
1990
2nd c. BC
37. 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.
Early 3rd c. BC
1995
672
1st c.
38. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1439
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
60 ka
60 ka
39. 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
9th c.
1420s
1802
40. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1826
408
2nd c.
1802
41. Flute in Germany
1480s
35 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
42. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
200 ka
14th c.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1804
43. Cloth woven from flax fiber
36 ka
1st c.
1439
1st c. BC
44. 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
672
5th c. BC
35 ka
563
45. 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
7th c.
December 20 - 1951
9th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
46. Shelter construction
Ca. 300
9th c.
December 20 - 1951
500 thousand years ago (ka)
47. 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.
1801
1804
1st c. BC
1439
48. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1958-59
1712
1878
200 ka
49. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
35 ka
1439
1826
Late 3rd c.
50. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1st c.
1804
2nd
1st c. BC