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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Shelter construction
1990
1st c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1888
2. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1977
1717
1977
1958-59
3. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1st c.
408
1470s
14th c.
4. 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
December 20 - 1951
1888
1985
9th c.
5. 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
5th/6th c.
1877
1439
6. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1804
28 ka
Before 421 BC
2nd c. BC
7. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1888
1877
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1712
8. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
160
1985
1560
7th c.
9. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
200 ka
1480s
1st c. BC
10. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
5th c. BC
14th c.
1560
Before 421 BC
11. 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
1286
1st c.
3rd c. BC
7th c.
12. 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
1800-01
3rd c. BC
1985
160
13. 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
1764
5th c. BC
1119
9th c.
14. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1804
December 20 - 1951
1709
35 ka
15. Glue in Italy
200 ka
1709
1494
3rd c. BC
16. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1439
1st c.
c. 480 BC
7th c.
17. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1802
5th c. BC
Before 421 BC
1st c. BC
18. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
2nd c. BC
1119
9th c.
1764
19. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
563
c. 240 BC
1801
1st
20. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1804
Before 421 BC
2nd c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
21. 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
16 ka
1st c. BC
60 ka
1915
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
1st c. BC
2nd
1119
1286
23. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
9th c.
200 ka
1878
1804
24. Twisted rope
400 ka
1802
28 ka
7th c.
25. Eyeglasses in Italy
1286
9th c.
1877
1802
26. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1717
5th/6th c.
1877
1802
27. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1804
5th c. BC
4th
5th/6th c.
28. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
28 ka
c. 480 BC
9th c.
After 205 BC
29. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
36 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
160
Before 421 BC
30. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
7th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1480s
500 thousand years ago (ka)
31. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1822
1119
672
2nd c. BC
32. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
c. 240 BC
c. 515 BC
5th/6th c.
1st
33. 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
1977
2nd c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1560
34. 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
1958-59
5th c. BC
672
1878
35. Bow
Before 421 BC
400 ka
1st
60 ka
36. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
c. 480 BC
1990
1480s
1712
37. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1878
1800-01
38. Crane in Ancient Greece
1717
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
c. 515 BC
39. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1420s
1282
1958-59
1480s
40. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1742
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1088
408
41. Pottery
16 ka
1717
1.8 million years ago
2nd
42. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 515 BC
160
1985
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
43. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1420s
1494
5th c. BC
1826
44. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
7th c.
200 ka
1733
December 20 - 1951
45. Cloth woven from flax fiber
28 ka
1st c. BC
200 ka
36 ka
46. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1439
1st c. BC
Late 3rd c.
1480s
47. S
563
563
1717
2nd c.
48. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1764
1800-01
1470s
500 thousand years ago (ka)
49. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1877
9th c.
50. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1888
1439
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1733