Invention History Timeline - From the Wheel to the 1800sHistory timeline beginning with the Sumerians invention of the wheel and proceeding to 1800 |
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Invention History Timeline Beginning with the invention of the wheel many years ago and ending at 1800, again, many years ago.Invention history timeline. -6500 BC Sumerians invent the wheel -4000 BC First use of light wooden ploughs in Mesopotamia -4000 BC The first mines where humans began extracting useful minerals such as iron ore, -3700 BC Egyptians develop bronze -3500 BC Sumerians invent phonetic writing and numbering system -3500 BC Sumerians make envelopes and tablets from clay -3200 BC Egyptians invent black ink -3000 BC Invention of potter's wheel -3000 BC Egyptians and Chinese develop materials similar to mortar and cement -3000 BC Invention of candles -3000 BC Evidence of soldering being used in Iraq -2600 BC Egyptians invent and use glassware -1800 BC In the Middle East and Asia Minor the smelting of iron ore was developed -1700 BC Windmills developed by Babylonians; used to pump water for irrigation -1500 BC Silk weaving demonstrated by Chinese -1450 BC Egyptians use the sundial to measure time -1350 BC Tutankhamen invents device to chart star positions -1300 BC Invention of steel -1200 BC Iron smelting appeared in Armenia -1000 BC Pewter appears in China and Egypt -1000 BC Resin developed from lacquer tree by the Chinese -1000 BC Zinc and mercury produced in India -950 BC Leather is used for writing and scrolls -512 BC Cast iron produced from blast furnaces by Chinese -450 BC Invention of the screw by Archytas of Tarentum -400 BC Syracuse saw the development of catapults that fired arrows -280 BC Egyptians build Pharos of Alexandria, the world's first lighthouse -270 BC Water clock built by Ctesibius -170 BC Pergamons invent parchment, on which scholars can write on both sides and fold -140 BC Hipparchus invents trigonometry -20 BC Vitruvius provides a description of concrete mixing 62 Hero of Alexandria invents the aeolipile, a primitive steam engine 100 Mary Hebraea invented the bain marie and a distillation device 105 Tsai Lun invents paper in China by mixing hemp, mulberry bark and rags with water 132 Chinese invent the seismoscope 271 Magnetic compass invented by Chinese scientists 350 Chinese develop printing technology using symbols carved into a wooden block 400 Hypatia of Alexandria invented the astrolabe 510 Block-book printing invented by Chinese 644 Persian inventors develop a wind-power machine 650 Horizontal windmill in use in Iran and Afganistan 700 Mills are powered by water wheels 700 Chinese invent porcelain 725 I-Hsing invents a mechanical clock which struck on the hour and half-hour 748 Printed newspaper appears in Chinese city of Peking 850 An early form of copper electroplating is developed by Spanish Moors 1000 Chinese use gunpowder in warfare 1015 Arabian physicist Alhazen develops parabolic mirrors 1023 Chinese print paper money 1045 Chinese inventor Bi Sheng invents moveable type 1150 Alcohol is first distilled in Europe 1182 Modern magnetic compass invented 1232 Chinese invent and use rockets 1303 First suggested use of lenses as an aid to correct eyesight 1326 Bronze canon firing iron balls in use in Florence 1332 The distillation of wine became known in France 1350 Aztecs invent drinking chocolate 1366 Invention of weighing scales 1485 Leonardo da Vinci sketched an idea for a parachute 1486 A copyright is issued for the first time on record 1510 Henlein invents the pocket watch 1513 Graf invents the etching process 1540 Formulation of ether as an anesthetic 1551 Erasmus Reinhold details how to use a pinhole camera to view Solar eclipses 1568 Barbaro publishes an account of the use of a convex lens 1590 Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope 1590 Dutch develop glass lenses, which are then used in microscopes and telescopes 1592 Galileo develops the thermoscope 1593 Galileo invents a water thermometer 1701 Jethor Tull invents the seed drill as a farming aid 1709 Alcohol thermometer invented by Gabriel Fahrenheit 1710 Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur develops the first thermometer 1712 Newcomen and Savery develop a new type of working engine 1712 Thomas Newcomen develops a working atmospheric steam engine 1712 Thomas Savery and Thomas Newcomen build a practical working engine 1713 Rene de Reaumur makes spun glass fibers 1714 Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the mercury thermometer 1725 Edmund Culpeper designs a new type of telescope 1730 First compound magnet produced by Savery 1731 John Hadley invents the quadrant navigational aid 1733 John Kay invents the flying shuttle 1733 Invention of achromatic lens by Chester Moor Hall 1737 John Harrison produces a naval chronometer 1740 Benjamin Huntsman develops a crucible process to improve steel production 1742 Anders Celsius devises centigrade scale 1742 John Cuff designs a very simple compound microscope 1745 The Leyden jar, independently by Pieter van Musschenbroek and Ewald Georg von Kleist 1748 Jean-Antoine Nollet developed a primitive electroscope 1752 Benjamin Franklin performs his famous kite experiments 1754 The heliometer is invented by John Dollond 1757 James Watt began work on the steam engine 1757 John Campbell invents the sextant 1764 Invention of electrophorous machine by Johannes Wilcke 1764 James Hargreaves invented the Spinning 1769 Richard Arkwright invented a spinning frame used water power 1769 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrates a steam wagon, a predecessor the automobile 1775 Alessandro Volta invents an electrometer 1775 Beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England 1776 Lavoisier invented oxygen cutting of metals 1777 Charles Coulomb introduces the torsion balance 1779 Patent for stucco (hydraulic cement) issued by Bry Higgins 1779 Samuel Crompton invented the Mule, a spinning device used to spin muslin 1780 Central draught fixed oil lamp developed by Argand 1780 Carangeot invented the hand goniometer 1783 Montgolfier and Michel invented the hot air balloon 1783 Self-winding clock patented by Benjamin Hanks 1783 Benjamin Franklin develops the first bifocal glasses 1790 Claude Chappe invents semaphore 1790 First US patent issued - for a machine that spins cotton 1790 First US census recorded a population of 3.9 million 1791 Peal patents the waterproofing of fabrics with a rubber solution 1793 Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin to separate seeds from fibre 1794 Cotton gin patented by Eli Whitney 1795 Nicholas-Jacques Conte mixes clay and graphite to produce the modern pencil 1796 Edward Jenner creates a vaccine for smallpox 1800 The voltaic cell (Volta's pile) is invented by Alessandro Volta This invention history timeline continues on the next page:
Invention History Timeline - 1800 to 1900
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