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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
200 ka
1717
1801
1733
2. 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.
1878
1915
1985
1764
3. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1915
1709
1st c. BC
2nd
4. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c.
36 ka
1826
5. 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
1119
1804
1470s
1282
6. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1995
1119
1560
563
7. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1605
9th c.
14th c.
1802
8. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
500 thousand years ago (ka)
December 20 - 1951
Late 3rd
1st c.
9. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1915
1709
1494
10. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1480s
1717
4th
1.8 million years ago
11. Cloth woven from flax fiber
2nd c.
36 ka
1420s
1985
12. 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
36 ka
2nd c.
1822
After 205 BC
13. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1470s
1717
563
1995
14. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1119
1088
1709
1958-59
15. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
2nd c. BC
5th c. BC
1977
1470s
16. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1st
1st c. BC
1800-01
9th c.
17. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
Before 421 BC
200 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
1709
18. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
Ca. 300
1709
1st
1282
19. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
Before 421 BC
1st c.
1985
1804
20. 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.
1717
1995
Before 421 BC
1742
21. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
December 20 - 1951
672
1800-01
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
22. 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
1712
672
Late 3rd
1717
23. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1605
1494
1480s
24. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
60 ka
1420s
1804
Late 3rd c.
25. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1888
1.8 million years ago
26. 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
1119
5th c. BC
4th
Early 3rd c. BC
27. Friction Match - John Walker
200 ka
2nd c.
1480s
1826
28. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1420s
1st
December 20 - 1951
400 ka
29. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1977
3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1st c. BC
30. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
c. 515 BC
2nd c.
1800-01
Late 3rd c.
31. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1995
1878
14th c.
35 ka
32. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1800-01
1878
160
1764
33. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1st c.
2nd c. BC
1958-59
3rd c. BC
34. Bow
60 ka
1717
5th/6th c.
16 ka
35. Fire and then cooking
1.8 million years ago
160
1733
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
36. Spears in Germany
60 ka
400 ka
1990
1st c. BC
37. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1888
1822
2nd c. BC
400 ka
38. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
3rd c. BC
1420s
1742
After 205 BC
39. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
16 ka
1888
December 20 - 1951
40. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
28 ka
1733
1709
1.8 million years ago
41. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1804
Late 3rd c.
16 ka
16 ka
42. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
400 ka
1804
28 ka
Late 3rd c.
43. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
Early 3rd c. BC
1877
1282
4th
44. 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
1709
Before 421 BC
2nd c.
9th c.
45. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
200 ka
2nd
1888
1822
46. Bow
60 ka
36 ka
1709
Early 3rd c. BC
47. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. BC
1804
60 ka
400 ka
48. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1439
1877
1985
3rd c. BC
49. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
1990
After 205 BC
1480s
400 ka
50. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1804
1990
35 ka
400 ka