This is a chronological list of inventions. An invention is an object, process, or technique which displays an element of novelty. ...

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 working version of the invention is used here.

Paleolithic Era

• Indeterminate: Language
• 2.4 mya: Olduwan - struck stone tools, in East Africa
• 1.65 mya: Acheulean - struck and reworked stone tools, in Kenya
• 1.4 mya: Knife in Ethiopia
• 1 mya: Controlled fire and sterilization of food and water (cooking) in East Africa
• 500 tya: Shelter construction [2]
• 100-500 tya: Clothing
• 400 tya: Pigments in Zambia [3]
• 400 tya: Spears in Germany [4]
• 200 tya: Burial in Africa
• 100 tya: Lithic blades in Africa and the Near East
• 60 tya: Ships probably used by settlers of New Guinea
• 50 tya: Flute in Slovenia
• 50 tya: Bow in Tunisia [5] [6]
• 43 tya: Mining in Swaziland and Hungary
• 37 tya: Tally sticks in Swaziland [7]
• 30 tya: Sewing needles
• 26 tya: Ceramics in Moravia
• 25 tya: Atlatl in Northwest Africa [8]
• 17 tya: twisted Rope (probably much earlier)
• 12 tya: Basket weaving
• 12 tya: Pottery in Japan

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10th millennium BC

• Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent
• Alcoholic beverages in the Fertile Crescent
• Adobe in the Near East
• 9500 BC: Granary in the Jordan Valley

See 1 E11 s for more remote dates. ... The Fertile Crescent is a historical crescent-shape region in the Middle East incorporating the Levant, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. ... An American-produced bottle of ginjō-shu sake. ... The Fertile Crescent is a historical crescent-shape region in the Middle East incorporating the Levant, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. ... Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico Adobe is a natural building material composed of sand, sandy clay and straw or other organic materials, which is shaped into bricks using wooden frames and dried in the sun. ... Overview map of the Ancient Near East The term Ancient Near East or Ancient Orient encompasses the early civilizations predating Classical Antiquity in the region roughly corresponding to that described by the modern term Middle East (Egypt, Iraq, Turkey), during the time roughly spanning the Bronze Age from the rise... Granary at Thiruparaithurai, Kumbakonam (old temple town), built around 1600-1634 A granary is a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. ... The Jordan River runs along the border between the West Bank and the Kingdom of Jordan Northern part of the Great Rift Valley as seen from space (NASA) The Jordan River Road sign In spring The Jordan River (Hebrew: נהר הירדן nehar hayarden, Arabic: نهر الأردن nahr al-urdun) is a river in Southwest...

9th millennium BC

• 8700 BC: Metalworking (copper pendant) in Iraq

Europe and surrounding areas in the 9th millennium BC. Blue areas are covered in ice. ... Turned chess pieces Metalworking is the craft and practice of working with metals to create structures or machine parts. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic pinkish red Standard atomic weight 63. ...

8th millennium BC

• Animal husbandry in the Near East
• Plaster in Jericho

In the 8th millennium BC, agriculture becomes widely practiced in the Fertile Crescent and Anatolia. ... Shepherd with his sheep in FăgăraÅŸ Mountains, Romania. ... Overview map of the Ancient Near East The term Ancient Near East or Ancient Orient encompasses the early civilizations predating Classical Antiquity in the region roughly corresponding to that described by the modern term Middle East (Egypt, Iraq, Turkey), during the time roughly spanning the Bronze Age from the rise... Gypsum based plaster used in spray fireproofing in a low-rise industrial building in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... The Taking of Jericho, by Jean Fouquet Near central Jericho, November 1996 Jericho (Arabic  , Hebrew  , ʼArīḥā; Standard YÉ™riḥo Tiberian YÉ™rîḫô / YÉ™rîḥô; meaning fragrant.[1] Greek Ἱεριχώ) is a town in Palestine, located within the Jericho Governorate, near the Jordan River. ...

7th millennium BC

• 7000 BC: Surgery in Mehrgarh (Pakistan)^[1]
• 7000 BC: Dental surgery in Mehrgarh^[1]
• 7000 BC: Drill in Mehrgarh^[1]
• 7000 BC: Bow drill in Mehrgarh
• 7000 BC: Dental drill in Mehrgarh^[1]
• 6200 BC: Map in Çatalhöyük
• Cloth woven from flax fiber

During the 7th millennium BC, agriculture spreads from Anatolia to the Balkans. ... A cardiothoracic surgeon performs a mitral valve replacement at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. ... Mehrgarh was an ancient settlement in South Asia and is one of the most important sites in archaeology for the study of the earliest neolithic settlements in that region. ... Dental Surgery is any number of medical procedures which involve artificially modifying the dentition. ... Mehrgarh was an ancient settlement in South Asia and is one of the most important sites in archaeology for the study of the earliest neolithic settlements in that region. ... A child using an electric drill with a screwdriver bit mounted in the chuck. ... Mehrgarh was an ancient settlement in South Asia and is one of the most important sites in archaeology for the study of the earliest neolithic settlements in that region. ... The bow drill has been used used by ancient Sumerians and other groups to drill holes in a piece of wood, called the fire board when creating a coal for fire. ... Mehrgarh was an ancient settlement in South Asia and is one of the most important sites in archaeology for the study of the earliest neolithic settlements in that region. ... A high-speed dental handpiece. ... Mehrgarh was an ancient settlement in South Asia and is one of the most important sites in archaeology for the study of the earliest neolithic settlements in that region. ... For the acronyms, see MAP and MAPS. A map is a symbolized depiction of a space which highlights relations between components (objects, regions, themes) of that space. ... Excavations at the South Area of Çatal Höyük Çatalhöyük (also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük, or any of the three without diacritics; çatal is Turkish for fork, höyük for mound) was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern... It has been suggested that Textile be merged into this article or section. ... Binomial name Linum usitatissimum Linnaeus. ...

6th millennium BC

• Irrigation in the Fertile Crescent
• Ploughs in Mesopotamia (Iraq)

During the 6th millennium BC, agriculture spreads from the Balkans to Italy and Eastern Europe and from Mesopotamia to Egypt. ... Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the soil. ... The Fertile Crescent is a historical crescent-shape region in the Middle East incorporating the Levant, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. ... The traditional way: a German farmer works the land with a horse and plough. ... Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, and parts of eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwest Iran. ...

5th millennium BC

• Beer and bread in Egypt
• Wheel and axle combination in Mesopotamia

// Events 4860 BC - Mount Mazama in Oregon collapses, forming a caldera that later fills with water and becomes Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States. ... Alulu Tablet - a receipt for best beer from 2050 BC in the ancient Kingdom of Ur Beer is one of the oldest beverages humans have produced, dating back to at least the 5th millennium BC and recorded in the written history of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... The force bearing on the axle has an eccentricity e with the point of contact to the rolling surface and exerts a moment about the contact point. ... Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, and parts of eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwest Iran. ...

4th millennium BC

• 4000 BC: Canal in Mesopotamia
• 3800s BC: Engineered roadway in England
• 3500 BC: Plywood in Egypt
• 3500 BC: Writing in Sumer
• 3500 BC: Carts in Sumer
• 3100 BC: Drainage in the Indus Valley Civilization (India/Pakistan)
• 3000 BC: Sailing
• Bronze: Susa
• Silk in China
• Cement in Egypt
• River boats in Egypt
• Noodle in China

(5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC - other millennia) // Events Sumerian city of Ur in Mesopotamia (40th century BC); Sumerian hegemony in Mesopotamia, with the invention of writing, base-60 mathematics, astronomy and astrology, civil law, complex hydrology, the sailboat, the wheel, and the potters wheel, 4000... (5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC - other millennia) Events City of Ur in Mesopotamia (40th century BC). ... The Canal du Midi, Toulouse, France Canals are man-made channels for water. ... Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, and parts of eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwest Iran. ... (40th century BC - 39th century BC - 38th century BC - other centuries) (5th millennium BC - 4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC) // Construction in England of the Sweet Track, the Worlds first known engineered roadway. ... The Sweet Track is an ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... (36th century BC - 35th century BC - 34th century BC - other centuries) (5th millennium BC - 4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC) Events ? - Formation of the Sahara Desert 3450 (?) - Stage IId of the Naqada culture in Egypt Significant persons Inventions, discoveries, introductions ? _ Irrigation in Egypt ? - First use of Cuneiform (script) Categories... Toy constructed from plywood. ... The cuneiform script is one of the earliest known forms of written expression. ... Sumer (or Å umer) was the earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East, located in the southern part of Mesopotamia (southeastern Iran) from the time of the earliest records in the mid 4th millennium BC until the rise of Babylonia in the late 3rd millennium BC. The term Sumerian applies... Note: A cart may also be short for cartridge, particularly in the radio industry, where 8_track cartridges (and later CDs and zip drives) were used. ... Sumer (or Å umer) was the earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East, located in the southern part of Mesopotamia (southeastern Iran) from the time of the earliest records in the mid 4th millennium BC until the rise of Babylonia in the late 3rd millennium BC. The term Sumerian applies... (32nd century BC – 31st century BC – 30th century BC – other centuries) (5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC) Events 3000 BC – Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt, and a new capital is erected at Memphis. ... Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area. ... Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro. ... (31st century BC - 30th century BC - 29th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2925 - 2776 BC - First Dynasty wars in Egypt 2900 BC - Beginning of the Early Dynastic Period I in Mesopotamia. ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... Winged sphinx from the palace of Darius the Great at Susa. ... Silk dresses Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. ... In the most general sense of the word, cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. ... A boat is a watercraft designed to float on, and provide transport over, water. ... Look up Noodle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

3rd millennium BC

• 2800 BC: Button in the Indus Valley Civilization
• 2800 BC: Soap in Mesopotamia
• 2600 BC: Chariot in Mesopotamia
• 2600 BC: Artificial sewage system in the Indus Valley Civilization
• 2600 BC: Toilet in the Indus Valley Civilization
• 2500s BC: Flush toilet in the Indus Valley Civilization
• 2560 BC: Pyramid in Egypt (Great Pyramid of Giza)
• 2500 BC: Arch in Mohenjo-daro (Indus Valley Civilization)^[2]
• 2400 BC: Shipyard in Lothal (Indus Valley Civilization)
• 2000 BC: Currency
• Dagger in Near East
• Sickle-sword in Sumer
• Alphabet in Egypt
• Candles in Egypt
• Sledges in Scandinavia

