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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1712
1990
1804
1764
2. Shelter construction
Late 3rd
1801
2nd c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
3. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1605
9th c.
7th c.
1764
4. 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
1985
2nd c. BC
5th/6th c.
1420s
5. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1282
672
3rd c. BC
1990
6. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1480s
408
1764
2nd c.
7. Noria in Roman Empire
1995
Ca. 300
2nd c. BC
1801
8. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
Late 3rd c.
408
1494
1st c.
9. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1st c. BC
1764
672
2nd c.
10. 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.
1804
1st c. BC
1995
1878
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
1977
1804
563
14th c.
12. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1801
1804
1420s
1282
13. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
2nd c.
1826
1877
500 thousand years ago (ka)
14. Pottery
1804
1119
Late 3rd c.
16 ka
15. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
c. 240 BC
28 ka
1802
1286
16. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
7th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1822
3rd c. BC
17. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
Late 3rd
35 ka
2nd
1420s
18. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
9th c.
1801
c. 240 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
19. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
35 ka
1977
2nd c. BC
5th c. BC
20. Pigments in Zambia
1990
400 ka
563
5th c. BC
21. 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
60 ka
1717
1088
1888
22. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
1878
9th c.
28 ka
23. Twisted rope
1804
1977
28 ka
1560
24. Burial
160
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
563
Late 3rd
25. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
5th/6th c.
1804
1733
1877
26. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1733
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
1088
27. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1802
28 ka
1764
36 ka
28. Pottery
16 ka
1420s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1877
29. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
After 205 BC
1877
3rd c. BC
c. 515 BC
30. 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.
1480s
1st c. BC
28 ka
1439
31. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
35 ka
1822
1420s
2nd c.
32. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1877
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1st c.
408
33. 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
1800-01
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5th c. BC
34. 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
1494
1990
7th c.
1888
35. Noria in Roman Empire
Ca. 300
1733
1977
16 ka
36. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
14th c.
400 ka
Before 421 BC
9th c.
37. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
Late 3rd c.
2nd c.
1480s
1990
38. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
7th c.
39. Spears in Germany
1990
400 ka
1801
Late 3rd
40. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
2nd c. BC
Ca. 300
1088
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
41. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
9th c.
December 20 - 1951
1958-59
Early 3rd c. BC
42. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
2nd c.
5th c. BC
Late 3rd
December 20 - 1951
43. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1439
Early 3rd c. BC
1605
1282
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
1958-59
9th c.
1733
c. 240 BC
45. Fire and then cooking
1605
1.8 million years ago
2nd c. BC
c. 515 BC
46. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1480s
c. 515 BC
1958-59
1420s
47. 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
1282
5th c. BC
1802
1995
48. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
400 ka
2nd c. BC
672
1733
49. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
Early 3rd c. BC
9th c.
December 20 - 1951
50. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1439
1958-59
Late 3rd c.
1764