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| | 2400 BC | The abacus, the first known calculator, invented in Babylonia | |
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| | 300 BC | Pingala invents the binary number system | |
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| | 87 BC | Antikythera Mechanism invented in Rhodes to track movement of the stars | |
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| | 724 | Liang Ling-Can invents the first fully mechanical clock | |
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| | 1041 | Movable type printing press invented by Bi Sheng | |
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| | 1280 | Eyeglasses were invented | |
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| | 1350 | Suspension bridges built in Peru | |
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| | 1450 | Alphabetic, movable type printing press invented by Johann Gutenberg | |
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| | 1500 | Ball bearing invented by Leonardo Da Vinci together with flying machines, including a helicopter, the first mechanical calculator and one of the first programmable robots | |
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| | 1510 | Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein | |
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| | 1576 | Ironclad warship invented by Oda Nobunaga | |
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| | 1581 | Pendulum invented by Galileo Galilei | |
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| | 1593 | Thermometer invented by Galileo Galilei | |
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| | 1608 | Telescope invented by Hans Lippershey | |
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| | 1609 | Microscope invented by Galileo Galilei | |
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| | 1642 | Adding machine invented by Blaise Pascal | |
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| | 1643 | Barometer invented by Evangelista Torricelli | |
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| | 1645 | Vacuum pump invented by Otto von Guericke | |
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| | 1657 | Pendulum clock invented by Christiaan Huygens | |
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| | 1679 | Pressure cooker invented by Denis Papin | |
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| | 1687 | Newton, Principia: Newton's physics formed the foundation of modern science | |
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| | 1698 | Steam engine invented by Thomas Savery | |
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| | 1671 | Gottfried Leibniz is known as one of the founding fathers of calculus | |
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| | 1705 | Steam piston engine invented by Thomas Newcomen | |
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| | 1708 | Jethro Tull invents mechanical (seed) sower | |
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| | 1710 | Thermometer invented by Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur | |
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| | 1733 | John Kay invents flying shuttle. | |
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| | 1742 | Franklin stove invented by Benjamin Franklin | |
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| | 1752 | Lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin | |
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| | 1767 | Spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves | |
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| | 1769 | Steam engine invented by James Watt | |
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| | 1774 | Priestly isolates oxygen | |
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| | 1779 | First steam powered mills automate the weaving process. | |
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| | 1781 | William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. | |
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| | 1783 | Hot air balloon invented by Montgolfier brothers | |
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| | 1791 | Steamboat invented by John Fitch | |
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| | 1793 | Eli Whitney develops the cotton gin | |
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| | 1798 | Vaccination invented by Edward Jenner | |
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| | 1799 | Humphrey Davy discovers nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
Oliver Evans invents the conveyer belt | |
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| | 1804 | Locomotive invented by Richard Trevithick | |
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| | 1814 | Steam Locomotive (Blucher) invented by George Stephenson | |
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| | 1816 | Miner's safety lamp invented by Humphry Davy | |
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| | 1816 | Stethoscope invented by Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec | |
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| | 1820 | The Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar | |
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| | 1821 | Faraday demonstrates the principle of the electric motor. | |
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| | 1822 | Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer | |
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| | 1821 | Electric motor invented by Michael Faraday | |
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| | 1826 | Photography invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce | |
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| | 1830 | Lawn mower invented by Edwin Beard Budding | |
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| | 1831 | Von Liebig discovers chloroform
Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible generators and electric engines. | |
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| | 1834 | Braille invented by Louis Braille | |
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| | 1834 | Refrigerator invented by Jacob Perkins | |
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| | 1834 | Combine harvester invented by Hiram Moore | |
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| | 1835 | Morse code invented by Samuel Morse
Revolver invented by Samuel Colt | |
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| | 1838 | Electric telegraph invented by Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)
Daguerre perfects the Daguerrotype. | |
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| | 1839 | Vulcanization of rubber invented by Charles Goodyear | |
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| | 1842 | Anaesthesia invented by Crawford Long | |
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| | 1843 | Typewriter invented by Charles Thurber | |
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| | 1846 | Sewing machine invented by Elias Howe | |
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| | 1846 | Rotary printing press invented by Richard M. Hoe
Pneumatic tire patented
Elias Howe invents the sewing machine | |
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| | 1849 | Safety pin invented by Walter Hunt
Monier develops reinforced concrete | |