The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age. ... (Redirected from 2800 BC) (29th century BC - 28th century BC - 27th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2775 - 2650 BC - Second Dynasty wars in Egypt 2750 BC - End of the Early Dynastic I Period, and the beginning of the Early Dynastic II... For other uses, see Button (disambiguation). ... Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro. ... This article is about the computer protocol. ... Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, and parts of eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwest Iran. ... (Redirected from 2600 BC) (27th century BC - 26th century BC - 25th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2900 - 2334 BC – Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. ... Hittite chariot (drawing of an Egyptian relief) Approximate historical map of the spread of the chariot, 2000–500 BC. A chariot is a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle. ... Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, and parts of eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwest Iran. ... Urban areas require some method for collection and disposal of sewage. ... Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro. ... Flush toilet. ... Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro. ... (27th century BC - 26th century BC - 25th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2900 - 2334 BC – Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. ... Close coupled cistern type flushing toilet. ... Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro. ... The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age. ... A pyramid is any three-dimensional structure where the upper surfaces are triangular and converge on one point. ... The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and the largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt in Africa ( ). The oldest and only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the World, it is believed to have been constructed over a 20... (Redirected from 2500 BC) (26th century BC - 25th century BC - 24th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2900 - 2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period 2494 BC -- End of Fourth Dynasty, start of Fifth Dynasty in Egypt. ... It has been suggested that Voussoir, Keystone (architecture) be merged into this article or section. ... Mohenjo-daro (literally, mound of the dead), like Harappa, was a city of the Indus Valley civilization. ... Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro. ... (Redirected from 2400 BC) (25th century BC - 24th century BC - 23rd century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2900 - 2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period 2350 BC - End of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in Mesopotamia 2334 - 2279 BC -- Sargon... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Fish ladder and shipyard in Grave, the Netherlands Construction hall of Schichau Seebeck Shipyard, Bremerhaven Gdynia Shipyard Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. ... Ancient Lothal as envisaged by the Archaeological Survey of India. ... Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro. ... (Redirected from 2000 BC) (21st century BC - 20th century BC - 19th century BC - other centuries) (3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) Events 2064 - 1986 BC -- Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt 2000 BC -- Farmers and herders travel south from Ethiopia and settle in Kenya. ... Bold text This article is about the weapon. ... The Near East is a term commonly used by archaeologists, geographers and historians, less commonly by journalists and commentators, to refer to the region encompassing the Levant (modern Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), Turkey, Mesopotamia (Iraq and eastern Syria). ... Khopesh (ko-peÅ¡h) is the name given by the ancient Egyptians to a Canaanite sickle-sword. ... Sumer (or Å umer) was the earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East, located in the southern part of Mesopotamia (southeastern Iran) from the time of the earliest records in the mid 4th millennium BC until the rise of Babylonia in the late 3rd millennium BC. The term Sumerian applies... The history of the alphabet begins in Ancient Egypt, more than a millennium into the history of writing. ... A close-up image of a candle showing the wick and the various regions of the flame. ... For the cricket meaning, see Sledging (cricket) A sled, sledge or sleigh is a vehicle with runners for sliding instead of wheels for rolling. ... Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region centered on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe and includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. ...

2nd millennium BC

• Bronze Age sword in Mesopotamia
• Glass in Egypt
• Rubber in Mesoamerica
• Spoked-wheel chariot: Indo-Iranians
• Water clock in Egypt
• Bells in China
• 1000s BC: Coins in China

The 2nd millennium BC marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. ... three Bronze Age swords (not to scale): from Hajdusamson, Hungary (ca. ... Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, and parts of eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwest Iran. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky colloidal suspension (known as latex) in the sap of several varieties of plants. ... The cultural areas of Mesoamerica Mesoamerica or Meso-America (Spanish: Mesoamérica) was a geographical culture area extending from central Honduras and northwestern Costa Rica on the south, and, in Mexico, from the Soto la Marina River in Tamaulipas and the Rio Fuerte in Sinaloa on the north. ... Ratha ( Sanskrit , Avestan raθa) is the Indo-Iranian term for the spoked-wheel chariot of Antiquity. ... Map of the Sintashta-Petrovka culture (red), its expansion into the Andronovo culture during the 2nd millennium BC, showing the overlap with the BMAC in the south. ... A water clock or clepsydra is a device for measuring time by letting water regularly flow out of a container usually by a tiny aperture. ... A bell is a simple sound-making device. ... David and Saul (1885) by Julius Kronberg. ... A bronze coin (5 Zhu, 五銖) of the Chinese Han Dynasty—circa 1st century BC. An ancient Greek coin, struck under Roman rule, circa 268 AD. The history of coins extends from ancient times to the present. ...

1st millennium BC

• Catapult in China and Near East
• South Pointing Chariot in China
• Differential gear in China
• Stupa in India
• Blowgun in India^[3]
• Iron pellet in India^[3]
• 500s BC: Sugar in India
• 500s BC: Dental bridge in Etruria
• 500s BC: Kite in China
• 500s BC: Trebuchet in China
• 475 BC: Scythed Chariot: Ajatashatru in India
• 400s BC: Plastic surgery: Sushruta in India
• 400s BC: Football: in China
• 350 BC: Water wheel in India^[4]
• 350 BC: Watermill in India^[4]
• 300s 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 (Antikythera mechanism)
• 150s BC: Astrolabe: Hipparchus in Asia Minor
• 100s BC: Big-toe stirrup in India^[5]
• 100s BC: Parchment in Pergamon
• 1st century BC: Glassblowing in Syria
• 1st century BC: Trip hammer in China
• 40 BC: Rolling-element bearing in Roman ship
• Chaturaji in India
• Chaturanga in India
• Xiangqi in China
• Baghdad Battery in Mesopotamia (Iraq)
• Electric battery in Mesopotamia (Iraq)

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(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 6th century BC started on January 1, 600 BC and ended on December 31, 501 BC. // Monument 1, an Olmec colossal head at La Venta The 5th and 6th centuries BC were a time of empires, but more importantly, a time... Prosthodontics is one of the nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association (ADA) and requires 3-4 years of additional formal training in an ADA approved program. ... Extent of Etruscan civilization and the twelve Etruscan League cities. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 6th century BC started on January 1, 600 BC and ended on December 31, 501 BC. // Monument 1, an Olmec colossal head at La Venta The 5th and 6th centuries BC were a time of empires, but more importantly, a time... Yokaichi Giant Kite Festival held on the fourth Sunday every May in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan A man flying a kite on the beach, a good location for flying as winds travelling across the sea contain few up or down draughts which cause kites to fly erratically. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 6th century BC started on January 1, 600 BC and ended on December 31, 501 BC. // Monument 1, an Olmec colossal head at La Venta The 5th and 6th centuries BC were a time of empires, but more importantly, a time... Trebuchet at Château des Baux, France. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC Years: 480 BC 479 BC 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC - 475 BC - 474 BC 473 BC... The scythed chariot was a modified war chariot invented by the Persian emperor Cyrus by at least 401 BC. A scythed chariot was simply a war chariot with a blade mounted on both ends of the axle. ... Ajātashatru (Sanskrit अजातशत्रु; ruled 491-461 BCE) was a king of the Magadha empire that ruled north India. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 5th century BC started on January 1, 500 BC and ended on December 31, 401 BC. // The Parthenon of Athens seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west. ... “Facial reconstruction” redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sushruta Samhita. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 5th century BC started on January 1, 500 BC and ended on December 31, 401 BC. // The Parthenon of Athens seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 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The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. ... Compass in a wooden box A compass (or mariners compass) is a navigational instrument for finding directions on the Earth. ... The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. ... Look up screw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Archytas Archytas (428 BC - 347 BC) was a Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, strategist and commander-in-chief. ... The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. ... 15th century man wearing coat of mail, shield, and armed with a crossbow/arbalest and resting on a pavise. ... The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. ... Pulleys on a ship. ... Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: c. ... The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. ... A modern non-digital odometer A Smiths speedometer from the 1920s showing odometer and trip meter An odometer is a device used for indicating distance traveled by an automobile or other vehicle. ... Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: c. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 2nd century BC started on January 1, 200 BC and ended on December 31, 101 BC. // Coin of Antiochus IV. Reverse shows Apollo seated on an omphalos. ... Gear with escapment mechanism For other uses, see Clockwork (disambiguation). ... The Antikythera mechanism (main fragment). ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC - 150s BC - 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC Years: 159 BC 158 BC 157 BC 156 BC 155 BC 154 BC 153 BC 152 BC... A 16th century astrolabe. ... For the Athenian tyrant, see Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus). ... Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 2nd century BC started on January 1, 200 BC and ended on December 31, 101 BC. // Coin of Antiochus IV. Reverse shows Apollo seated on an omphalos. ... Toes on foot. ... Haniwa horse statuette, complete with saddle and stirrups, 6th century, Kofun period, Japan. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 2nd century BC started on January 1, 200 BC and ended on December 31, 101 BC. // Coin of Antiochus IV. Reverse shows Apollo seated on an omphalos. ... German parchmenter, 1568 Parchment is a material for the pages of a book or codex, made from fine calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. ... Acropolis of Pergamon as seen from above Temple of Trajan at the Acropolis of Pergamon The Asklepeion of Pergamon was the worlds first hospital Pergamon or Pergamum (Greek: Πέργαμος, modern day Bergama in Turkey, ) was an ancient Greek city, in Mysia, north-western Anatolia, 16 miles from the Aegean Sea... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 1st century BC started on January 1, 100 BC and ended on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero. ... Sculpting hot blown glass. ... 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1st millennium

• 50: Mouldboard plough in Gaul
• 100s: Aeolipile : Egypt by Hero of Alexandria
• 100s: Stern mounted rudder in China
• 105: Paper: Cai Lun in China
• 125: Water-powered armillary sphere by Zhang Heng in China
• 132: Rudimentary Seismometer: Zhang Heng in China
• 200s: Wheelbarrow: Zhuge Liang in China
• 200s: Kongming lantern (Hot air balloon)
• 200s: Horseshoes in Germany
• 300: Wootz steel in India
• 300s: Foot stirrup in China
• 300s: Toothpaste in Egypt
• 400s: Horse collar in China
• 500s: Vaccination in China
• 500-1000: Spinning wheel in India^[6]
• 589: Toilet paper in China
• 673: Greek fire: Kallinikos of Heliopolis
• 700: Quill pen
• 700s: Brass astrolabe: Muhammad al-Fazari^[7]
• 721-815: Alembic: Geber^[8]
• 721-815: Distilled alcohol: Geber^[8]
• 721-815: Distilled wine: Geber^[8]
• 725: Clockwork escapement mechanism: Yi Xing of China
• 800-873: Valve: Banū Mūsā^[9]
• 800-873: Float valve: Banū Mūsā^[9]
• 800-873: Feedback controller: Banū Mūsā^[9]
• 800-873: Automatic flute player: Banū Mūsā^[10]
• 800-873: Programmable machine: Banū Mūsā^[10]
• 810-887: Eye glasses: Abbas Ibn Firnas^[11]
• 810-887: Watch: Abbas Ibn Firnas^[11]
• 852: Parachute: Armen Firman
• 865-925: Hard soap: Al-Razi (Rhazes)^[12]
• 875: Hang glider: Abbas Ibn Firnas
• 800s: Injection syringe: Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili of Iraq^[11]
• 800s: Quadrant in Iraq^[13]
• 800s: Windmill in Persia^[14]
• 800s: Kerosene in the Arab Empire^[11]
• 800s: Gunpowder in China
• 953: Fountain pen in Egypt^[15]
• 984: Pound lock in China
• 994: Sextant: Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi^[16]
• 900s: Solid rocket in China
• 900s: Banknote in China
• Fore-and-aft rig in India^[17]
• Lateen in India^[17]
• Shogi in Japan
• Porcelain in China
• Woodblock printing in China
• Prayer wheel: Tibet^[18]
• Shatranj in Persia
• Paned window in the Arab Empire^[19]
• Street lamp in the Arab Empire^[19]

