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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Spears in Germany
c. 515 BC
408
400 ka
4th
2. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
After 205 BC
1st c. BC
1742
1119
3. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
3rd c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5th/6th c.
2nd c. BC
4. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
2nd c. BC
Late 3rd c.
1st
1560
5. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1977
Early 3rd c. BC
1709
672
6. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1712
563
1494
1282
7. S
1717
60 ka
1804
5th c. BC
8. 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
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
7th c.
1804
9. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
Ca. 300
14th c.
1282
2nd c. BC
10. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
1977
1877
c. 480 BC
563
11. Fire and then cooking
1985
16 ka
1420s
1.8 million years ago
12. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
Ca. 300
1826
c. 515 BC
1800-01
13. Pigments in Zambia
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1733
400 ka
14. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
14th c.
1470s
1995
1878
15. 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
1605
400 ka
1878
1119
16. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
Late 3rd
1958-59
7th c.
1804
17. Cloth woven from flax fiber
Early 3rd c. BC
60 ka
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
36 ka
18. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
5th c. BC
1822
2nd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
19. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
7th c.
1802
1st c. BC
1712
20. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
Late 3rd
1733
16 ka
9th c.
21. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
7th c.
Late 3rd c.
1712
1st c. BC
22. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1st
2nd c. BC
December 20 - 1951
5th c. BC
23. Friction Match - John Walker
5th c. BC
1804
1826
1742
24. 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
Early 3rd c. BC
1119
1826
25. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
1801
1605
14th c.
1st
26. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
160
December 20 - 1951
1802
c. 480 BC
27. 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
7th c.
1st c. BC
5th c. BC
1826
28. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1494
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
60 ka
3rd c. BC
29. Flute in Germany
35 ka
36 ka
1.8 million years ago
160
30. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1st c. BC
1119
1877
31. 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
672
408
4th
32. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
1st c. BC
1804
33. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
2nd c.
4th
1958-59
1712
34. Bow
1977
1822
3rd c. BC
60 ka
35. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
563
4th
1877
563
36. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1st c. BC
9th c.
1712
1420s
37. Noria in Roman Empire
Ca. 300
1977
1915
1494
38. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Before 421 BC
1.8 million years ago
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
39. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1878
9th c.
1420s
1560
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
1st
Late 3rd c.
5th c. BC
4th
41. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1494
9th c.
1420s
200 ka
42. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1119
Early 3rd c. BC
3rd c. BC
1764
43. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1888
408
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1605
44. Glue in Italy
408
672
1717
200 ka
45. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1985
After 205 BC
1709
563
46. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
1088
1888
1.8 million years ago
47. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
1977
2nd c. BC
After 205 BC
1878
48. 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
1088
1.8 million years ago
Early 3rd c. BC
49. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
1480s
1088
1804
4th
50. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa
1470s
1480s
200 ka
36 ka