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Inventions Timeline2400 BCThe abacus, the first known calculator, was invented in Babylonia500 BC Panini Introduced the forerunner to modern formal language theory300 BC Pingala invented the binary number system

87 BC Antikythera Mechanism was built in Rhodes to track movement of the stars673A Greek fire was invented by Kallinikos of Heliopolis724 Liang Ling-Can invents the first fully mechanical clock800s Gunpowder in China852 Parachute was invented by Armen Firman900 Horse collar in Europe1041 Movable type printing press was invented by Bi Sheng1280 Eyeglasses1350 Suspension bridges in Peru1450 Alphabetic, movable type printing press was invented by Johann Gutenberg1492 Nrnberg Terrestrial Globe by German mapmaker Martin Behaim

1500 Ball bearing was invented by Leonardo Da Vinci together with flying machines, including ahelicopter, the first mechanical calculator and one of the first programmable robots1510 Pocket watch was invented by Peter Henlein1540 Ether was invented by Valerius Cordus1576 Ironclad warship was invented by Oda Nobunaga1581 Pendulum was invented by Galileo Galilei1593 Thermometer was invented by Galileo Galilei1608 Telescope was invented by Hans Lippershey1609 Microscope was invented by Galileo Galilei1620 Slide rule was invented by William Oughtred1642 Adding machine was invented by Blaise Pascal

1643 Barometer was invented by Evangelista Torricelli1645 Vacuum pump was invented by Otto von Guericke1657 Pendulum clock was invented by Christiaan Huygens1679 Pressure cooker was invented by Denis Papin1698 Steam engine was invented by Thomas Savery1700 Piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori1671 Gottfried Leibniz is known as one of the founding fathers of calculus1705 Steam piston engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen1710 Thermometer was invented by Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur1742 Franklin stove was invented by Benjamin Franklin1752 Lightning rod was invented by Benjamin Franklin

1767 Spinning jenny was invented by James Hargreaves1769 Steam engine was invented by James Watt1783 Parachute was invented by Jean Pierre Blanchard1783 Hot air balloon was invented by Montgolfier brothers1791 Steamboat was invented by John Fitch1798 Vaccination was invented by Edward Jenner1804 Locomotive was invented by Richard Trevithick1814 Steam Locomotive (Blucher) was invented by George Stephenson

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1816 Miner's safety lamp was invented by Humphry Davy1816 Stethoscope was invented by Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec1820 The Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles XavierThomas de Colmar1822 Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer

1821 Electric motor was invented by Michael Faraday1826 Photography was invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce1830 Lawn mower was invented by Edwin Beard Budding1834 Braille was invented by Louis Braille1834 Refrigerator was invented by Jacob Perkins1834 Combine harvester was invented by Hiram Moore1835 Morse code was invented by Samuel MorseRevolver was invented by Samuel Colt1838 Electric telegraph was invented by Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)1839 Vulcanization of rubber was invented by Charles Goodyear1842 Anaesthesia was invented by Crawford Long

1843 Typewriter was invented by Charles Thurber1846 Sewing machine was invented by Elias Howe1846 Rotary printing press was invented by Richard M. Hoe1849 Safety pin was invented by Walter Hunt1862 Revolving machine gun was invented by Richard J. Gatling1862 Mechanical submarine was invented by Narcs Monturiol i Estarriol1866 Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel1870 Stock ticker was invented by Thomas Alva Edison1876 Gasoline carburettor was invented by Daimler1877 Phonograph was invented by Thomas Alva Edison1877 Microphone was invented by Emile Berliner

1878 Cathode ray tube was invented by William Crookes1880 Photophone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell1885 Motor cycle was invented by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach1891 Zipper was invented by Whitcomb L. Judson1893 Wireless communication was invented by Nikola Tesla1895 Diesel engine was invented by Rudolf DieselRadio signals were invented by Guglielmo Marconi1898 Remote control was invented by Nikola Tesla1901 Vacuum cleaner was invented by Hubert Booth1903 Powered airplane was invented by Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright1907 Color photography was invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere

Helicopter was invented by Paul CornuRadio amplifier was invented by Lee DeForest1909 Bakelite was invented by Leo Baekeland1923 Sound film was invented by Lee DeForestTelevision Electronic was invented by Philo Farnsworth1924 Electro Mechanical television system was invented by John Logie Baird1928 Antibiotics were invented by Alexander Fleming1931 Iconoscope was invented by Vladimir Zworykin

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1937 Jet engine was invented by Frank Whittle and Hans von OhainAlan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine1938 Ballpoint pen was invented by Laszlo Biro

1943 Enigma: Adolf Hitler uses the Enigma encryption machineColossus: Alan Turing develops thethe code-breaking machine Colossus

Aqua-Lung was invented by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan1946 Microwave oven was invented by Percy Spencer1951 Nuclear power reactor was invented by Walter Zinn1956 Optical fiber was invented by Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. CurtissVideocassette recorder was invented by Ampex1957 Sputnik I and Sputnik II: Sputnik I and Sputnik II are launched by the Russians1958 Silicon chip: The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by the US Jack Kilby &Robert Noyce1960 Laser was invented by Theodore Harold Maiman1961 Optical disc was invented by David Paul Gregg1963 Computer mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart

1967 Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) was invented by John Shepherd-BarronHypertext was invented by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson1968 Video game console was invented by Ralph H. Baer1969 ARPANET was invented by United States Department of Defense1971 E-mail was invented by Ray TomlinsonLiquid Crystal Display was invented by James Fergasonocket calculator was invented by Sharp CorporationFloppy Disk was invented by David Noble with IBM1973 Ethernet was invented by Bob Metcalfe and David BoggsPersonal computer was invented by Xerox PARC1983 Camcorder was invented by Sony

1990 World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee2001 Digital satellite radio

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