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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.
1977
1878
408
1764
2. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
672
1282
1494
1977
3. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1804
9th c.
16 ka
1494
4. Flute in Germany
35 ka
28 ka
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1st c.
5. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
16 ka
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1804
Early 3rd c. BC
6. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
5th/6th c.
1st c. BC
c. 480 BC
672
7. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
2nd c. BC
1958-59
1822
c. 240 BC
8. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1088
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
200 ka
9. Glue in Italy
16 ka
1915
2nd c. BC
200 ka
10. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
c. 480 BC
c. 515 BC
1826
1878
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
28 ka
7th c.
1470s
1st c. BC
12. Glue in Italy
1717
1709
9th c.
200 ka
13. Crossbow in Ancient China and Ancient Greece - In Ancient China - the earliest evidence of bronze crossbow bolts dates as early as mid-5th century BC in Yutaishan - Hubei.In Ancient Greece - the terminus ante quem of the gastraphetes is 421 BC.
2nd c. BC
1802
1282
5th c. BC
14. Pottery
c. 240 BC
7th c.
16 ka
c. 480 BC
15. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1088
1286
563
2nd c.
16. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1878
1878
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
17. Bow
1494
1888
1480s
60 ka
18. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
Late 3rd c.
1286
1119
1480s
19. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1st
5th c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
500 thousand years ago (ka)
20. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1733
200 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
21. 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
14th c.
c. 480 BC
1826
22. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1977
1826
1804
2nd c. BC
23. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
December 20 - 1951
Early 3rd c. BC
28 ka
c. 240 BC
24. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1802
1712
1st c. BC
16 ka
25. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 240 BC
c. 515 BC
9th c.
1712
26. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1742
After 205 BC
1800-01
2nd c. BC
27. 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
1712
400 ka
5th c. BC
28. Eyeglasses in Italy
563
60 ka
1286
408
29. Pottery
2nd c.
5th c. BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
16 ka
30. Shelter construction
1712
400 ka
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Ca. 300
31. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1804
1712
Before 421 BC
5th c. BC
32. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1560
1764
1878
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
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
7th c.
1977
1st c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
34. 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.
5th c. BC
1995
1480s
28 ka
35. Crane in Ancient Greece
1804
1st c.
c. 515 BC
December 20 - 1951
36. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1742
1st c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
37. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1560
c. 515 BC
December 20 - 1951
Late 3rd
38. Bow
1888
Late 3rd
400 ka
60 ka
39. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1286
December 20 - 1951
1709
40. 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
1286
1995
1990
Late 3rd
41. 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
1878
408
400 ka
42. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
After 205 BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1801
1439
43. Friction Match - John Walker
1826
1878
672
1282
44. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
400 ka
2nd c. BC
1.8 million years ago
1764
45. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1420s
Early 3rd c. BC
1990
Before 421 BC
46. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
408
200 ka
1282
9th c.
47. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
Early 3rd c. BC
Ca. 300
1802
200 ka
48. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1915
35 ka
1822
1801
49. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1439
400 ka
408
14th c.
50. S
1st c. BC
Late 3rd c.
c. 515 BC
1717