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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
1.8 million years ago
1764
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
2. Crane in Ancient Greece
1990
1480s
c. 515 BC
1800-01
3. 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
1717
9th c.
1119
1742
4. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
Before 421 BC
1480s
1470s
5. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. BC
2nd
c. 515 BC
60 ka
6. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1st c. BC
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1977
7. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
5th/6th c.
1990
28 ka
8. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
1915
5th c. BC
5th c. BC
1st c.
9. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
5th c. BC
After 205 BC
1822
2nd c. BC
10. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
14th c.
160
1605
1470s
11. 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.
1764
1439
1764
3rd c. BC
12. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1804
1826
Early 3rd c. BC
1605
13. Fire and then cooking
1.8 million years ago
1709
1st c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
14. Crane in Ancient Greece
1560
1717
c. 515 BC
1888
15. Twisted rope
1804
28 ka
2nd c. BC
1826
16. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
672
28 ka
14th c.
2nd c.
17. 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
9th c.
Before 421 BC
5th c. BC
18. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1877
14th c.
1494
1990
19. 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
400 ka
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1977
36 ka
20. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
7th c.
1733
9th c.
4th
21. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
200 ka
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1470s
3rd c. BC
22. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
60 ka
1712
Ca. 300
1800-01
23. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
1st
672
1800-01
24. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1605
1877
25. 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
Late 3rd
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5th/6th c.
9th c.
26. 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
35 ka
1439
1878
27. Spears in Germany
400 ka
1800-01
5th/6th c.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
28. Burial
160
1712
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1709
29. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
2nd c. BC
1st
1st c.
1st c. BC
30. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
2nd
1985
Early 3rd c. BC
1480s
31. Shelter construction
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1878
c. 515 BC
1915
32. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1915
Before 421 BC
1958-59
1995
33. Pigments in Zambia
400 ka
c. 240 BC
14th c.
28 ka
34. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1605
1764
3rd c. BC
1439
35. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
35 ka
1560
5th c. BC
1977
36. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
2nd
1977
1822
37. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
c. 480 BC
5th c. BC
1712
2nd c. BC
38. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
c. 240 BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
16 ka
After 205 BC
39. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
7th c.
1560
1822
1420s
40. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1605
1990
1888
1822
41. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1878
1709
1st
2nd c. BC
42. Friction Match - John Walker
1826
408
1605
1605
43. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1494
400 ka
c. 480 BC
1712
44. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1088
60 ka
5th c. BC
1605
45. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1420s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1282
46. 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
1480s
1804
1088
1802
47. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
Early 3rd c. BC
563
35 ka
1494
48. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
1878
2nd c. BC
Before 421 BC
1088
49. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
1088
1.8 million years ago
5th c. BC
December 20 - 1951
50. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1605
1733
1802
1088