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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
3rd c. BC
1st c. BC
1605
2. 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
December 20 - 1951
1826
563
3. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1st c. BC
1977
36 ka
5th c. BC
4. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1480s
1802
Late 3rd
5th c. BC
5. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1888
1605
1717
c. 515 BC
6. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1420s
1605
1st c. BC
563
7. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1764
2nd
400 ka
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
8. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1958-59
9th c.
1709
1286
9. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1088
672
1733
10. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
December 20 - 1951
1804
9th c.
563
11. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 480 BC
9th c.
c. 515 BC
5th c. BC
12. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
5th/6th c.
1494
200 ka
400 ka
13. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
December 20 - 1951
1088
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
14. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
1800-01
3rd c. BC
200 ka
15. S
1st c. BC
1717
1802
672
16. 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.
1915
1420s
1985
1995
17. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
1826
1st c. BC
1977
18. 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
2nd c. BC
2nd c. BC
9th c.
3rd c. BC
19. 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
1804
1977
400 ka
672
20. 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
1560
1560
7th c.
1804
21. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
Early 3rd c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
December 20 - 1951
1804
22. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1764
500 thousand years ago (ka)
2nd c. BC
5th/6th c.
23. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1733
400 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
Before 421 BC
24. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1877
1717
25. Fire and then cooking
2nd c.
1.8 million years ago
400 ka
1st c.
26. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
1878
4th
1826
1st
27. 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.
5th c. BC
1888
672
1.8 million years ago
28. 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. 515 BC
1282
1088
563
29. Pottery
1.8 million years ago
1878
1802
16 ka
30. Fire and then cooking
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1.8 million years ago
1st c. BC
c. 240 BC
31. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1st c.
Late 3rd c.
1802
563
32. Noria in Roman Empire
1826
Ca. 300
1888
1878
33. 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
1990
After 205 BC
200 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
34. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
14th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
35 ka
1958-59
35. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
400 ka
1420s
1286
1877
36. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1282
5th c. BC
1878
1st
37. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1282
Ca. 300
5th c. BC
1st c.
38. 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. BC
7th c.
1470s
2nd c. BC
39. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
2nd c.
5th c. BC
1420s
400 ka
40. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1733
Late 3rd
1878
36 ka
41. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
Late 3rd c.
1286
2nd c. BC
1088
42. Friction Match - John Walker
1990
1480s
563
1826
43. Bow
1804
60 ka
4th
1282
44. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1742
1877
1st c.
1717
45. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1804
Before 421 BC
563
1088
46. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1990
1420s
1877
672
47. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
1605
1st c.
400 ka
48. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1878
1560
1995
Late 3rd
49. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
1801
Late 3rd c.
1088
50. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
1494
1985
14th c.
400 ka