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Stern-mounted steering oar of an Egyptian riverboat depicted in the Tomb of Menna (c. ... Events Roman Empire Trajan starts the second expedition against Dacia. ... A blank sheet of paper Paper is a commodity of thin material produced by the amalgamation of fibers, typically vegetable fibers composed of cellulose, which are subsequently held together by hydrogen bonding. ... Cài Lún (Wade-Giles: Tsai Lun, 蔡倫) (c. ... Events Construction of the Pantheon (Rome) as it stands today by Hadrian. ... Table of Hydraulics and Hydrostatics, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Armillary sphere An armillary sphere (variations known as a spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a model of the celestial sphere, invented by the ancient Greek Eratosthenes in 255 BC. Its name comes from the Latin armilla (circle, bracelet), since it has a skeleton made of graduated metal circles linking... For other uses, see Zhang Heng (disambiguation). ... Events The messianic, charismatic leader Simon bar Kokhba starts a war of liberation against the Romans, which is crushed by emperor Hadrian. ... Seismometers (in Greek seismos = earthquake and metero = measure) are used by seismologists to measure and record the size and force of seismic waves. ... For other uses, see Zhang Heng (disambiguation). ... // Overview Events 212: Constitutio Antoniniana grants citizenship to all free Roman men 212-216: Baths of Caracalla 230-232: Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east 235-284: Crisis of the Third Century shakes Roman Empire 250-538: Kofun era, the first... A common wheelbarrow Older wheelbarrow Wheelbarrows on the Belomorkanal A wheelbarrow is a small one-wheeled, hand-propelled vehicle, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles to the rear. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhuge (諸葛) Zhuge Liang (181 - 234) was one of the greatest Chinese strategists of the Three Kingdoms period, as well as a statesman, engineer, scholar, and inventor. ... // Overview Events 212: Constitutio Antoniniana grants citizenship to all free Roman men 212-216: Baths of Caracalla 230-232: Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east 235-284: Crisis of the Third Century shakes Roman Empire 250-538: Kofun era, the first... The Kongming lantern (Chinese:zh:孔明灯) was the first hot air balloon, said to be invented by Zhuge Liang in popular lore, whose reverent term of address (his Chinese style name) was Kongming. ... Hot air balloon in flight Hot air balloons are the oldest successful human carrying flight technology, dating back to the Montgolfier brothers invention in Annonay, France in 1783. ... Modern horseshoes are most commonly made of iron and nailed onto the hoof. ... Franks penetrate into northern Belgium (approximate date). ... Wootz is a steel characterized by a pattern of bands or sheets of micro carbides within a tempered martensite or pearlite matrix. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... For other uses, see Foot (disambiguation). ... Haniwa horse statuette, complete with saddle and stirrups, 6th century, Kofun period, Japan. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... Modern toothpaste gel Toothpaste is a paste or gel dentifrice used to clean and improve the aesthetic appearance and health of teeth. ... Europe in 450 The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Two horse collars A horse collar is a device used to distribute load around a horses neck, for pulling a wagon or plow. ... The 6th century is the period from 501 - 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Vaccination is the process of administering pathogens that cant reproduce (due to being weakened or dead) to a healthy person or animal, with the intent of conferring immunity against a targeted form of a related disease agent. ... Events Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-British and Celts defeat an Anglo-Saxon army that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex (approximate date; suggested dates range from 490 to 510) Note: This battle may have influenced the legend of King Arthur. ... Europe in 1000 The year 1000 of the Gregorian Calendar was the last year of the 10th century as well as the last year of the first millennium. ... A spinning wheel is a device for making thread or yarn from fibrous material such as wool or cotton. ... Events October 17 - The Adige River overflows its banks, flooding the church of St. ... 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(7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... For other uses, see Brass (disambiguation). ... A 16th century astrolabe. ... Abu abdallah Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari was a Persian philosopher and mathematician. ... Former Byzantine emperor Anastasius II leads a revolt against emperor Leo III Theuderic IV succeeds Chilperic II Battle of Toulouse - Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, the governor Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) is defeated by Duke Odo of Aquitaine preventing an Arab invasion of Gaul. ... Events An iconoclastic synod is held. ... An alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two retorts connected by a tube. ... Jabir ibn Hayyan and Geber were also pen names of an anonymous 14th century Spanish alchemist: see Pseudo-Geber. ... Former Byzantine emperor Anastasius II leads a revolt against emperor Leo III Theuderic IV succeeds Chilperic II Battle of Toulouse - Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, the governor Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) is defeated by Duke Odo of Aquitaine preventing an Arab invasion of Gaul. ... Events An iconoclastic synod is held. ... Laboratory distillation set-up using, without a fractionating column 1: Heat source 2: Still pot 3: Still head 4: Thermometer/Boiling point temperature 5: Condenser 6: Cooling water in 7: Cooling water out 8: Distillate/receiving flask 9: Vacuum/gas inlet 10: Still receiver 11: Heat control 12: Stirrer speed... Functional group of an alcohol molecule. ... Jabir ibn Hayyan and Geber were also pen names of an anonymous 14th century Spanish alchemist: see Pseudo-Geber. ... Former Byzantine emperor Anastasius II leads a revolt against emperor Leo III Theuderic IV succeeds Chilperic II Battle of Toulouse - Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, the governor Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) is defeated by Duke Odo of Aquitaine preventing an Arab invasion of Gaul. ... Events An iconoclastic synod is held. ... Laboratory distillation set-up using, without a fractionating column 1: Heat source 2: Still pot 3: Still head 4: Thermometer/Boiling point temperature 5: Condenser 6: Cooling water in 7: Cooling water out 8: Distillate/receiving flask 9: Vacuum/gas inlet 10: Still receiver 11: Heat control 12: Stirrer speed... A glass of red wine This article is about the alcoholic beverage. ... Jabir ibn Hayyan and Geber were also pen names of an anonymous 14th century Spanish alchemist: see Pseudo-Geber. ... Events Births Deaths Wihtred, king of Kent Categories: 725 ... A simple escapement. ... Yi Xing (Yi-xing) (一行) (683 – 727) was a Chinese astronomer and buddhist monk of the Tang Dynasty. ... Events December 25, Rome, coronation of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) as emperor by Pope Leo III. Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells on the Island of Iona. ... Events Viking raid of Dorestad. ... These water valves are regulated by handles. ... It has been suggested that Ahmad ibn MÅ«sā ibn Shākir be merged into this article or section. ... Events December 25, Rome, coronation of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) as emperor by Pope Leo III. Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells on the Island of Iona. ... Events Viking raid of Dorestad. ... A float valve is a mechanical feedback mechanism that regulates fluid level by using a float to drive an inlet valve such that a higher fluid level will force the valve closed whilst a lower fluid level will force the valve open. ... It has been suggested that Ahmad ibn MÅ«sā ibn Shākir be merged into this article or section. ... Events December 25, Rome, coronation of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) as emperor by Pope Leo III. Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells on the Island of Iona. ... Events Viking raid of Dorestad. ... In engineering and mathematics, control theory deals with the behavior of dynamical systems. ... It has been suggested that Ahmad ibn MÅ«sā ibn Shākir be merged into this article or section. ... Events December 25, Rome, coronation of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) as emperor by Pope Leo III. Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells on the Island of Iona. ... Events Viking raid of Dorestad. ... An automaton (plural: automata) is a self-operating machine. ... The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... It has been suggested that Ahmad ibn MÅ«sā ibn Shākir be merged into this article or section. ... Events December 25, Rome, coronation of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) as emperor by Pope Leo III. 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Abbas Ibn Firnas, or Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas (Unknown- 887 A.D.) was a Spanish-Arab humanitarian, technologist, and chemist. ... 8-10 is also going to be the Toronto Raptors record as of Dec. ... Events Emperor Uda ascends to the throne of Japan Births Deaths September 18 - Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle) Emperor Koko of Japan Categories: 887 ... Russian Poljot Siberia model finished movement viewed through crystal back For other uses, see Watch (disambiguation). ... Abbas Ibn Firnas, or Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas (Unknown- 887 A.D.) was a Spanish-Arab humanitarian, technologist, and chemist. ... Events Boris I Michael succeeds the duumvirate of Malamir and Presian as monarch of Bulgaria. ... The Apollo 15 capsule landed safely despite a parachute failure. ... Armen Firman was a Moor remembered for an attempt at flight in 852 AD. He wrapped himself in a loose cloak stiffened with wooden struts and jumped from a tower in Córdoba, Spain, intending to use the garment as wings on which he could glide. ... Events Ethelred succeeds as king of Wessex (or 866). ... Events Alfonso IV the Monk becomes king of Leon Ha-Mim proclaims himself a prophet among the Ghomara of Morocco Tomislav, duke of the Croatian duchies of Pannonia and Dalmatia, is crowned King of Croatia at Duvno field. ... Soap bar or Soapbar may refer to: A bar of soap, surfactant used in conjunction with water for washing and cleaning. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Events December 29 - Charles the Bald, king of west Danes capture Lindisfarne and arrive in Cambridge. ... Hang gliding is one of the windsports. ... Abbas Ibn Firnas, or Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas (Unknown- 887 A.D.) was a Spanish-Arab humanitarian, technologist, and chemist. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Injection has multiple meanings: In mathematics, the term injection refers to an injective function. ... A syringe nowadays nearly always means a medical syringe, but it can mean any of these: A simple hand-powered piston pump consisting of a plunger that can be pulled and pushed along inside a cylindrical tube (the barrel), which has a small hole on one end, so it can... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Look up Quadrant on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Quadrant can mean: HMS Quadrant (G11), a WW-II British/Australian warship. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... A Dutch tower windmill, sporting sails, surrounded by tulips A windmill is an engine powered by the wind to produce energy, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ... Iran is one of the worlds oldest continuous major civilizations. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Kerosene or paraffin oil (British English, not to be confused with the waxy solid also called paraffin wax or just paraffin) is a flammable hydrocarbon liquid. ... The Arab Empire at its greatest extent The Arab Empire usually refers to the following Caliphates: Rashidun Caliphate (632 - 661) Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750) - Successor of the Rashidun Caliphate Umayyad Emirate in Islamic Spain (750 - 929) Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in Islamic Spain (929 - 1031) Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Black powder was the original gunpowder and practically the only known propellant and explosive until the middle of the 19th century. ... Events First time that Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal appeared in a Roman map. ... A fountain pen is a writing instrument, more specifically a pen, that contains a reservoir of water-based ink that is fed to a nib through a feed via a combination of gravity and capillary action. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Enyu of Japan Emperor Kazan ascends to the throne of Japan Births Deaths Categories: 984 ... A pound lock is type of canal lock which is used almost exclusively today. ... Events Otto III reaches his majority and begins to rule Germany in his own right. ... A sextant is a measuring instrument generally used to measure the angle of elevation of a celestial object above the horizon. ... Abu Mahmud Hamid ibn al-Khidr Al-Khujandi was a Persian (Tajik) astronomer and mathematician who lived in the late 10th century and helped build an observatory near in what is now Ray, Iran near Tehran. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... The Space Shuttle is initially launched with the help of solid-fuel boosters A Solid rocket or a solid fuel rocket is a rocket with a motor that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... A £20 Bank of England banknote. ... A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. ... A vessel (xebec) with three lateens Dhow with lateen sail in bad tack with the sail pressing against the mast, in Mozambique. ... Shogi ), or Japanese chess, is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Yuan Dynasty woodblock edition of a Chinese play For the use of the technique in art, see Woodcut on the technique, and Old master print for the history in Europe and woodblock printing in Japan. ... Prayer wheels bring good luck Prayer wheels in Samye Prayer wheels are called Mani wheels by the Tibetans. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the indigenous home to the Tibetan people. ... Shatranj. ... Iran is one of the worlds oldest continuous major civilizations. ... A paned window is a window that is divided into sections known as panes. ... The Arab Empire at its greatest extent The Arab Empire usually refers to the following Caliphates: Rashidun Caliphate (632 - 661) Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750) - Successor of the Rashidun Caliphate Umayyad Emirate in Islamic Spain (750 - 929) Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in Islamic Spain (929 - 1031) Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258... A roadway light in front of a red sky at night A street light, street lamp, light standard or lamp standard, is a raised source of light on the edge of a road, turned on or lit at a certain time every night. ... The Arab Empire at its greatest extent The Arab Empire usually refers to the following Caliphates: Rashidun Caliphate (632 - 661) Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750) - Successor of the Rashidun Caliphate Umayyad Emirate in Islamic Spain (750 - 929) Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in Islamic Spain (929 - 1031) Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258...

