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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
1560
1st c. BC
2. Flute in Germany
35 ka
1888
200 ka
December 20 - 1951
3. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1995
1800-01
1888
1st c. BC
4. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
1420s
1470s
36 ka
5. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1800-01
1958-59
1804
35 ka
6. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
1985
1717
4th
9th c.
7. 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
1977
1915
2nd c.
1990
8. 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.
36 ka
Late 3rd c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
9. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
160
Early 3rd c. BC
1560
1712
10. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Before 421 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
9th c.
1439
11. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
After 205 BC
1733
5th c. BC
1286
12. Friction Match - John Walker
1915
1826
7th c.
3rd c. BC
13. Glue in Italy
1st
200 ka
2nd c. BC
1990
14. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1717
2nd c. BC
563
1822
15. Pigments in Zambia
1709
5th/6th c.
400 ka
1733
16. 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
1717
400 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
17. 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.
2nd
1878
400 ka
1733
18. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
Late 3rd c.
c. 480 BC
c. 240 BC
19. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
2nd c.
1st c. BC
1420s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
20. 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
2nd c. BC
1439
Early 3rd c. BC
1119
21. 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
1470s
1878
14th c.
22. 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
160
1985
563
35 ka
23. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
2nd c. BC
36 ka
1119
1480s
24. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
2nd c. BC
1712
9th c.
1420s
25. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
408
1804
Early 3rd c. BC
1804
26. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
Before 421 BC
35 ka
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
5th c. BC
27. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
5th/6th c.
1st c.
1742
16 ka
28. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
1.8 million years ago
1804
5th c. BC
Late 3rd
29. Eyeglasses in Italy
400 ka
3rd c. BC
c. 515 BC
1286
30. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1st c.
408
Late 3rd c.
1282
31. Greek fire in Constantinople - Byzantine Empire- Greek fire - an incendiary weapon likely based on petroleum or naphtha - was invented by Kallinikos - a Greek refugee to Constantinople - as described by Theophanes. However - the historicity and exact
672
December 20 - 1951
9th c.
Late 3rd c.
32. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
Early 3rd c. BC
1958-59
1733
1764
33. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
c. 240 BC
1877
Ca. 300
1804
34. Flute in Germany
1717
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Early 3rd c. BC
35 ka
35. Cloth woven from flax fiber
1420s
36 ka
Late 3rd c.
1804
36. 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.
1878
1st c.
Early 3rd c. BC
1439
37. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
c. 240 BC
7th c.
1888
1560
38. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
5th c. BC
1802
2nd c. BC
1.8 million years ago
39. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1712
1877
1800-01
1977
40. 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.
1826
1995
1560
408
41. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
35 ka
2nd c. BC
1st c. BC
1733
42. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
December 20 - 1951
1995
200 ka
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
2nd c. BC
9th c.
1822
1878
44. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1801
1958-59
1915
1420s
45. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1st c.
1560
5th c. BC
46. Greek fire in Constantinople - Byzantine Empire- Greek fire - an incendiary weapon likely based on petroleum or naphtha - was invented by Kallinikos - a Greek refugee to Constantinople - as described by Theophanes. However - the historicity and exact
5th c. BC
672
2nd c. BC
1420s
47. Spears in Germany
1802
400 ka
1709
1st
48. Bow
After 205 BC
60 ka
28 ka
7th c.
49. 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
408
1605
7th c.
5th c. BC
50. Shelter construction
1282
1995
500 thousand years ago (ka)
672