Timeline of Inventions

[Kat]

Timeline of Historic Inventions

The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions.

2800 BC...... Soap in Mesopotamia
2600s BC..... Papyrus: Imhotep in Egypt
500s BC....... Kite: Lu Ban in China
100s BC....... Parchment in Pergamon
21 BC.......... Bookbinding in India
1-100 AD..... Rudder in China
105............. Paper: Cai Lun in China
200s............ Horseshoes in Germany
300s............ Toothpaste in Roman Egypt
400s............ Surgical needle in Roman Empire
589............. Toilet paper: Yan Zhitui in China
618-700....... Porcelain in China
634-644....... Windmill: Umar
700.............. Quill pen
800s............ Black powder in China
810-887....... Eye glasses: Abbas Ibn Firnas
865-925....... Hard soap: Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi
                   Antiseptic: Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi
900s............ Gun in China
996............. Paned window in the Arab Empire
1000............ Inhalational anaesthetic: Abu al-Qasim
                   Injection syringe: Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili of Iraq
1000-1037.... Thermometer: Avicenna (Ibn Sina) in Persia
1000-1048.... Star chart: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī
1041............ Movable type printing press: Bi Sheng in China
1088............ Mechanical clock: Su Song
1100............ Framed bead abacus in China
1126............ Rocket: Li Gang in China
1128............ Cannon in China
1206............ Geared water supply system: Al-Jazari
1297-1298..... Buttonhole in Germany
1450s............ Alphabetic movable type printing press: Johannes Gutenberg
1498............. Bristle toothbrush: Hongzhi Emperor
1500............. Scissors: Leonardo Da Vinci
1570s............ Telescope: Leonard Digges and Taqi al-Din
1609.............. Microscope: Hans Lippershey, Hans Janssen, Zacharias Janssen
1698.............. Steam engine: Thomas Savery
1700.............. Piano: Bartolomeo Cristofori
1769.............. Steam road vehicle: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
1791.............. Artificial teeth: Nicholas Dubois De Chemant
1802.............. Gas stove: Zachäus Andreas Winzler
1804.............. Locomotive: Richard Trevithick
1818.............. Bicycle: Karl Drais
1821.............. Electric motor: Michael Faraday
1834.............. Refrigerator: Jacob Perkins
1843.............. Typewriter: Charles Thurber
1849.............. Telephone: Antonio Meucci
1860.............. Light Bulb, Sir Joseph Swan
1866.............. Dynamite: Alfred Nobel
1869.............. Vacuum cleaner: I.W. McGaffers
1877.............. Phonograph: Thomas Alva Edison
1885.............. Automobile (internal combustion engine powered): Karl Benz
1885.............. Motorcycle: Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
1886.............. Gasoline engine: Gottlieb Daimler
1891.............. Zipper: Whitcomb L. Judson
1893.............. Radio: Nikola Tesla
1895.............. Diesel engine: Rudolf Diesel
1902.............. Air Conditioner: Willis Carrier
1903.............. Powered, controlled airplane: Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright
1904.............. Tractor: Benjamin Holt
1907.............. Washing machine, (electric): Alva Fisher (Hurley Corporation)
1913.............. X-Ray (coolidge tube): William D. Coolidge
1923.............. Television Electronic: Philo Farnsworth
1928.............. Sliced bread: Otto Frederick Rohwedder
                      Antibiotics: Alexander Fleming (initial discovery of penicillin)
1941.............. Computer: Konrad Zuse
1942.............. Nuclear reactor: Enrico Fermi
1947.............. Polaroid camera: Edwin Land
1958.............. Communications satellite: Kenneth Masterman-Smith
1960.............. Laser: Theodore Harold Maiman
1962.............. Space observatory: Ball Brothers Aerospace Corporation 
1963.............. Computer mouse: Douglas Engelbart
1968.............. Video game console: Ralph H. Baer
1971.............. Space station: Kerim Kerimov
                     Pocket calculator: Sharp Corporation
1973.............. Personal computer: Xerox PARC
1977.............. Mobile phone: Bell Labs
1982.............. Artificial heart: Robert Jarvik,
1983.............. Internet: Robert E. Kahn, Vint Cerf and others
1990.............. World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee


Note: Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several inventors around the same time, or may be invented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first known working version of the invention is used here.

This is a partial list, for a full list go to this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_invention

[Beloved]

Lot of imortant things mentioned here but here is one important creature comfort not on the list...and it was not who you thought or heard that invented it.

http://www.repwars.com/PSP/wcinvent.html

beloved

[Kat]

Hi Beloved,

I put that invention right up there with one of the most important 

mercy, peace and love
Kat

[musicman]

I think that invention became necessary with the origin of fast food joints.  See, in the early 1800s, a man by the name of Calvin Greaseburger saw an opportunity to be a pioneer for the quick satisfaction of those with no motivation to be healthy.  He went into business with Cheesefry Chad and Colonial Sunders who found that chicken saturated with lard, brings out the tasty, yet unnatural flavor that the world's youth crave.  Early studies showed that when human throats were lined with grease, this lubricated the process of swallowing so that food wouldn't get stuck in your lungs, or something.  Unfortunately, about a 100 years later, some twerp scientist called the studies a hoax.

So comes the invention of the toilet.  Human waste used to not have stench.  In fact, it used to smell like flowers.  I heard that bacteria originated (evolved) right around some fat 15 year old who refused to eat the school lunches.  Instead, he blew his allowance at some place. . .oh I don't know. . .McPukles?  So came the stench, so came the need for toilets. 

I hear Mr. Greasburger and company didn't last too long.  Greasburger and Sunders went quickly and quietly.  However, legend has it that Cheesefry mistakenly and often used poisen Ivy for sanitation.  So, he lived and died rather painfully.  The invention of toilet paper came 2 days after his demise.

Folks, everybody has been lying to you.  Above is real history.

[OBrenda]

Truly..

What can anyone add after musicman posts except....


Thanks Kat,
Brenda