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| | 1859 | Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species
Etienne Lenoir demonstrates the first successful gasoline engine | |
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| | 1862 | Revolving machine gun invented by Richard J. Gatling
Isaac Singer commercializes the sewing machine | |
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| | 1862 | Mechanical submarine invented by NarcĂs Monturiol i Estarriol | |
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| | 1866 | Dynamite invented by Alfred Nobel
Lister demonstrates the use of carbolic antiseptic | |
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| | 1869 | Mendeleev produces the Periodic Table | |
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| | 1870 | Stock ticker invented by Thomas Alva Edison | |
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| | 1873 | Christopher Sholes invents the Remington typewriter
James Clerk Maxwell states the laws of electro-magnetic radiation | |
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| | 1876 | Gasoline carburettor invented by Daimler | |
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| | 1877 | Phonograph invented by Thomas Alva Edison | |
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| | 1877 | Microphone invented by Emile Berliner | |
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| | 1878 | Cathode ray tube invented by William Crookes
Edison invents the incandescent lamp. | |
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| | 1880 | Photophone invented by Alexander Graham Bell | |
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| | 1883 | First skyscraper built in Chicago (ten stories)
Maxim invents the machine gun | |
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| | 1885 | Motor cycle invented by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
Benz develops first automobile to run on internal- combustion engine | |
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| | 1888 | Hertz produces radio waves. | |
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| | 1888 | Eiffel Tower is built | |
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| | 1891 | Zipper invented by Whitcomb L. Judson
Rudolf Diesel invents diesel | |
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| | 1893 | Wireless communication invented by Nikola Tesla | |
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| | 1895 | Diesel engine invented by Rudolf Diesel
Radio signals were invented by Guglielmo Marconi
Auguste and Louis Lumiere develop Cinematograph
Roentgen discovers X-rays | |
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| | 1898 | Remote control invented by Nikola Tesla | |
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| | 1900 | Planck develops quantum theory
First Zeppelin is built | |
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| | 1901 | Vacuum cleaner invented by Hubert Booth | |
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| | 1903 | Powered airplane invented by Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright | |
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| | 1905 | Einstein writes the Theory of Relativity. | |
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| | 1907 | Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere
Helicopter invented by Paul Cornu
Radio amplifier invented by Lee DeForest | |
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| | 1908 | Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T. | |
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| | 1909 | Bakelite invented by Leo Baekeland | |
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| | 1919 | London to Paris air service begins
James Smathers develops the first electric typewriter | |
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| | 1923 | Sound film invented by Lee DeForest
Television Electronic invented by Philo Farnsworth | |
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| | 1924 | Electro Mechanical television system invented by John Logie Baird | |
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| | 1926 | Robert Goddard experiments with liquid-fueled rockets. | |
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| | 1928 | Antibiotics, penicillin invented by Alexander Fleming | |
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| | 1931 | Iconoscope invented by Vladimir Zworykin | |
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| | 1937 | Jet engine invented by Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain
Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine | |
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| | 1938 | Ballpoint pen invented by Laszlo Biro | |
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| | 1943 | Enigma: Adolf Hitler uses the Enigma encryption machine
Colossus: Alan Turing develops the the code-breaking machine Colossus
Aqua-Lung invented by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan | |
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| | 1945 | The atomic bomb | |
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| | 1946 | Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer | |
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| | 1951 | Nuclear power reactor invented by Walter Zinn | |
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| | 1956 | Optical fiber invented by Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. Curtiss
Videocassette recorder invented by Ampex | |
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| | 1957 | Sputnik I and Sputnik II: Sputnik I and Sputnik II are launched by the Russians | |
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| | 1958 | Silicon chip: The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by the US Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce | |
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| | 1960 | Laser invented by Theodore Harold Maiman | |
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| | 1961 | Uri Gagarin is the first man in space
Optical disc invented by David Paul Gregg | |
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| | 1963 | Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart | |
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| | 1967 | Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) invented by John Shepherd-Barron
Hypertext invented by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson | |
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| | 1968 | Video game console invented by Ralph H. Baer | |
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| | 1969 | The moon landing - Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon | |
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| | 1971 | E-mail invented by Ray Tomlinson
Liquid Crystal Display invented by James Fergason
Pocket calculator invented by Sharp Corporation
Floppy Disk invented by David Noble with IBM | |
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| | 1973 | Ethernet invented by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC | |
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| | 1983 | Camcorder invented by Sony | |
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| | 1990 | World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee | |
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| | 2001 | Digital satellite radio | |
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