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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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
1088
563
400 ka
1826
2. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
Late 3rd
1494
1712
5th/6th c.
3. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1733
1st c. BC
1804
1826
4. 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
1915
Late 3rd c.
1958-59
9th c.
5. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1420s
408
1826
5th c. BC
6. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
1742
563
Late 3rd c.
December 20 - 1951
7. Eyeglasses in Italy
December 20 - 1951
1990
1742
1286
8. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1712
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1470s
9. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1119
563
408
1764
10. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1st c. BC
1712
1822
35 ka
11. 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.
1119
1605
400 ka
1439
12. 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
1822
9th c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1282
13. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
1480s
1802
1560
14. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1717
1.8 million years ago
15. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
7th c.
1800-01
28 ka
2nd c. BC
16. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
Before 421 BC
2nd c. BC
1494
1439
17. 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
1822
2nd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
18. 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
28 ka
1826
1764
19. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
2nd c.
1802
1st c.
1742
20. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1420s
2nd
1733
1494
21. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1st c.
1742
December 20 - 1951
22. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
c. 515 BC
200 ka
1804
1915
23. 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
1826
1995
1088
1st c. BC
24. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1st
1605
1915
Early 3rd c. BC
25. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
4th
1st c. BC
1801
35 ka
26. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
672
1802
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
27. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
28 ka
1st c.
1826
28. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
1977
1560
1742
29. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1st c. BC
408
7th c.
1764
30. 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
7th c.
1717
1888
563
31. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
408
1733
2nd
1286
32. 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
1878
160
33. 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
1804
60 ka
2nd c. BC
5th c. BC
34. 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
2nd
200 ka
1877
35. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1282
35 ka
1804
5th/6th c.
36. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1800-01
1470s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
5th c. BC
37. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1878
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1985
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
38. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1995
1286
1822
2nd c. BC
39. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1st c.
28 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
7th c.
40. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
Late 3rd
December 20 - 1951
Early 3rd c. BC
Before 421 BC
41. Fire and then cooking
1804
Late 3rd
1.8 million years ago
Early 3rd c. BC
42. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1605
1915
5th c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
43. Bow
60 ka
28 ka
1st c. BC
5th c. BC
44. Flute in Germany
1804
35 ka
1st c. BC
2nd c. BC
45. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
400 ka
563
1985
c. 240 BC
46. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1st c. BC
1990
1420s
47. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
After 205 BC
1st c.
1977
9th c.
48. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
Early 3rd c. BC
1733
1804
1888
49. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1439
1494
9th c.
200 ka
50. 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
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
9th c.
2nd c. BC
1494