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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
Late 3rd
1st c. BC
1480s
5th c. BC
2. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
400 ka
Late 3rd c.
36 ka
28 ka
3. Pigments in Zambia
1286
After 205 BC
1804
400 ka
4. 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.
1119
1733
1742
1878
5. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1088
Early 3rd c. BC
3rd c. BC
6. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
4th
1088
2nd c. BC
1958-59
7. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1st c. BC
c. 515 BC
c. 480 BC
2nd c. BC
8. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
2nd
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1801
1420s
9. 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.
1995
c. 515 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1802
10. Spears in Germany
400 ka
1712
36 ka
1712
11. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1826
36 ka
36 ka
1804
12. Twisted rope
28 ka
1709
9th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
13. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1560
200 ka
1915
Early 3rd c. BC
14. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
400 ka
1802
1804
500 thousand years ago (ka)
15. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
Early 3rd c. BC
1801
2nd c. BC
c. 515 BC
16. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1985
1st c.
2nd c.
1958-59
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
1709
5th/6th c.
1088
December 20 - 1951
18. Bow
1282
60 ka
1470s
1801
19. Glue in Italy
1977
1826
200 ka
7th c.
20. 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.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
Early 3rd c. BC
21. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
9th c.
1560
1709
1878
22. 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
2nd c. BC
1990
2nd
408
23. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1826
1915
1878
1802
24. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1977
Before 421 BC
1088
Late 3rd c.
25. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1286
c. 240 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
26. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
4th
5th c. BC
1286
1480s
27. Pigments in Zambia
1119
1804
After 205 BC
400 ka
28. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 515 BC
1.8 million years ago
2nd c. BC
160
29. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
4th
1801
December 20 - 1951
3rd c. BC
30. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1915
1494
1985
200 ka
31. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1802
Ca. 300
1470s
5th c. BC
32. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
408
1822
160
5th/6th c.
33. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
Late 3rd
1088
160
14th c.
34. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
Late 3rd
1878
35. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
400 ka
After 205 BC
5th/6th c.
672
36. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
1822
500 thousand years ago (ka)
37. Pottery
1995
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
16 ka
38. Spears in Germany
Early 3rd c. BC
c. 240 BC
1958-59
400 ka
39. 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
After 205 BC
160
7th c.
2nd c. BC
40. 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
9th c.
2nd c. BC
35 ka
41. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1.8 million years ago
4th
Before 421 BC
16 ka
42. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1605
After 205 BC
Ca. 300
1560
43. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
1804
500 thousand years ago (ka)
2nd c. BC
44. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
2nd c. BC
4th
1804
1560
45. Pottery
9th c.
16 ka
1888
Early 3rd c. BC
46. 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
c. 480 BC
9th c.
1480s
1282
47. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1119
1985
1878
48. Crane in Ancient Greece
Ca. 300
c. 515 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
5th/6th c.
49. 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
1888
Late 3rd c.
Late 3rd
1st c. BC
50. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
672
1878
1420s
1119