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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1877
1985
400 ka
2. Crane in Ancient Greece
Late 3rd
1560
200 ka
c. 515 BC
3. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1977
1st c. BC
1802
1804
4. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1282
1560
1088
1717
5. 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.
1878
16 ka
1439
1480s
6. 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
2nd c. BC
1995
c. 480 BC
7. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
672
9th c.
1878
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
8. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1st c.
Early 3rd c. BC
200 ka
1286
9. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1800-01
28 ka
1764
2nd c.
10. Shelter construction
1915
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Early 3rd c. BC
1958-59
11. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1802
200 ka
1st c. BC
1888
12. Noria in Roman Empire
Ca. 300
2nd c.
1995
1915
13. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
1286
Early 3rd c. BC
1480s
14. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
28 ka
4th
15. Flute in Germany
500 thousand years ago (ka)
14th c.
35 ka
1282
16. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1560
1480s
1800-01
5th c. BC
17. 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
36 ka
c. 515 BC
1977
1286
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
5th c. BC
1480s
1877
9th c.
19. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
36 ka
14th c.
1119
20. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1.8 million years ago
563
2nd c.
1802
21. Spears in Germany
1709
1st
400 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
22. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
1804
c. 480 BC
1st
1119
23. 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
1st c. BC
1995
Early 3rd c. BC
24. Glue in Italy
1742
1494
1st c. BC
200 ka
25. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
2nd c. BC
Before 421 BC
2nd c. BC
1480s
26. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1480s
1733
December 20 - 1951
9th c.
27. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
1717
2nd c. BC
9th c.
14th c.
28. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
3rd c. BC
9th c.
1985
400 ka
29. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
35 ka
1st c.
1877
563
30. 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
60 ka
1802
1990
9th c.
31. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
5th/6th c.
1977
1605
1733
32. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. BC
160
1605
5th c. BC
33. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1494
1709
1801
1st c. BC
34. S
1801
Early 3rd c. BC
1977
1717
35. 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
1801
9th c.
1804
2nd c. BC
36. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1709
Late 3rd
1420s
408
37. Eyeglasses in Italy
1709
60 ka
1119
1286
38. Pottery
1915
1560
16 ka
Late 3rd
39. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1st c.
2nd c. BC
Before 421 BC
14th c.
40. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
1801
5th c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
41. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
9th c.
1804
Early 3rd c. BC
1800-01
42. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
9th c.
After 205 BC
3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
43. Noria in Roman Empire
1958-59
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Ca. 300
1990
44. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
2nd c. BC
1826
1958-59
400 ka
45. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1733
2nd c. BC
1977
5th c. BC
46. 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
2nd
1915
1709
47. 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
1733
1977
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
48. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
1282
1802
49. Bow
c. 240 BC
1985
1717
60 ka
50. Burial
160
1.8 million years ago
1804
35 ka