2nd millennium

In the Gregorian calendar, the 2nd millennium commenced on 1 January 1001, and ended at the end of 31 December 2000. ...

11th century

• c. 1000: Pendulum: Ibn Yunus^[20]
• 1000: Ligature: Abu al-Qasim (Abulcasis)
• 1000: Forceps: Abu al-Qasim^[21]
• 1000: Plaster: Abu al-Qasim^[22]
• 1000: Curette: Abu al-Qasim^[23]
• 1000: Retractor: Abu al-Qasim^[23]
• 1000: Scalpel: Abu al-Qasim^[23]
• 1000: Sound: Abu al-Qasim^[23]
• 1000: Surgical needle: Abu al-Qasim^[24]
• 1000: Surgical catgut: Abu al-Qasim
• 1000: Surgical hook: Abu al-Qasim^[23]
• 1000: Surgical rod: Abu al-Qasim^[23]
• 1000: Surgical spoon: Abu al-Qasim^[23]
• c. 1000-1048: Orthographical astrolabe: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī^[25]
• c. 1000-1048: Planisphere: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī^[25]
• c. 1000-1048: Laboratory flask: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī^[26]
• c. 1000-1048: Pycnometer: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī^[26]
• c. 1000-1048: Conical measure: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī^[27]
• 1011-1021: Parabolic mirror: Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen)
• 1011-1021: Pinhole camera: Ibn al-Haytham^[28]
• 1011-1021: Camera obscura: Ibn al-Haytham^[28]
• 1028-1087: Equatorium: Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)^[29]
• 1028-1087: Saphaea: Arzachel
• 1038-1075: Noria with flywheel: Ibn Bassal in Al-Andalus^[30]
• 1041: Movable type printing press: Bi Sheng in China
• 1088: Chain drive: Su Song in China
• 1088: Mechanical clock: Su Song
• 1088: Clock tower: Su Song
• 1088: Magnetic compass descibed by Shen Kuo in China
• 1090: Mechanical belt drive in China
• Mechanical astrolabe: Ibn Samh in Al-Andalus^[31]
• Glass mirror in Al-Andalus^[11]

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Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... Forceps are a hand-held instrument used for grasping and holding objects, similar in concept to tongs, tweezers or pincers. ... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... Gypsum based plaster used in spray fireproofing in a low-rise industrial building in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... Noun A spoon-shaped surgical instrument for cleaning a diseased surface. ... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... Retracting and exposing instruments that are used to hold back or retract organs or tissue to gain exposure to the operative site. ... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... A scalpel is a very sharp knife used for surgery, anatomical dissection, and various arts and crafts. ... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... In medicine, sounds are instruments for probing and dilating passages within the body, the best-known of example of which are urethral sounds. ... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... It has been suggested that suture material be merged into this article or section. ... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... A surgical instrument is a specially designed tool or device for performing specific actions of carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access or viewing it. ... Catgut is the name applied to cord of great toughness and tenacity prepared from the intestines of sheep/goat, or occasionally from those of the hog, horse, mule, pig, and donkey. ... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... Look up Hook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... Rod may mean: Rod (geometry), a straight and slender stick; a wand; a cylinder; hence, any slender bar Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white) Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch Rod (cryptozoology... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... A common silver spoon // A spoon of modern age is also called a james rhoades The English word spoon derives from Old English spōn, meaning chip or splinter of wood or horn carved from a larger piece, shaving, from a Proto-Germanic root spÅ«nuz (cf. ... Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936 - 1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن خلف بن العباس الزهراوي) also known in the West as Abulcasis, was an Andalusian-Arab physician, and scientist. ... Europe in 1000 The year 1000 of the Gregorian Calendar was the last year of the 10th century as well as the last year of the first millennium. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... Orthographic projection (equatorial aspect) of the hemisphere 30W–150E Orthographic projection is a map projection of cartography. ... A 16th century astrolabe. ... (September 15, 973 in Kath, Khwarezm – December 13, 1048 in Ghazni) was a Persian [1][2][3] polymath and scientist of the 11th Century, whose experiments and discoveries were as significant and diverse as those of Leonardo da Vinci or Galileo, five hundred years before the Renaissance; al-Biruni was... A planisphere consists of a circular star chart attached at the center of the starchart to an opaque overlay that has a clear roundish window (or cutout hole) that is free to rotate about the pivot point. ... (September 15, 973 in Kath, Khwarezm – December 13, 1048 in Ghazni) was a Persian [1][2][3] polymath and scientist of the 11th Century, whose experiments and discoveries were as significant and diverse as those of Leonardo da Vinci or Galileo, five hundred years before the Renaissance; al-Biruni was... Erlenmeyer flasks from the Argonne National Laboratory glassblowing shop. ... (September 15, 973 in Kath, Khwarezm – December 13, 1048 in Ghazni) was a Persian [1][2][3] polymath and scientist of the 11th Century, whose experiments and discoveries were as significant and diverse as those of Leonardo da Vinci or Galileo, five hundred years before the Renaissance; al-Biruni was... The pycnometer or pyknometer is a device used for measuring fluid density, also known as a specific gravity bottle. ... (September 15, 973 in Kath, Khwarezm – December 13, 1048 in Ghazni) was a Persian [1][2][3] polymath and scientist of the 11th Century, whose experiments and discoveries were as significant and diverse as those of Leonardo da Vinci or Galileo, five hundred years before the Renaissance; al-Biruni was... A conical measure is a type of laboratory glassware which consists of a conical cup with a notch on the top to allow for the easy pouring of liquids. ... (September 15, 973 in Kath, Khwarezm – December 13, 1048 in Ghazni) was a Persian [1][2][3] polymath and scientist of the 11th Century, whose experiments and discoveries were as significant and diverse as those of Leonardo da Vinci or Galileo, five hundred years before the Renaissance; al-Biruni was... Events Emperor Sanjo ascends to the throne of Japan. ... // Events Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, sixth Fatimid Caliph of Egypt disappears on a trip to al-Muqattam hills. ... A parabolic reflector (also known as a parabolic dish or a parabolic mirror) is a reflective device formed in the shape of a paraboloid of revolution. ... Alhazen Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn Al-Haitham, (965-1040) was a Arab Muslim mathematician; he is sometimes called al-Basri, after his birthplace. ... Principle of a pinhole camera. ... Alhazen Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn Al-Haitham, (965-1040) was a Arab Muslim mathematician; he is sometimes called al-Basri, after his birthplace. ... The camera obscura (Lat. ... Alhazen Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn Al-Haitham, (965-1040) was a Arab Muslim mathematician; he is sometimes called al-Basri, after his birthplace. ... Events November 12 - Dying Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire marries his daughter Zoe of Byzantium to his chosen heir Romanus Argyrus. ... Events May 9 - The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari. ... An Equatorium (plural Equatoria) was a medieval astrometic device used by astronomers. ... For other meanings, see Arzachel (disambiguation) Al-Zarqali (in full Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya Al-Zarqali, Arzachel to Latin Europe), (1028–1087 CE), was a leading Arab mathematician and the foremost astronomer of his time. ... A 16th century astrolabe. ... For other meanings, see Arzachel (disambiguation) Al-Zarqali (in full Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya Al-Zarqali, Arzachel to Latin Europe), (1028–1087 CE), was a leading Arab mathematician and the foremost astronomer of his time. ... Events Independent declaration of Western Xia. ... Events Revolt of the Earls. ... An overshot water wheel standing 42 feet high powers the Old Mill at Berry College in Rome, Georgia A water wheel (also waterwheel, Norse mill, Persian wheel or noria) is a hydropower system; a system for extracting power from a flow of water. ... Spoked flywheel Flywheel from stationary engine. ... Al-Andalus is the Arabic name given the Iberian Peninsula by its Muslim conquerors; it refers to both the Caliphate proper and the general period of Muslim rule (711–1492). ... Events December 10 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. Revolt at Worcester against the naval taxes of Harthacanute. ... A case of cast metal type pieces and typeset matter in a composing stick Movable type is the system of printing and typography using movable pieces of metal type, made by casting from matrices struck by letterpunches. ... The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. ... Pì ShÄ“ng (Wade-Giles selling) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; died 1052) was the inventor of the first know movable type printing system. ... Events Succession of Pope Urban II (1088-1099) Work begins on the third and largest church at Cluny Rebellion of 1088 against William II of England lead by Odo of Bayeux. ... Roller chain and sprocket Mack AC delivery truck at the Petersen Automotive Museum with chain drive visible Chain drive was a popular power transmission system from the earliest days of the automobile. ... Su Song 蘇頌 (1020 – 1101), style Zirong 子容, was a Chinese engineer. ... The massive clock on the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, London (commonly known as Big Ben, although Big Ben is the bell inside - the picture is St Stephens Tower). ... Su Song 蘇頌 (1020 – 1101), style Zirong 子容, was a Chinese engineer. ... Clocktower at Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia A clock tower is a tower built with one or more (often four) clock faces. ... Su Song 蘇頌 (1020 – 1101), style Zirong 子容, was a Chinese engineer. ... In physics, magnetism is a phenomenon by which materials exert an attractive or repulsive force on other materials. ... Compass in a wooden box A compass (or mariners compass) is a navigational instrument for finding directions on the Earth. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shen Shen Kuo or Shen Kua (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (1031–1095 AD) was a polymath Chinese scientist of the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). ... 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Al-Andalus is the Arabic name given the Iberian Peninsula by its Muslim conquerors; it refers to both the Caliphate proper and the general period of Muslim rule (711–1492). ...

