Inventions Timeline

Inventions
"But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased" (Dan 12:4).
4000 BC: Canal in Mesopotamia 3500 BC: Plywood in Egypt 3500 BC: Writing in Sumer 3500 BC: Carts in Sumer 3000 BC: Drainage in the Indus Valley (India/Pakistan) 3000 BC: Bronze: Susa 3000 BC: Silk in China 3000 BC: Cement in Egypt 2800 BC: Soap in Mesopotamia 2800 BC: Button in the Indus Valley2600 BC: Artificial sewage systems in the Indus Valley 2000 BC: Currency 2000 BC: Candles in Egypt600s BC: Coins in Lydia 500s BC: Sugar in India 500s BC: Dental bridge in Etruria500s BC: Trebuchet in China 400s BC: Plastic surgery: Sushruta300s BC: Compass in China 300s BC: Screw: Archytas 200s BC: Crossbow in China 200s BC: Compound pulley: Archimedes 200s BC: Odometer: Archimedes? 150s BC: Clockwork (the Antikythera mechanism) 150s BC: Astrolabe: Hipparchus 100s BC: Parchment in Pergamon 50 AD: Mouldboard plough in Gaul 100s: Aeolipile : Egypt by Hero of Alexandria 100s: Stern mounted rudder in China 100s: Paper200s: Wheelbarrow: Zhuge Liang 200s: Horseshoes in Germany 300s: Wootz steel in India 300s: Stirrup in China 300s: Toothpaste in Egypt 600s: Windmill in Persia 670s: Greek fire 700s: Quill pen 800s: Gunpowder in China900s: Horse collar in Europe900s: Solid rocket in China 1100s: Framed Bead Abacus in China1041: Movable type printing press: Bi Sheng1128: Cannon in China 1200s: Eyeglasses in Northern Italy 1200s: Mechanical clocks in Northern Italy 1200s: Sandpaper in China 1350: Suspension bridges in Peru 1441: Rain gauge: Jang Yeong-sil 1450: Alphabetic, movable type printing press1451: Concave lens for eyeglasses1498: Toothbrush in China 1510: Pocket watch1540: Ether1576: Ironclad warship1581: Pendulum1582: Gregorian calendar1589: Stocking frame1593: Thermometer1600: Musket in Europe1600: Pencil in England 1608: Telescope: Hans Lippershey 1609: Microscope: Galileo Galilei 1620: Slide rule: William Oughtred 1623: Automatic calculator1642: Adding machine1643: Barometer1645: Vacuum pump1657: Pendulum clock1672: Steam car1679: Pressure cooker1698: Steam engine1700: Piano1701: Seed drill1709: Iron smelting using coke1712: Steam piston engine1710: Thermometer1711: Tuning fork1714: Mercury thermometer1730: Mariner's quadrant1731: Sextant: John Hadley 1742: Franklin stove1752: Lightning rod1764: Spinning jenny1767: Carbonated water1769: Steam engine1769: Steam car 1776: Steamboat1777: Circular saw1783: Parachute1783: Hot air balloon1784: Bifocals1784: Argand lamp1784: Shrapnel shell1785: Power loom1785: Automatic flour mill1786: Threshing machine1793: Cotton gin1793: Optical telegraph1797: Cast iron plow1798: Vaccination1798: Lithography 1799: Seeding machine 1800: Electric battery 1802: Gas stove1804: Locomotive1808: Band saw1809: Arc lamp1811: Gun Breechloader 1814: Steam Locomotive1816: Miner's safety lamp 1816: Stethoscope1817: Kaleidoscope1819: Breech loading flintlock1821: Electric motor1823: Electromagnet1826: Photography1826: Internal combustion engine1827: Insulated wire1827: Screw propeller1827: Friction match1830: Lawn mower1831: Reaper1831: Electrical generator1834: The Hansom cab 1834: Braille system 1834: Refrigerator1834: Combine harvester1835: Photogenic Drawing1835: Revolver1835: Morse code1835: Incandescent light bulb1837: First US electric printing 1837: Steel plow1837: Camera Zoom Lens1837: Magnetic telegraph1838: Electric telegraph1839: Vulcanization of rubber1840: artificial fertilizer1842: Anaesthesia1843: Typewriter1843: Ice cream maker1845: Portland cement1845: Double tube tire 1846: Sewing machine1846: Rotary printing press1849: Safety pin1849: Francis turbine1852: Airship1852: Passenger elevator1852: Gyroscop1855: Bunsen burner1855: Bessemer process1856: First celluloids1858: Undersea telegraph cable1858: Shoe sole sewing machine1858: Mason jar1859: Oil drill1859: rechargable storage battery1860: Linoleum1860: Repeating rifle1860: Self-propelled torpedo1862: Revolving machine gun1862: Mechanical submarine1862: Pasteurization1863: Player piano1865: Roller Coaster1865: Barbed wire: Louis Jannin 1866: Dynamite1868: First practical typewriter1868: Air brake (rail)1868: Oleomargarine1869: Vacuum cleaner1870: Magic Lantern projector1870: Stock ticker 1871: Cable car (railway)1871: Compressed air rock drill1872: Adding machine1873: Railway knuckle coupler1873: Modern direct current electric motor1874: Electric street car1875: Dynamo1876: Carpet sweeper1876: Loudspeaker1877: Stapler 1877: Induction motor1877: Phonograph1877: Electric welding1877: Twine Knotter1877: Microphone1878: Cathode ray tube1878: Transparent film1879: Pelton turbine: Lester Pelton 1879: Automobile engine1879: Cash