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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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
2nd
1888
Late 3rd
400 ka
2. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1560
c. 240 BC
1804
2nd c.
3. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
200 ka
9th c.
Before 421 BC
2nd c. BC
4. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
c. 515 BC
After 205 BC
1733
5th c. BC
5. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
672
160
1804
1st c. BC
6. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
1717
1804
1286
7. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1802
1.8 million years ago
408
2nd c. BC
8. Twisted rope
500 thousand years ago (ka)
400 ka
2nd c.
28 ka
9. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
5th c. BC
2nd
Ca. 300
10. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
Ca. 300
1958-59
1877
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
11. 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)
7th c.
1605
200 ka
12. Twisted rope
1802
28 ka
2nd
1712
13. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
408
1712
December 20 - 1951
400 ka
14. 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
1420s
1088
1286
1985
15. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
35 ka
4th
1802
1470s
16. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1st c. BC
1494
5th c. BC
1878
17. 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
1560
3rd c. BC
1985
18. 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
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1st
1822
Late 3rd
19. Eyeglasses in Italy
563
1470s
Before 421 BC
1286
20. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1712
1877
1st
160
21. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
2nd
1878
9th c.
1st c.
22. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
3rd c. BC
1826
400 ka
14th c.
23. Shelter construction
5th c. BC
c. 480 BC
1717
500 thousand years ago (ka)
24. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
2nd c.
9th c.
1480s
5th c. BC
25. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
December 20 - 1951
1470s
1822
1119
26. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
2nd c. BC
Late 3rd c.
1286
9th c.
27. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
2nd c. BC
408
Early 3rd c. BC
c. 480 BC
28. 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
5th c. BC
c. 240 BC
1958-59
29. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1560
35 ka
1470s
1088
30. Crane in Ancient Greece
1470s
c. 515 BC
1494
1985
31. 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
5th c. BC
1878
9th c.
32. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1480s
Early 3rd c. BC
1878
1764
33. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
2nd
Early 3rd c. BC
1801
c. 480 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 c. BC
7th c.
3rd c. BC
35. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
9th c.
1877
1801
5th c. BC
36. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
3rd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1977
2nd c.
37. Cloth woven from flax fiber
3rd c. BC
60 ka
36 ka
1742
38. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1915
1958-59
60 ka
1st c.
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
1995
1990
1878
1822
40. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1088
1420s
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1800-01
41. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1119
1605
1802
1878
42. Glue in Italy
1420s
1990
200 ka
1494
43. 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.
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
1717
44. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1.8 million years ago
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
1717
45. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1915
1878
46. 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.
1st c.
1888
1977
1439
47. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
2nd c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1733
1st c. BC
48. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1.8 million years ago
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
3rd c. BC
400 ka
49. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
1990
1286
c. 515 BC
50. 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.
28 ka
1995
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
December 20 - 1951