12th century

• c. 1100: Framed bead abacus in China
• 1100-1161: Tracheotomy: Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar)^[24]
• 1119: Watertight hull compartment: Zhu Yu in China
• 1121: Steelyard: Al-Khazini^[26]
• 1121: Hydrostatic balance: Al-Khazini^[26]
• 1128: Cannon in China
• 1135-1200: Linear astrolabe: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī^[32]
• 1150: Perpetual motion machine: Bhaskara II in India^[33]

(11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... August 5 - Henry I becomes King of England. ... For the finite element analysis software, see ABAQUS. An abacus (plurals abacuses or abaci) is a calculating tool, often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. ... August 5 - Henry I becomes King of England. ... Events Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... Completed tracheostomy: 1 - Vocal cords 2 - Thyroid cartilage 3 - Cricoid cartilage 4 - Tracheal cartilages 5 - Balloon cuff A tracheotomy or tracheostomy is a surgical procedure performed on the neck to open a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (the windpipe). ... Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar, Abumeron, ibn-Zohr) (1090? - 1162) was an Arab (Spanish-born) physician. ... Events February 2 - Callixtus II becomes Pope August 20 - Henry I of England routes Louis VI at the Battle of Bremule. ... A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship. ... Zhu Yu (Chinese: ; Wade-Giles: Chu Yü) was an author of the Chinese Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD). ... Events Concordat of Worms condemns Pierre Abélards writings on the Holy Trinity. ... The Steelyard, from the German Stalhof, was in the Middle Ages the main trading base of the Hanseatic League in London. ... This article is about a 12th century scientist. ... Events Concordat of Worms condemns Pierre Abélards writings on the Holy Trinity. ... The hydrostatic balance is a balance between the pressure gradient force and the force of gravity in the earths atmosphere. ... This article is about a 12th century scientist. ... Pope Honorius II recognizes and confirms the Order of the Knights Templar. ... Not to be confused with Canon. ... Events January - Byland Abbey founded Stephen of Blois succeeds King Henry I. Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I and widow of Henry V opposed Stephen and claims the throne as her own Owain Gwynedd of Wales defeats the Normans at Crug Mawr. ... Events University of Paris receives charter from Philip II of France The Kanem-Bornu Empire was established in northern Africa around the year 1200 Mongol victory over Northern China — 30,000,000 killed Births Al-Abhari, Persian philosopher and mathematician (died 1265) Ulrich von Liechtenstein, German nobleman and poet (died... A 16th century astrolabe. ... (1135 - 1213) was a Persian mathematician of the Islamic Golden Age (during the Middle Ages). ... Events Åhus, Sweden gains city privileges City of Airdrie, Scotland founded King Sverker I of Sweden is deposed and succeeded by Eric IX of Sweden. ... This article or section should include material from Parallel Path See also Perpetuum mobile as a musical term Perpetual motion machines (the Latin term perpetuum mobile is not uncommon) are a class of hypothetical machines which would produce useful energy in a way science cannot explain (yet). ... Bhaskara (1114-1185), also known as Bhaskara II and Bhaskara Achārya (Bhaskara the teacher), was an Indian mathematician-astronomer. ...

13th century

• 1200: Combination lock: Al-Jazari^[15]
• 1206: Elephant clock: Al-Jazari
• 1206: Weight-driven mechanical clock: Al-Jazari^[15]
• 1206: Hand washing device: Al-Jazari
• 1206: Kitchen appliance: Al-Jazari
• 1206: Cam: Al-Jazari
• 1206: Camshaft: Al-Jazari^[34]
• 1206: Crankshaft: Al-Jazari^[15]
• 1206: Crank mechanism: Al-Jazari^[35]
• 1206: Connecting rod: Al-Jazari^[35]
• 1206: Segmental gear: Al-Jazari^[36]
• 1206: Suction piston pump: Al-Jazari^[37]
• 1206: Reciprocating piston engine: Al-Jazari^[37]
• 1206: Double-acting engine: Al-Jazari^[37]
• 1206: Humanoid robot: Al-Jazari^[38]
• 1206: Programmable robot: Al-Jazari^[38]
• 1275: Torpedo: Hasan al-Rammah of Syria^[39]
• 1297-1298: Wooden movable type printing: Wang Zhen of China
• Condom in Italy
• Sandpaper in China

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Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... Schoolchildren washing their hands before eating lunch. ... Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari (1206 AD) wrote notable books about engineering that are consulted in the history of engineering even today. ... Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... Home appliances are electrical/mechanical appliances which accomplish some household functions, such as cooking or cleaning. ... Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari (1206 AD) wrote notable books about engineering that are consulted in the history of engineering even today. ... Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... monkey ... Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari (1206 AD) wrote notable books about engineering that are consulted in the history of engineering even today. ... Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... Computer animation of a camshaft The camshaft is an apparatus often used in piston engines to operate poppet valves. ... Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari (1206 AD) wrote notable books about engineering that are consulted in the history of engineering even today. ... Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... Crankshaft (red), pistons (gray) in their cylinders (blue), and flywheel (black) Continental engine marine crankshafts, 1942 Components of a typical, four stroke cycle, DOHC piston engine. ... Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari (1206 AD) wrote notable books about engineering that are consulted in the history of engineering even today. ... Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... A crank is a bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. ... Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari (1206 AD) wrote notable books about engineering that are consulted in the history of engineering even today. ... Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... piston (top) and connecting rod from typical automotive engine (scale is in centimetres) Components of a typical, four stroke cycle, DOHC piston engine. ... Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari (1206 AD) wrote notable books about engineering that are consulted in the history of engineering even today. ... Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... Look up segment in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 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Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... Hondas ASIMO, an example of a humanoid robot A humanoid robot is a robot with its overall appearance based on that of the human body. ... Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari (1206 AD) wrote notable books about engineering that are consulted in the history of engineering even today. ... Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... Computer programming (often shortened to programming or coding) is the process of writing, testing, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. ... ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari (1206 AD) wrote notable books about engineering that are consulted in the history of engineering even today. ... // April 22 - The first of the Statutes of Westminster are passed by the English parliament, establishing a series of laws in its 51 clauses, including equal treatment of rich and poor, free and fair elections, and definition of bailable and non-bailable offenses. ... The torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Events 8 January - Monaco gains independence. ... Events July 2 - The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. ... A case of cast metal type pieces and typeset matter in a composing stick Movable type is the system of printing and typography using movable pieces of metal type, made by casting from matrices struck by letterpunches. ... Wáng Zhēn (王禎) (fl. ... A condom is a device, usually made of latex, or more recently polyurethane, that is used during sexual intercourse. ... sheets of sandpaper Sandpaper is a form of paper where an abrasive material has been fixed to its surface; it is part of the coated abrasives family of abrasive products. ...

14th century

• 1350: Suspension bridges in Peru
• Western chess in Italy

This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Events 29 August - An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet in the battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer. ... Inca Rope bridges were simple suspension bridges over canyons and gorges to provide access for the Inca Empire. ... Chess is a recreational and competitive game for two players. ...

15th century

• Arquebus and Rifle in Europe
• 1441: Rain gauge: Jang Yeong-sil
• 1450s: Alphabetic movable type printing press: Johann Gutenberg
• 1451: Concave lens for eyeglasses: Nicholas of Cusa
• 1490 - 1492: Globe "Nürnberg Terrestrial Globe" by German mapmaker Martin Behaim
• 1498: Toothbrush in China

(14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Japanese arquebus of the Edo era (teppo) The arquebus (sometimes spelled harquebus, harkbus[1] or hackbut; possibly related to German Hakenbuechse or Dutch Haakbus) was a primitive firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Treaty of Rome signing ceremony This article gives an account of the history of the continent of Europe. ... This page is about the year 1441. ... Standard Rain Gauge Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge Recorder Close up of a Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge Recorder chart A rain gauge is a type of instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation (as opposed to solid precipitation that is measured by a... Jang Yeong-sil was a Korean scientist and astronomer during the Joseon Dynasty under King Sejong. ... Events and Trends Fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453. ... For other uses, see Alphabet (disambiguation). ... The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... // Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture... A lens. ... Glasses, spectacles, or eyeglasses are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes, sometimes for purely aesthetic reasons but normally for vision correction or eye protection. ... Nicholas of Cusa Nicholas of Cusa (1401– August 11, 1464) was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, a philosopher, jurist, mathematician, and an astronomer. ... Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... Not to be confused with 1492: Conquest of Paradise. ... Antarctica Oceania Africa Asia Europe North America South America Middle East Caribbean Central Asia East Asia North Asia South Asia Southeast Asia SW. Asia Australasia Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia Central America Latin America Northern America Americas C. Africa E. Africa N. Africa Southern Africa W. Africa C. Europe E. Europe N... Martin Behaim (October 6, 1459 – July 29, 1507), or Behem, was a navigator and geographer of great pretensions. ... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Three toothbrushes The toothbrush is an instrument used to clean teeth, consisting of a small brush on a handle. ...

16th century

• c. 1500: Ball bearing: Leonardo Da Vinci
• c. 1500: Scissors: Leonardo Da Vinci
• 1510: Pocket watch: Peter Henlein
• 1540: Ether: Valerius Cordus
• 1551: Steam turbine: Taqi al-Din^[40]
• 1576: Ironclad warship: Oda Nobunaga
• 1582: Gregorian calendar: multiple inventors
• 1589: Stocking frame: William Lee
• 1593: Thermometer: Galileo Galilei
• Musket in Europe
• Pencil in England

(15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A 4 point contact ball bearing A ball bearing is a common type of rolling-element bearing, a kind of bearing. ... The Mona Lisa Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Different types of scissors - sewing, kitchen, paper Scissors are a tool used for cutting thin material which requires little force. ... The Mona Lisa Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. ... Year 1510 (MDX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... A gold pocket watch with hunter case and watch chain A pocket watch (or pocketwatch) usually is a strapless personal timepiece that is carried in a pocket. ... Peter Henlein (1479/1480 - August 1542) from Nuremberg is considered the inventor of the portable watch. ... Year 1540 was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... This article is about the chemical compound. ... Valerius Cordus (18 February 1515 – 25 September 1544) was a German physician and botanist who authored one of the greatest pharmacopoeias and one of the most celebrated herbals in history. ... Year 1551 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into useful mechanical work. ... Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Maruf al-Shami al-Asadi (Arabic: تقي الدين محمد بن معروف الشامي السعدي) (c. ... Events May 5 - Peace of Beaulieu or Peace of Monsieur (after Monsieur, the Duc dAnjou, brother of the King, who negotiated it). ... For pre-modern armoured ships, see Pre-industrial armoured ships. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Gregorian Calendar switch: Year 1582 involved conversion to the Gregorian calendar. ... The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ... The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ... Events Rebellion of the Catholic League against King Henry III of France, in revenge for his murder of Duke Henry of Guise. ... A stocking frame was a mechanical knitting machine used in the textiles industry. ... William Lee may refer to: Sir William Lee (judge) (1688-1754), British judge William Lee (diplomat) (1756-1795), American diplomat William Henry Lee (1799–1878), Canadian civil servant William Henry Fitzhugh Rooney Lee (1837-1891), American general and congressman William Harold Lee (1884-1971), American theater designer and architect William... Events May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. ... It has been suggested that List of temperature sensors be merged into this article or section. ... Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who is closely associated with the scientific revolution. ... Muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk. ... The Treaty of Rome signing ceremony This article gives an account of the history of the continent of Europe. ... This article is about the handwriting instrument. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130...