register1879: Automobile (Patent)1880: Roll film1880: Safety razor1880: Seismograph1881: Metal detector1882: Electric fan1882: Electric flat iron1883: Auto engine - compression ignition1883: two-phase (alternating current) induction motor1884: Linotype machine1884: Fountain pen1884: Punched card accounting1884: Trolley car, (electric)1885: Automobile - internal combustion engine powered 1885: Automobile, differential gear1885: Motor cycle1885: Alternating current transformer 1886: Dishwasher1887: Monotype machine1887: Contact lens1887: Gramophone record1888: Kodak hand camera1888: Ballpoint pen1888: Pneumatic tube tire1891: Automobile Storage Battery 1891: Zipper 1891: Carborundum1893: Carburetor1893: Wireless communication1893: Radio: Nikola Tesla 1894: Radio transmission1895: Diesel engine1895: Radio signals1895: Shredded Wheat1896: Steam turbine1896: Electric stove1897: Automobile, magneto1897: Modern escalator1898: tapered roller bearing1898: Remote control1899: Iron-Mercury coherer with telephone detector1899: Automobile self starter1899: Magnetic tape recorder1899: Gas turbine1900: Rigid dirigible airship1900: Self-heating can 1901: Improved wireless transmitter1901: Instant coffee 1901: Mercury vapor lamp1901: Disposable razor blade1901: Vacuum cleaner1902: Radio magnetic detector1902: Air Conditioner1902: Neon lamp1902: Radio telephone1902: Rayon 1903: Electrocardiograph (EKG)1903: Powered airplane1903: Windshield wiper 1904: Tractor 1907: Color photography1907: Helicopter1907: Radio amplifier1907: Vacuum cleaner, (electric)1907: Washing machine, (electric)1908: Cellophane1908: Geiger counter1908: Gyrocompass1908: Tea bag: Thomas Sullivan 1909: Monoplane: Henry W. Walden 1909: Bakelite1909: Gun silencer1911: Air conditioner1911: Cellophane1911: Hydroplane1913: Cracking process for Gasoline1913: Double acting wrench1913: Radio receiver, cascade tuning1913: Stainless steel1913: X-Ray 1914: Radio transmitter 1914: Liquid fuel rocket1914: Tank, military1915: Tungsten Filament1915: Searchlight arc1915: Radio tube oscillator1915: Pyrex 1916: Browning Gun1916: Thompson submachine gun1916: Incandescent gas lamp1917: Sonar echolocation1917: Cruise missile1918: Superheterodyne receiver 1918: Interrupter gear1918: Radio crystal oscillator1918: Pop-up toaster1921: Polygraph1922: Radar1922: Technicolor1922: Water skiing 1923: Sound film1923: Television Electronic1923: Wind tunnel1924: frozen food 1926: Aerosol spray 1927: Mechanical cotton picker1927: PEZ Candy1928: Sliced bread1928: Electric dry shaver1928: Antibiotics 1928: Preselector gearbox1929: Kinescope1929: X-Ray motion picture camera1930: Neoprene 1930: Nylon 1930: Underwater Motion Picture Camera1931: the Radio telescope 1931: Iconoscope 1935: microwave radar1935: Trampoline1935: Spectrophotometer1936: Pinsetter (bowling)1937: Turboprop engine1937: Jet engine 1937: O-ring1938: Ballpoint pen 1938: Fiberglass1939: FM radio1939: Helicopter1939: View-master1939: Automated teller machine1942: Bazooka Rocket Gun1942: Undersea oil pipeline1943: Aqua-Lung 1944: Electron spectrometer1945: Slinky1945: Nuclear weapons 1946: Microwave oven1946: Mobile Telephone Service1946: Computer1947: Transistor1947: Polaroid camera1948: Long Playing Record1948: Holography1949: Atomic clocks 1951: Liquid Paper1951: Nuclear power reactor1952: Optical fiber1952: Fusion bomb1952: Hovercraft1953: Medical ultrasonography 1954: Transistor radio1954: Geodesic dome1955: Velcro1955: Hair spray1955: Hard Drive1956: Digital clock 1956: Videocassette recorder1957: Bubble Wrap1958: Integrated circuit1958: Communications satellite 1959: Snowmobile1960: Laser1961: Optical disc1961: Cochlear implant1962: Light-emitting diode1962: Space observatory1963: Computer mouse1967: Automatic Teller Machine 1967: Hypertext 1968: Video game console 1969: ARPANET (first wide-area packet switching network)1971: E-mail1971: Liquid Crystal Display1971: Microprocessor 1971: Pocket calculator1971: Magnetic resonance imaging1971: Floppy Disk1972: Computed tomograph1973: Ethernet1973: Genetically modified organism1973: Personal computer1974: Rubik's Cube1974: Hybrid vehicle1975: Digital camera1976: Gore-Tex fabric1977: Personal stereo1977: Cellular mobile phone 1978: Spreadsheet1981: Scanning tunneling microscope1983: Camcorder1983: Internet: first TCP/IP network1984: Lithotripsy1985: Polymerase chain reaction1985: DNA fingerprinting1986: Breadmaker 1987: Statin1987: Digital Light Processing1990: World Wide Web1993: Global Positioning System1993: Blue LED1997: Non-mechanical Digital Audio Player1997: DVD 1997: Wi-Fi1998: Viagra2001: Digital satellite radio 2001: Self-contained Artificial heart 2002: Scramjet