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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Twisted rope
5th/6th c.
60 ka
1826
28 ka
2. 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.
160
1995
200 ka
200 ka
3. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
Late 3rd c.
c. 480 BC
c. 515 BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
4. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1709
1420s
563
Early 3rd c. BC
5. 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
1802
December 20 - 1951
6. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1878
2nd c.
1088
Late 3rd c.
7. Pigments in Zambia
1915
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Early 3rd c. BC
400 ka
8. 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
1st c. BC
5th c. BC
1804
9. Twisted rope
1822
28 ka
9th c.
5th c. BC
10. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
160
2nd c. BC
1717
11. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1494
1733
c. 240 BC
1822
12. Pigments in Zambia
60 ka
Late 3rd c.
1.8 million years ago
400 ka
13. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
c. 240 BC
9th c.
1878
Early 3rd c. BC
14. 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
1480s
1712
36 ka
1915
15. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
5th/6th c.
1822
400 ka
1764
16. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
35 ka
9th c.
1804
2nd
17. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
Early 3rd c. BC
After 205 BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1470s
18. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1804
5th c. BC
1877
1915
19. 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
9th c.
1915
1764
December 20 - 1951
20. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1712
1958-59
2nd c. BC
1733
21. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
2nd c. BC
c. 240 BC
3rd c. BC
1804
22. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
1800-01
36 ka
1119
1560
23. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1st c. BC
2nd c. BC
1st
1286
24. 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
5th c. BC
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
25. Noria in Roman Empire
Ca. 300
5th c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
After 205 BC
26. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1st
1560
1878
2nd c. BC
27. Bow
7th c.
1804
60 ka
9th c.
28. Shelter construction
500 thousand years ago (ka)
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
2nd c.
29. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
1733
7th c.
1494
5th/6th c.
30. Crossbow in Ancient China and Ancient Greece - In Ancient China - the earliest evidence of bronze crossbow bolts dates as early as mid-5th century BC in Yutaishan - Hubei.In Ancient Greece - the terminus ante quem of the gastraphetes is 421 BC.
4th
1800-01
5th c. BC
1878
31. Glue in Italy
1709
200 ka
Before 421 BC
1480s
32. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1742
2nd c. BC
1st c. BC
1717
33. Burial
160
1420s
1st c. BC
1282
34. Friction Match - John Walker
1712
1826
2nd c. BC
1717
35. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
672
1888
28 ka
Late 3rd c.
36. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
Late 3rd
1480s
c. 240 BC
1st c. BC
37. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1977
1800-01
1st c.
408
38. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1733
7th c.
1st c.
1st c. BC
39. S
1717
1119
1990
1888
40. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1801
1560
3rd c. BC
200 ka
41. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1717
After 205 BC
5th c. BC
Before 421 BC
42. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
4th
35 ka
9th c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
43. Bow
35 ka
Before 421 BC
60 ka
1822
44. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1877
1605
1286
14th c.
45. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
200 ka
35 ka
2nd c.
1990
46. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)
2nd c. BC
200 ka
c. 480 BC
160
47. Cloth woven from flax fiber
Ca. 300
1282
1712
36 ka
48. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
5th/6th c.
December 20 - 1951
Late 3rd c.
1470s
49. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
9th c.
1480s
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1801
50. 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
5th c. BC
1733
3rd c. BC