17th century

• 1608: Telescope: Hans Lippershey
• 1609: Microscope: Galileo Galilei
• 1620: Slide rule: William Oughtred
• 1623: Automatic calculator: Wilhelm Schickard
• 1631: Vernier scale: Pierre Vernier
• 1633: Rocket aircraft: Lagari Hasan Çelebi^[39]
• 1642: Adding machine: Blaise Pascal
• 1643: Barometer: Evangelista Torricelli
• 1645: Vacuum pump: Otto von Guericke
• 1657: Pendulum clock: Christiaan Huygens
• 1672: Steam car: Ferdinand Verbiest^[41][42]

• 1679: Pressure cooker: Denis Papin
• 1698: Steam engine: Thomas Savery
• 1700: Piano: Bartolomeo Cristofori

(16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Events March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen. ... A telescope (from the Greek tele = far and skopein = to look or see; teleskopos = far-seeing) is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects. ... Hans Lippershey (1570–September 1619) was a Dutch lensmaker. ... // Events April 4 – King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 – Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. ... Robert Hookes microscope (1665) - an engineered device used to study living systems. ... Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who is closely associated with the scientific revolution. ... Year 1620 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... A typical 10 inch student slide rule (Pickett N902-T simplex trig). ... William Oughtred William Oughtred (March 5, 1575 – June 30, 1660) was an English mathematician. ... Year 1623 (MDCXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... A calculator is a device for performing numerical calculations. ... Wilhelm Schickard Wilhelm Schickard (April 22, 1592 – October 23, 1635) was a German polymath who built the first computer in 1623. ... // Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ... “Vernier” redirects here. ... Pierre Vernier (1580–1637) was a French mathematician and instrument inventor. ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... A Soyuz rocket, at Baikanur launch pad. ... Look up aircraft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lagari Hasan Çelebi is considered the first person to have flown. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... adding machine Older adding machine. ... Blaise Pascal (pronounced ), (June 19, 1623–August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... A barometer is an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure. ... Evangelista Torricelli portrayed on the frontpage of Lezioni dEvangelista Torricelli. ... // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ... The Roots blower is one example of a vacuum pump A vacuum pump is a pump that removes gas molecules from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum. ... Otto von Guericke Otto von Guericke (originally spelled Gericke) [] (November 20, 1602 – May 11, 1686 (Julian calendar); November 30, 1602 – May 21, 1686 (Gregorian calendar)) was a German scientist, inventor, and politician. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ... A pendulum clock uses a pendulum as its time base. ... Christiaan Huygens (pronounced in English (IPA): ; in Dutch: ) (April 14, 1629 – July 8, 1695), was a Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist; born in The Hague as the son of Constantijn Huygens. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... The 1923 Stanley Steam Car A steam car is a car powered by a steam engine. ... Father Ferdinand Verbiest (October 9, 1623-January 28, 1688) was a Belgian Jesuit missionary in China. ... Events January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. ... Pressure cooking is a method of cooking things at high heat without boiling them. ... Denis Papin Denis Papin (22 August 1647 - c. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ... Thomas Savery (c. ... Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 - January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor of the piano. ...

18th century

• 1701: Seed drill: Jethro Tull
• 1709: Iron smelting using coke: Abraham Darby I
• 1712: Steam piston engine: Thomas Newcomen
• 1710: Thermometer: René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
• 1711: Tuning fork: John Shore
• 1714: Mercury thermometer: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
• 1733: Flying shuttle: John Kay
• 1742: Franklin stove: Benjamin Franklin
• 1750: Flatboat: Jacob Yoder
• 1752: Lightning rod: Benjamin Franklin
• 1759: Shampoo: Sake Dean Mahomet of Bengal
• 1764: Spinning jenny: James Hargreaves/Thomas Highs
• 1767: Carbonated water: Joseph Priestley
• 1769: Water frame: Richard Arkwright/Thomas Highs
• 1769: Steam car: Nicolas Cugnot
• 1775: Submarine Turtle: David Bushnell
• 1776: Steamboat: Claude de Jouffroy
• 1777: Card teeth making machine: Oliver Evans
• 1777: Circular saw: Samuel Miller
• 1779: Spinning mule: Samuel Crompton
• 1780s: Iron rocket: Tipu Sultan of India
• 1783: Parachute: Jean Pierre Blanchard
• 1783: Hot air balloon: Montgolfier brothers
• 1784: Bifocals: Benjamin Franklin
• 1784: Argand lamp: Ami Argand
• 1784: Shrapnel shell: Henry Shrapnel
• 1785: Power loom: Edmund Cartwright
• 1785: Automatic flour mill: Oliver Evans
• 1786: Threshing machine: Andrew Meikle
• 1791: Artificial teeth: Nicholas Dubois De Chemant
• 1793: Cotton gin: Eli Whitney
• 1793: Optical telegraph: Claude Chappe
• 1798: Vaccination: Edward Jenner
• 1798: Lithography: Alois Senefelder
• 1799: Seeding machine: Eliakim Spooner

(17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Seeder redirects here. ... Jethro Tull Jethro Tull (born March 1672 in Basildon, Berkshire; died 21 February 1741 in Shalbourne, Berkshire (now Wiltshire)) was an English agricultural pioneer during the Industrial Revolution and the Agricultural Revolution. ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Standard atomic weight 55. ... Electric phosphate smelting furnace in a TVA chemical plant (1942) Chemical reduction, or smelting, is a form of extractive metallurgy. ... Coke Coke is a solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal. ... Abraham Darby (c. ... // Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ... Animation of a schematic Newcomen steam engine. ... Thomas Newcomen (baptised 24 February 1664; died 5 August 1729) was an ironmonger by trade, and a Baptist lay preacher by calling. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... It has been suggested that List of temperature sensors be merged into this article or section. ... René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur. ... 1711 (MDCCXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... A tuning fork is a simple metal two-pronged fork with the tines formed from a U-shaped bar of elastic material (usually steel). ... John Shore was the inventor of the tuning fork. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... A mercury-in-glass thermometer is a thermometer consisting of mercury, in a glass tube. ... Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, also called Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (May 24, 1686 - September 16, 1736), was a physicist and an engineer, who most of his life worked in Netherlands and for whom the Fahrenheit scale of temperature is named. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... The flying shuttle was developed by John Kay in 1733, and was one of the key developments in weaving that helped fuel the Industrial Revolution. ... The Memorial to John Kay in Bury, Lancashire, England John Kay (June 17, 1704 – 1780) was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... A Flatboat is a boat with a flat bottom and has square ends. ... YODER, Jacob, pioneer, born in Reading, Pennsylvania. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... An example of a standard, pointed-tip air terminal A lightning rod (or lightning protector) is a metal strip or rod, usually of copper or similar conductive material, used as part of lightning safety to protect tall or isolated structures (such as the roof of a building or the mast... Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sake Dean Mahomet (or Mahomed; Shaykh Din Muhammad in Arabic ) (1759-1851) is thought to have been the first native East Indian to have written a book in the English language. ... Bengal (Bengali: বঙ্গ Bôngo, বাংলা Bangla, বঙ্গদেশ Bôngodesh or বাংলাদেশ Bangladesh), is a historical and geographical region in the northeast of South Asia. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, Germany The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning wheel. ... James Hargreaves (1720 – 22 April 1778) was a weaver, carpenter, and an inventor in Lancashire, England. ... A drawing of Thomas Highs spinning jenny, taken from Edward Bainess History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain Thomas Highs (1718 – 1803) was a talented English reed-maker and inventor known for his creation of the spinning jenny, the throstle (a machine for the continuous twisting and winding... Effervescence from soda. ... Joseph Frederick Priestley is often credited for the discovery of oxygen. ... The water frame is an extension of the spinning frame; both of which are credited to Richard Arkwright. ... Richard Arkwright Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an Englishman credited with the spinning frame — later renamed the water frame following the transition to water power. ... A drawing of Thomas Highs spinning jenny, taken from Edward Bainess History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain Thomas Highs (1718 – 1803) was a talented English reed-maker and inventor known for his creation of the spinning jenny, the throstle (a machine for the continuous twisting and winding... The 1923 Stanley Steam Car A steam car is a car powered by a steam engine. ... Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (25 September 1725 - 2 October 1804) was a French inventor who built what may have been the worlds first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile. ... Year 1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ... A cross-section sketch of Bushnells Turtle. ... A cross-section sketch of Bushnells Turtle. ... Year 1776 (MDCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Paddle steamers — Lucerne, Switzerland. ... Claude-François-Dorothée, marquis de Jouffroy dAbbans (1751-1832) is claimed by the French as the first inventor of the steamboat. ... Year 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Carding Llama hair Carding is the processing of brushing raw or washed fibers to prepare them as textiles. ... Oliver Evans Oliver Evans (13 September 1755 – 15 April 1819) was a United States inventor. ... Invented in England in 1780, the circular saw (also known as the buzz saw in the USA) is a metal disc or blade with saw teeth on the edge as well as the machine that causes the disk to spin. ... Samuel Freeman Miller (April 5, 1816 - October 13, 1890), was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1862-1890. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The spinning mule was created by Samuel Crompton. ... Samuel Crompton (December 3, 1753 – June 26, 1827), English inventor, was born at Firwood, in Bolton, Lancashire. ... Nothing much really happened in the 1780s only that Mary-Anne Tobin was hung in public for wearing a flase beard and voting. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Standard atomic weight 55. ... A Soyuz rocket, at Baikanur launch pad. ... Portrait of Tippu Sultan, 1792 Tippu (Tips) Sultan (full name Sultan Fateh Ali Tippu), also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November 20, 1750, Devanahalli – May 4, 1799, Srirangapattana), was the first son of Haidar Ali by his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-nissa. ... The Apollo 15 capsule landed safely despite a parachute failure. ... Jean-Pierre Blanchard (aka Jean Pierre François Blanchard), (7 July 1753 – 7 March 1809) was a French inventor, most remembered a pioneer in aviation and ballooning. ... Balloons, like greeting cards or flowers, are given for special occasions. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Bifocals are eyeglasses whose corrective lenses each contain regions with two distinct optical powers. ... Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ... The Argand lamp was invented and patented in 1780 by Aimé Argand . ... Aimé Argand (July 5, 1750-1803) was Swiss physicist and chemist. ... Shrapnel, in the strict sense, is shot deliberately included in a landmine or shell intended to be scattered by the explosion. ... Henry Shrapnel (1761 - March 13, 1842) was a British Army officer and inventor Henry Shrapnel was born in Wiltshire, England. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Some of the 1200 power looms at the Plevna factory building, completed in 1877, at the Finlayson & Co cotton mills in Tampere, Finland The power loom was designed in 1784 by Edward Cartwright and first built in 1785. ... Edmund Cartwright Edward (Edmund) Cartwright (April 24, 1743 in Marnham, Nottinghamshire – October 30, 1823 in Hastings, Sussex) was an English clergyman and inventor of the power loom. ... A method of production which embodies groups of workers repeating the same procedures of production along a line over which the product is moved and gradually completed. ... Oliver Evans Oliver Evans (13 September 1755 – 15 April 1819) was a United States inventor. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The thrashing machine, or, in modern spelling, threshing machine (or simply thresher), was a machine first invented by Scottish mechanical engineer Andrew Meikle for use in agriculture. ... Andrew Meikle (1719- 27 November 1811) was an early mechanical engineer credited with, in about 1786, inventing (though some say he only improved on an earlier design) the threshing machine (used for removing the outer husks from grains of wheat, etc; occasionally also known as a thrashing machine), regarded as... Upper jaw dentures Dentures, or, more accurately, removable complete dentures are full-mouth false teeth, which are used when a patient has no teeth left on either the mandibular arch, the maxillary arch, or both. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Cotton gin A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates the cotton fibers from the seedpods and the sometimes sticky seeds. ... Eli Whitney Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765–January 8, 1825) was an American inventor. ... The optical telegraph preceded the electrical telegraph. ... Claude Chappe Claude Chappe (December 25, 1763 – January 23, 1805) was a French inventor who in 1792 demonstrated a practical semaphore system that eventually spanned all of France. ... Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Vaccination is the process of administering pathogens that cant reproduce (due to being weakened or dead) to a healthy person or animal, with the intent of conferring immunity against a targeted form of a related disease agent. ... Portrait of Edward Jenner Edward Jenner, FRS, (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English country doctor who studied nature and his natural surroundings from childhood and practiced medicine in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. ... Lithography stone and mirror-image print of a map of Munich. ... Alois Senefelder (November 6, 1771 _ February 26, 1834) was a German inventor. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... “Seeder” redirects here. ...

