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Timeline Of Historic Inventions
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1. Glue in Italy
200 ka
408
1958-59
1709
2. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
Early 3rd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1878
1878
3. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire
408
400 ka
1742
Late 3rd
4. 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
1733
60 ka
1822
Early 3rd c. BC
5. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
16 ka
1470s
1800-01
1480s
6. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
Early 3rd c. BC
1420s
c. 240 BC
1915
7. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic
160
1560
1764
1717
8. Pottery
1480s
16 ka
1420s
1826
9. 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
5th/6th c.
7th c.
1st c. BC
1804
10. Cloth woven from flax fiber
500 thousand years ago (ka)
36 ka
1877
1088
11. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.
1709
December 20 - 1951
Before 421 BC
1985
12. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1286
3rd c. BC
35 ka
9th c.
13. Eyeglasses in Italy
1286
60 ka
28 ka
3rd c. BC
14. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1709
5th c. BC
563
2nd c.
15. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.
160
36 ka
1282
Early 3rd c. BC
16. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
408
1804
1.8 million years ago
1958-59
17. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1494
16 ka
60 ka
Ca. 300
18. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub
1990
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
14th c.
5th c. BC
19. Shelter construction
200 ka
c. 480 BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1286
20. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 515 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
1st c. BC
21. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
c. 240 BC
1282
1st
c. 480 BC
22. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
1878
1877
408
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
23. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
400 ka
1995
1470s
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
24. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
Late 3rd c.
1st c.
1st
December 20 - 1951
25. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 515 BC
1995
1st c. BC
Ca. 300
26. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1st c. BC
1802
14th c.
1742
27. Noria in Roman Empire
1709
Early 3rd c. BC
60 ka
Ca. 300
28. 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.
1119
408
1282
1439
29. Flute in Germany
9th c.
Before 421 BC
1494
35 ka
30. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
4th
Ca. 300
2nd c. BC
1915
31. 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
563
After 205 BC
1985
Early 3rd c. BC
32. 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
1800-01
1282
9th c.
35 ka
33. 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.
1800-01
1990
1.8 million years ago
1878
34. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
672
1712
1878
1985
35. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire
4th
1088
1709
1712
36. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1282
9th c.
Early 3rd c. BC
c. 515 BC
37. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
3rd c. BC
1985
1st
38. 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
1480s
1888
1826
1st c. BC
39. Friction Match - John Walker
1709
1119
1439
1826
40. Noria in Roman Empire
500 thousand years ago (ka)
December 20 - 1951
Ca. 300
Early 3rd c. BC
41. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
2nd c.
1st c.
2nd
Early 3rd c. BC
42. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
35 ka
c. 240 BC
1605
500 thousand years ago (ka)
43. 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
1990
1804
1420s
1119
44. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain
5th c. BC
1915
Early 3rd c. BC
1802
45. Burial
160
Early 3rd c. BC
1st c.
c. 515 BC
46. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
1733
Late 3rd c.
1822
2nd c. BC
47. A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device (a television - monitor - etc.) to display a video game. The term 'video game con
1977
5th c. BC
1800-01
1990
48. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
2nd c. BC
400 ka
1712
1420s
49. 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
2nd c.
1733
672
2nd
50. Pigments in Zambia
1119
400 ka
200 ka
28 ka