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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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.
2nd c. BC
1764
1800-01
1439
2. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1995
1877
5th c. BC
1888
3. 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
Before 421 BC
5th c. BC
1605
1st
4. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1709
Late 3rd
1764
1985
5. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1990
2nd
35 ka
563
6. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1470s
c. 480 BC
1709
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
7. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
1st c. BC
1958-59
1480s
8. Spears in Germany
1709
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
2nd c. BC
9. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
Late 3rd c.
1801
1286
c. 240 BC
10. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
200 ka
60 ka
1826
After 205 BC
11. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
400 ka
563
5th/6th c.
9th c.
12. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
1877
35 ka
5th c. BC
13. 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
1717
1888
1877
2nd
14. Cloth woven from flax fiber
c. 240 BC
36 ka
9th c.
400 ka
15. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
After 205 BC
2nd
1985
16. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1826
1712
1st c. BC
5th c. BC
17. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
Ca. 300
1st c. BC
1985
2nd
18. 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
1764
60 ka
1888
1915
19. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
672
1282
1804
1990
20. Shelter construction
1480s
1977
500 thousand years ago (ka)
400 ka
21. 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
After 205 BC
1709
Early 3rd c. BC
22. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
4th
408
1804
1470s
23. 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
Late 3rd
1286
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1119
24. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
400 ka
1995
3rd c. BC
1958-59
25. Spears in Germany
Late 3rd
16 ka
36 ka
400 ka
26. Eyeglasses in Italy
1878
14th c.
1286
1958-59
27. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1439
Late 3rd
1605
Early 3rd c. BC
28. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1878
5th/6th c.
1st
2nd c. BC
29. 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
1801
9th c.
1717
1802
30. Flute in Germany
35 ka
4th
1977
c. 240 BC
31. 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
1804
1985
672
1st c. BC
32. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1877
35 ka
1480s
14th c.
33. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1990
7th c.
1439
1742
34. 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.
9th c.
1877
1439
1st c. BC
35. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
1990
1802
Late 3rd
36. 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
1822
1282
Before 421 BC
37. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1995
1119
1420s
14th c.
38. Glue in Italy
200 ka
1282
1st
400 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
1420s
1709
2nd c. BC
40. 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
14th c.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1977
41. 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
1990
1605
1977
1119
42. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1877
563
1712
1717
43. Twisted rope
1st
Late 3rd
28 ka
3rd c. BC
44. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
9th c.
1494
160
45. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1709
1st c. BC
1494
2nd c. BC
46. 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
1990
1439
7th c.
5th c. BC
47. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
16 ka
28 ka
1764
Early 3rd c. BC
48. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1801
1560
1802
Ca. 300
49. Eyeglasses in Italy
1742
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
1286
50. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 515 BC
1480s
2nd c. BC
1st