19th century

Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1800s

• 1801: Jacquard loom: Joseph Marie Jacquard
• 1802: Screw propeller steamboat Phoenix: John Stevens
• 1802: Gas stove: Zachäus Andreas Winzler
• 1804: Locomotive: Richard Trevithick
• 1805: Submarine Nautilus: Robert Fulton
• 1807: Steamboat Clermont: Robert Fulton
• 1808: Band saw: William Newberry
• 1809: Arc lamp: Humphry Davy

// Invention of the Jacquard loom in 1801. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Jacquard loom on display at Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, England The Jacquard loom is a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801, which used the holes punched in pasteboard punch cards to control the weaving of patterns in fabric. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... --69. ... Paddle steamers — Lucerne, Switzerland. ... The Pheonix, built by John Stevens in 1807, was the first steamboat to sail the open ocean. ... Col. ... A stove is a heat-producing device. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Great Western Railway No. ... Richard Trevithick Richard Trevithick (April 13, 1771 – April 22, 1833) was a British inventor, engineer and builder of the first working railway steam locomotive. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ... Nautilus was the first practical submarine, commissioned by Napoleon and designed by the American inventor Robert Fulton, then living in France. ... Robert Fulton Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was a U.S. engineer and inventor, who was widely credited with developing the first steam-powered ship marked as a commercial success. ... Year 1807 (MDCCCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Paddle steamers — Lucerne, Switzerland. ... Clermont is the name of several places in the United States of America: Clermont, Florida Clermont, Georgia Clermont, Indiana Clermont, Iowa Clermont, New York Clermont County, Ohio Clermont is the name of several communes in France: Clermont, in the Ariège département Clermont, in the Haute-Savoie département... Robert Fulton Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was a U.S. engineer and inventor, who was widely credited with developing the first steam-powered ship marked as a commercial success. ... Year 1808 (MDCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Large resaw blades used in a sawmill. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... 15 kW Xenon short-arc lamp. ... Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and physicist. ...

1810s

• 1812: Metronome: Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel
• 1814: Steam Locomotive (Blücher): George Stephenson
• 1816: Miner's safety lamp: Humphry Davy
• 1816: Metronome: Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (reputed)
• 1816: Stirling engine: Robert Stirling
• 1816: Stethoscope: Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec
• 1817: Draisine or velocipede (two-wheeled): Karl Drais
• 1817: Kaleidoscope: David Brewster

Events and Trends End of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe (1803 - 1815). ... For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting... A mechanical wind-up metronome in motion A digital metronome set to pulse at four beats per measure at a tempo of 130 BPM A metronome is a device that produces a regulated pulse, usually used to keep a beat steady in musical compositions. ... Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel (1780 - 1826) Dietrich Winkel was born in Amsterdam in 1780. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Great Western Railway No. ... A 19th Century engraving of the Blucher This article is about the locomotive Blücher. See also Blücher Blücher was an early railway locomotive built in 1814 by George Stephenson for Killingworth Colliery. ... George Stephenson George Stephenson For the British politician, see George Stevenson. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Davy lamp The Davy lamp is a candle containing safety lamp devised in 1815 by Humphry Davy. ... Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and physicist. ... A mechanical wind-up metronome in motion A digital metronome set to pulse at four beats per measure at a tempo of 130 BPM A metronome is a device that produces a regulated pulse, usually used to keep a beat steady in musical compositions. ... Johann Nepomuk Mälzel (August 15, 1772 - July 21, 1838) was an inventor, engineer, and showman, best known for manufacturing a metronome and several music automatons, and displaying a fraudulent chess machine. ... Cut away diagram of a Rhombic Drive Beta Stirling Engine Design Pink - Hot cylinder wall, Dark grey - Cold cylinder wall (with coolant inlet and outlet pipes in Yellow), Dark Green - Thermal insulation separating the two cylinder ends, Light Green - Displacer piston, Dark Blue - Power piston, Light Blue - Flywheels, Not Shown... Reverend Dr Robert Stirling The Reverend Dr Robert Stirling (October 25, 1790 - June 6, 1878) was a Scottish clergyman, and inventor of a highly efficient heat engine. ... Stethoscope The stethoscope (Greek στηθοσκόπιο, of στήθος, stéthos - chest and σκοπή, skopé - examination) is an acoustic medical device for auscultation, or listening, to internal sounds in a human or animal body. ... René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (February 17, 1781- August 13, 1826), French physician; inventor of the stethoscope. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A draisine is a light auxiliary rail vehicle or trolley. ... The velocipede was the predecessor of the bicycle, a human-powered vehicle introduced in the Victorian age. ... Karl Drais (April 29, 1785 – December 10, 1851) was a German inventor and invented the Laufmaschine (running machine), also later called the velocipede, draisine (English) or draisienne (French), or most often, dandy horse. ... A toy kaleidoscope tube Pattern as seen through a kaleidoscope tube Pattern as seen through a kaleidoscope tube Pattern as seen through a kaleidoscope tube The kaleidoscope is a tube of mirrors containing, loose coloured beads or pebbles, or other small coloured objects. ... David Brewster Sir David Brewster, (December 11, 1781 – February 10, 1868) was a Scottish scientist. ...

1820s

• 1821: Electric motor: Michael Faraday
• 1823: Electromagnet: William Sturgeon
• 1824: Portland cement: William Aspdin
• 1826: Photography: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
• 1826: Internal combustion engine: Samuel Morey
• 1827: Screw propeller: Josef Ressel
• 1827: Friction match: John Walker

Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade: Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence (1821-1827). ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Rotating magnetic field as a sum of magnetic vectors from 3 phase coils An electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. ... Michael Faraday, FRS (September 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of that time) who contributed significantly to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by a flow of electric current. ... William Sturgeon (May 22, 1783 - December 4, 1850) was an English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnets. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Sampling fast set Portland cement Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general usage, as it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar and plaster. ... William Aspdin (23 September 1815 — 1864[1]) was a British cement manufacturer, and a pioneer of the Portland cement industry. ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or sensor. ... Nicéphore Niépces earliest surviving photograph, circa 1826 Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (March 7, 1765 – July 5, 1833) was a French inventor, most noted as a pioneer in photography. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Samuel Morey (October 23, 1762 - April 17, 1843), American inventor, invented the internal combustion engine and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents. ... A propeller can be seen as a rotating fin in water or a wing in air. ... Josef Ludvík František Ressel (in Czech) or Joseph Ludwig Franz Ressel (in German) or Josip Ressel (in Slovenian and Croatian) (June 29, 1793- October 9, 1857) was a Bohemian forest warden and the inventor of the ships propeller. ... An igniting match A match is a consumable tool for producing fire under controlled circumstances on demand. ... John Walker was an English chemist from Stockton-on-Tees, who in 1826 accidentally invented the friction match by mixing potash and antimony. ...

1830s

• 1830: Lawn mower: Edwin Beard Budding
• 1830: Stenotype on punched paper strip: Karl Drais
• 1831: Multiple coil magnet: Joseph Henry
• 1831: Magnetic acoustic telegraph: Joseph Henry (patented 1837)
• 1831: Reaper: Cyrus McCormick
• 1831: Electrical generator: Michael Faraday, Ányos Jedlik
• 1834: The Hansom cab is patented
• 1834: Louis Braille perfects his Braille system
• 1834: Refrigerator: Jacob Perkins
• 1834: Combine harvester: Hiram Moore
• 1835: Revolver: Samuel Colt
• 1835: Morse code: Samuel Morse
• 1835: Electromechanical Relay: Joseph Henry
• 1835: Incandescent light bulb: James Bowman Lindsay
• 1836: Samuel Colt receives a patent for the Colt revolver (February 24)
• 1836: Sewing machine: Josef Madersberger
• 1837: US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport (February 25)
• 1837: Steel plow: John Deere
• 1837: Standard diving dress: Augustus Siebe
• 1837: Camera Zoom Lens: Jozef Maximilián Petzval
• 1837: Magnetic telegraph: Samuel Morse
• 1838: Electric telegraph: Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)
• 1838: closed diving suit with a helmet: Augustus Siebe
• 1839: Vulcanization of rubber: Charles Goodyear

