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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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.
5th c. BC
1878
60 ka
5th c. BC
2. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
1st
1826
2nd c.
c. 480 BC
3. Fire and then cooking
35 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
Before 421 BC
1.8 million years ago
4. S
Ca. 300
1717
1826
5th c. BC
5. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1420s
1712
1286
6. Glue in Italy
200 ka
Late 3rd
16 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
7. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
5th c. BC
1995
1733
1804
8. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1605
1605
1st c. BC
1958-59
9. 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
Late 3rd
1733
Late 3rd c.
1985
10. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
36 ka
After 205 BC
1470s
2nd c. BC
11. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1733
1977
1985
12. 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
c. 515 BC
1804
1st c.
1990
13. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
2nd c. BC
Late 3rd c.
1494
1888
14. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1088
1742
1958-59
1800-01
15. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
563
1480s
After 205 BC
3rd c. BC
16. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
408
1.8 million years ago
1822
1439
17. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
Early 3rd c. BC
1804
1804
1st c. BC
18. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
400 ka
1888
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
19. 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
36 ka
1985
9th c.
28 ka
20. 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
5th c. BC
1826
1712
1470s
21. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
160
Early 3rd c. BC
1.8 million years ago
1420s
22. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
1494
9th c.
23. 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
1990
5th c. BC
672
1709
24. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1802
60 ka
1717
200 ka
25. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1088
1804
1733
1605
26. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1977
1709
1119
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
27. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
Late 3rd
2nd c. BC
1915
28. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1119
5th c. BC
1709
Early 3rd c. BC
29. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
5th c. BC
1990
1877
1st
30. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
c. 240 BC
408
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Late 3rd c.
31. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1560
1709
1709
1480s
32. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
400 ka
1709
1958-59
1804
33. Crane in Ancient Greece
1560
672
2nd c. BC
c. 515 BC
34. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1st c. BC
1877
160
1977
35. Cloth woven from flax fiber
400 ka
200 ka
36 ka
1st c.
36. 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.
1801
1420s
1995
563
37. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1480s
672
1800-01
400 ka
38. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1801
35 ka
1420s
16 ka
39. 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
1822
c. 480 BC
1286
563
40. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1439
1764
7th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
41. 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
9th c.
5th/6th c.
28 ka
1995
42. 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
After 205 BC
9th c.
3rd c. BC
1802
43. 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
1985
1742
408
1119
44. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1282
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1480s
1733
45. Flute in Germany
December 20 - 1951
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
35 ka
c. 240 BC
46. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1560
1420s
1977
4th
47. Bow
60 ka
9th c.
5th c. BC
1st c. BC
48. 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.
400 ka
1878
672
c. 480 BC
49. Shelter construction
Late 3rd
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1801
After 205 BC
50. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1712
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c. BC
1977