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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Pigments in Zambia
Early 3rd c. BC
c. 515 BC
9th c.
400 ka
2. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
16 ka
1990
1915
563
3. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire
672
1733
4th
1st c.
4. 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.
Early 3rd c. BC
408
5th c. BC
1560
5. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
60 ka
4th
1733
December 20 - 1951
6. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
9th c.
1717
Early 3rd c. BC
1742
7. 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
9th c.
Ca. 300
160
1605
8. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
7th c.
1804
c. 480 BC
1800-01
9. Noria in Roman Empire
2nd c. BC
1717
9th c.
Ca. 300
10. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
60 ka
1804
35 ka
11. 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
1958-59
c. 480 BC
5th c. BC
12. 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
1888
1712
1088
1709
13. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1995
5th c. BC
1st c. BC
408
14. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
400 ka
1802
1804
15. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
2nd c.
1282
1985
500 thousand years ago (ka)
16. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1826
Before 421 BC
1878
1804
17. Cloth woven from flax fiber
500 thousand years ago (ka)
c. 515 BC
1800-01
36 ka
18. 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
1420s
9th c.
5th c. BC
1282
19. Pottery
16 ka
1st c.
2nd c.
1877
20. Flute in Germany
1977
1733
35 ka
1494
21. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
160
160
1st c. BC
4th
22. 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
7th c.
1st
500 thousand years ago (ka)
23. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
1470s
1439
1877
1420s
24. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1119
1.8 million years ago
1764
25. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
9th c.
2nd c. BC
1494
1470s
26. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
1st c. BC
1712
1088
27. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1494
1958-59
400 ka
1802
28. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1958-59
2nd c.
c. 480 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
29. Shelter construction
1977
1958-59
400 ka
500 thousand years ago (ka)
30. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
7th c.
1733
1801
Late 3rd
31. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1480s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1st c.
1470s
32. The pattern-tracing lathe (actually more like a shaper) is completed by Thomas Blanchard for the U.S. Ordnance Dept. The lathe could copy symmetrical shapes and was used for making gun stocks - and later - ax handles. The lathe's patent was in force
2nd
1822
1088
1742
33. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
160
Early 3rd c. BC
408
500 thousand years ago (ka)
34. The pattern-tracing lathe (actually more like a shaper) is completed by Thomas Blanchard for the U.S. Ordnance Dept. The lathe could copy symmetrical shapes and was used for making gun stocks - and later - ax handles. The lathe's patent was in force
1822
5th c. BC
1888
1985
35. 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
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
2nd c. BC
1119
5th c. BC
36. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
2nd c.
9th c.
400 ka
c. 515 BC
37. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
36 ka
c. 515 BC
1822
After 205 BC
38. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1.8 million years ago
1420s
2nd c. BC
1712
39. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
1282
5th/6th c.
14th c.
563
40. Burial
160
28 ka
1733
1878
41. Eyeglasses in Italy
1826
4th
1286
9th c.
42. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1st c.
1915
1st c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
43. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1801
7th c.
1985
1480s
44. 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.
1480s
1995
1709
9th c.
45. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
2nd c. BC
1605
200 ka
9th c.
46. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1286
1.8 million years ago
Late 3rd c.
1995
47. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1st c. BC
1764
Late 3rd c.
1800-01
48. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
200 ka
408
c. 240 BC
1764
49. Spears in Germany
1800-01
400 ka
2nd
1985
50. Pottery
1804
28 ka
16 ka
400 ka