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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. 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.
1801
35 ka
2. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1804
2nd c.
December 20 - 1951
1494
3. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
c. 515 BC
1800-01
160
Early 3rd c. BC
4. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
400 ka
4th
672
2nd
5. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
9th c.
1958-59
1st c. BC
1742
6. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
2nd c. BC
5th/6th c.
60 ka
Late 3rd
7. Pottery
5th c. BC
1995
16 ka
1764
8. 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
28 ka
28 ka
9th c.
1985
9. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1605
c. 515 BC
1995
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
10. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1st c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
3rd c. BC
1742
11. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
1990
Ca. 300
Early 3rd c. BC
1915
12. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1st
2nd c.
2nd c. BC
1.8 million years ago
13. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
14th c.
1709
Late 3rd c.
5th/6th c.
14. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
35 ka
c. 480 BC
563
1804
15. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1802
5th c. BC
c. 480 BC
3rd c. BC
16. 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
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5th c. BC
1st c. BC
17. Burial
160
1st c. BC
5th c. BC
1742
18. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
c. 480 BC
1800-01
1.8 million years ago
7th c.
19. 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
1088
c. 480 BC
5th c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
20. 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.
200 ka
5th c. BC
Late 3rd c.
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
21. 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.
Ca. 300
5th c. BC
1470s
Early 3rd c. BC
22. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1995
5th/6th c.
1439
1494
23. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
c. 515 BC
1494
1915
Early 3rd c. BC
24. S
c. 480 BC
Before 421 BC
December 20 - 1951
1717
25. Cloth woven from flax fiber
1494
1800-01
5th c. BC
36 ka
26. Spears in Germany
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
400 ka
563
1985
27. Fire and then cooking
1990
1.8 million years ago
c. 515 BC
7th c.
28. Burial
1877
1888
160
5th c. BC
29. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
1804
1st c.
400 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
30. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
1605
December 20 - 1951
1733
1877
31. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
3rd c. BC
After 205 BC
1709
1800-01
32. Twisted rope
28 ka
1439
1709
1439
33. 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
Late 3rd
1995
7th c.
1878
34. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire
1804
2nd c. BC
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
5th/6th c.
35. Gunpowder in Ancient China - Gunpowder was - according to prevailing academic consensus - discovered in the 9th century by Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of immortality. Evidence of gunpowder's first use in China comes from the Five Dynas
9th c.
1995
2nd c. BC
400 ka
36. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1977
1st c. BC
After 205 BC
1878
37. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1717
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1877
7th c.
38. Shelter construction
1560
9th c.
500 thousand years ago (ka)
5th/6th c.
39. 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 c. BC
1990
1878
5th c. BC
40. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1470s
c. 480 BC
1742
563
41. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1286
1958-59
1st
Early 3rd c. BC
42. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
Early 3rd c. BC
1801
1088
1958-59
43. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1st
Early 3rd c. BC
1764
1877
44. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1.8 million years ago
1764
1439
1802
45. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1420s
1878
35 ka
1st c. BC
46. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 515 BC
1804
1958-59
1764
47. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
c. 480 BC
c. 515 BC
1605
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
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
160
1st c. BC
1st c.
49. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
Late 3rd c.
5th c. BC
200 ka
1977
50. Glue in Italy
1801
2nd c. BC
200 ka
672