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Karl Drais (April 29, 1785 – December 10, 1851) was a German inventor and invented the Laufmaschine (running machine), also later called the velocipede, draisine (English) or draisienne (French), or most often, dandy horse. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The multiple-coil magnet was invented by Joseph Henry in 1831. ... Joseph Henry Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 – May 13, 1878) was a Scottish-American scientist. ... Optical Telegraf of Claude Chappe on the Litermont near Nalbach, Germany Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele (τηλε) = far and graphein (γραφειν) = write) is the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally by changing something that could be observed from a distance (optical telegraphy). ... Joseph Henry Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 – May 13, 1878) was a Scottish-American scientist. ... REAPER (Rapid Environment for Audio Prototyping and Efficient Recording) is a Digital Audio Workstation created by Cockos. ... Cyrus McCormick Cyrus McCormick (February 15, 1809 - May 13, 1884) of Virginia was an Irish American farmer, inventor, businessman, marketer and newspaper editor. ... “Dynamo” redirects here. ... Michael Faraday, FRS (September 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of that time) who contributed significantly to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. ... photo of Jedlik Anyos Jedlik (Hungarian Jedlik István Ányos, Slovak Å tefan Anián Jedlík) (January 11, 1800, SzimÅ‘ – December 13, 1895, GyÅ‘r, Hungary) was a Hungarian inventor, engineer, physicist, and Roman Catholic priest of Slovak origin. ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A Hansom cab adding character to the filming of a costume drama. ... Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 – January 6, 1852) was the inventor of braille[1], a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. ... Braille code where the word (, French for first) can be read. ... “Freezer” redirects here. ... Jacob Perkins (9th July 1766 - 30th July 1849) was an American inventor and physicist born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was apprenticed to a goldsmith. ... A postage stamp of a combine honors Russian agriculture. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... rEVOLVEr (2004) is the fourth studio album release by Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ... Samuel Colt (19th century engraving) Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. ... 1922 Chart of the Morse Code Letters and Numerals Morse code is a method for transmitting telegraphic information, using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters, numerals, punctuation and special characters of a message. ... Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse by Mathew Brady, between 1855 and 1865 Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor, and painter of portraits and historic scenes; he is most famous for inventing the electric telegraph and Morse code. ... Automotive style miniature relay A relay is an electrical switch that opens and closes under the control of another electrical circuit. ... Joseph Henry Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 – May 13, 1878) was a Scottish-American scientist. ... An incandescent lamp bulb and its glowing filament. ... James Bowman Lindsay (September 8, 1799 - June 29, 1862) was born in Carmyllie near Arbroath in Angus, Scotland and educated at St. ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Samuel Colt (19th century engraving) Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. ... Rampant Colt—The original logo of Colts Firearms Colts Manufacturing Company is a firearms manufacturer founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1847 by Samuel Colt in order to produce revolvers, which Colt held the patent on, during the Mexican-American War. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... A modern machine (Singer Symphonie 300) A sewing machine is a mechanical (or electromechanical) device that joins fabric using thread. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Davenport (b. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Deere the steel plow was awsome it was invented by John Deere and it was a major invention b/c the plow before would get stuck in the tough sod, so when he came out with the plow it just slid right through the dirt. ... mike weaver is the coolest kid ever plus alek John Deere For information on the John Deere manufacturing company, please see the Deere & Company article. ... Hardhat diver entering water at Stoney Cove, England A standard diving dress consists of a metallic (copper, brass or bronze) diving helmet, an airline or hose from a surface supplied diving air pump, a canvas diving suit and boots. ... Augustus Siebe (1788-1872) was a German chiefly known for his contributions to diving equipment. ... A Canon Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The electrical telegraph is a telegraph that uses electric signals. ... Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse by Mathew Brady, between 1855 and 1865 Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor, and painter of portraits and historic scenes; he is most famous for inventing the electric telegraph and Morse code. ... Optical Telegraf of Claude Chappe on the Litermont near Nalbach, Germany Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele (τηλε) = far and graphein (γραφειν) = write) is the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally by changing something that could be observed from a distance (optical telegraphy). ... Charles Wheatstone Sir Charles Wheatstone (February 6, 1802 - October 19, 1875) was the British inventor of many innovations including the English concertina the Stereoscope an early form of microphone the Playfair cipher (named for Lord Playfair, the person who publicized it) He was a major figure in the development of... Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse by Mathew Brady, between 1855 and 1865 Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor, and painter of portraits and historic scenes; he is most famous for inventing the electric telegraph and Morse code. ... Augustus Siebe (1788-1872) was a German chiefly known for his contributions to diving equipment. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Vulcanization refers to a specific curing process of rubber involving high heat and the addition of sulfur. ... Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky colloidal suspension (known as latex) in the sap of several varieties of plants. ... Charles Goodyear, as illustrated in an 1891 Scientific American article Charles Spencer Goodyear (December 29, 1800 - July 1, 1860) was the first American to vulcanize rubber, a process which he discovered in 1839 and patented on June 15, 1844. ...

1840s

• 1840: Screw-propelled frigate, USS Princeton: John Ericsson
• 1840: artificial fertilizer: Justus von Liebig
• 1842 Superphosphate fertilizer: John Bennett Lawes
• 1842: Morse Code: Samuel Morse
• 1842: Anaesthesia: Crawford Long
• 1843: Typewriter: Charles Thurber
• 1843: Fax machine: Alexander Bain
• 1843: Ice cream maker: Nancy Johnson
• 1845: Pneumatic tyre: Robert Thomson (inventor)
• 1846: Sewing machine: Elias Howe
• 1846: Rotary printing press: Richard M. Hoe
• 1849: Safety pin: Walter Hunt
• 1849: Francis turbine: James B. Francis
• 1849: Telephone: Antonio Meucci

// Events and Trends Technology First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the bird, see Frigatebird. ... The first Princeton was the first screw steam warship in the United States Navy. ... John Ericsson (1803-1889) This article is about John Ericsson, the Swedish and American inventor. ... Spreading manure, an organic fertilizer Fertilizers (British English fertilisers) are compounds given to plants to promote growth; they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar feeding, for uptake through leaves. ... Freiherr Justus von Liebig (May 12, 1803 in Darmstadt, Germany – April 18, 1873 in Munich, Germany) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and worked on the organization of organic chemistry. ... Superphosphate is a fertiliser produced by the action of concentrated Sulphuric Acid on ground phosphate rock. ... Caricature from Vanity Fair, 8 July 1882 Sir John Bennet Lawes (December 28, 1814–August 31, 1900) was an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. ... 1922 Chart of the Morse Code Letters and Numerals Morse code is a method for transmitting telegraphic information, using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters, numerals, punctuation and special characters of a message. ... Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse by Mathew Brady, between 1855 and 1865 Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor, and painter of portraits and historic scenes; he is most famous for inventing the electric telegraph and Morse code. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Anesthesia (AE), also anaesthesia (BE), is the process of blocking the perception of pain and other sensations. ... Crawford Long. ... Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ... A Samsung fax machine Fax (short for facsimile, from Latin fac simile, make similar, i. ... Alexander Bain (October 1811 – January 2, 1877), was a Scottish instrument inventor, technician, and clockmaker. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ... Nancy Johnson was an American woman who invented the hand-cranked ice cream maker in 1843. ... Firestone tire A tire (US spelling) or tyre (UK spelling) is a roughly toroidal piece of (usually) rubber placed on a wheel to cushion it. ... Robert William Thomson is also an Australian journalist. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A modern machine (Singer Symphonie 300) A sewing machine is a mechanical (or electromechanical) device that joins fabric using thread. ... Media:Example. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Richard March Hoe (September 12, 1812-June 7, 1886) was an American inventor who designed an improved printing press. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A safety pin. ... Walter Hunt (1796 - 1859) was an American mechanic, who lived and worked in New York State. ... Francis turbine (courtsey Voith-Siemens). ... James Bicheno Francis (May 18, 1815 – September 18, 1892) was a British-American engineer. ... A Timeline of the history of the telephone. ... Antonio Meucci. ...

1850s

• 1852: Airship: Henri Giffard
• 1852: Passenger elevator: Elisha Otis
• 1852: Gyroscope: Léon Foucault
• 1855: Bunsen burner: Robert Bunsen
• 1855: Bessemer process: Henry Bessemer
• 1856: Celluloid: Alexander Parkes
• 1858: Undersea telegraph cable: Fredrick Newton Gisborne
• 1858: Mason jar: John L. Mason
• 1859: Oil drill: Edwin L. Drake
• 1859: Lead acid battery: Gaston Plante

// Production of steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship or dirigible is a buoyant lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ... Henri Giffard (1825-1882) was a French engineer who invented the injector and the powered airship with a steam engine weighing over 400 lbs. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Elevator surfing. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A gyroscope For other uses, see Gyroscope (disambiguation). ... J. B. Léon Foucault Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (18 September 1819–11 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earths rotation. ... Year 1855 (MDCCCLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A bunsen burner with needle valve. ... Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (born 31 March 1811 in Göttingen, died 16 August 1899 in Heidelberg) was a German chemist. ... Bessemer converter, schematic diagram The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. ... Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) Sir Henry Bessemer (January 19, 1813 – March 15, 1898), English engineer and inventor, was born at Charlton near Hitchin in Hertfordshire. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Celluloid is the name of a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents, generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic. ... The first Celluloids were invented in Birmingham England by Alexander Parkes although he did not live to see their full impact on film. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A submarine communications cable is a cable laid beneath the sea to carry telecommunications between countries. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... John Landis Mason (1826 - February 1902) was a native of Philadelphia, a tinsmith and the patentee of the metal screw-on lid for fruit jars that have come to be known as Mason jars. ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... An oil well is a laymans term for any perforation through the Earths surface designed to find and release both petroleum oil and gas hydrocarbons. ... Edwin Laurentine Colonel Drake (1819-1880), an American oil driller, is popularly credited with having discovered oil. ... Lead-acid batteries, invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté, are the most commonly used rechargeable batteries today. ... Gaston Planté (1834-1889) was a French physicist who invented a rechargeable electric battery in 1859. ...

1860s

• 1860: Linoleum: Fredrick Walton
• 1860: Repeating rifle: Oliver F. Winchester, Christopher Spencer
• 1860: Self-propelled torpedo: Giovanni Luppis
• 1861: Ironclad USS Monitor: John Ericsson
• 1861: Siemens regenerative furnace: Carl Wilhelm Siemens
• 1862: Revolving machine gun: Richard J. Gatling
• 1862: Mechanical submarine: Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
• 1862: Pasteurization: Louis Pasteur, Claude Bernard
• 1863: Player piano: Henri Fourneaux
• 1864: Concept typewriter: Peter Mitterhofer
• 1865: Roller Coaster: LaMarcus Adna Thompson
• 1865: Barbed wire: Louis Jannin
• 1866: Dynamite: Alfred Nobel
• 1868: Practical typewriter: Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule, with assistance from James Densmore
• 1868: Air brake (rail): George Westinghouse
• 1868: Oleomargarine: Mege Mouries
• 1869: Vacuum cleaner: I.W. McGaffers

// The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... A linoleum kitchen floor Linoleum is a floor covering made from solidified linseed oil (linoxyn) in combination with wood flour or cork dust over a burlap or canvas backing. ... A repeating rifle is a single barreled rifle containing multiple rounds of ammunition. ... Oliver Fisher Winchester (November 30, 1810 - December 11, 1880) was a famous American businessman and politician. ... Christopher Spencer (b. ... The torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Giovanni Biagio Luppis von Rammer (1813-1875) Giovanni Biagio Luppis von Rammer (August 27, 1813 – January 11, 1875) was a navy officer from Fiume (today Rijeka, in Croatia) who had the idea of the first self-propelled torpedo. ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy. ... John Ericsson (1803-1889) This article is about John Ericsson, the Swedish and American inventor. ... Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens invented the Siemens regenerative furnace which was first used about 1865. ... Wilhelm Siemens Carl Wilhelm Siemens (en: Charles William Siemens) (April 4, 1823 – November 19, 1883) was a German engineer. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... An 1865 Gatling gun. ... Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 - February 26, 1903) was an American inventor, best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, the first successful machine gun. ... Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ... Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol (September 28, 1819 - September 6, 1885) was the inventor of the mechanically driven submarine. ... Pasteurization (or pasteurisation) is the process of heating food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts. ... Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French chemist best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in microbiology. ... Claude Bernard Claude Bernard (July 12, 1813 - February 10, 1878) was a French physiologist. ... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The player piano is a type of piano that plays music without the need for a human pianist to depress the normal keys or pedals. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... Ohio born American LaMarcus Adna Thompson (March 8, 1848 - May 8, 1919) is best known for his early work developing rollercoasters, and is sometimes called the Although over his lifetime, LaMarcus accumulated nearly thirty patents related to roller-coaster technologies and built dozens of coasters in the US, he did... A selection of forms of barbed wire. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (kieselguhr) as an adsorbent. ...   (October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden—December 10, 1896, Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. ... Media:Example. ... Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ... Wisconsin Historical Marker Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 - February 17, 1890) is an American who contributed to the development of the typewriter. ... Carlos Glidden along with Invented the Remington typewriter. ... Samuel W. Sholes was one of the three men who helped invent The Remington Typewriter. ... Wisconsin Historical Marker James Densmore was a business associate of Christopher Sholes, who along with Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule helped contribute to inventing the first practical typewriter at a machine shop located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Piping diagram from 1920 of a Westinghouse E-T Air Brake system. ... George Westinghouse, Jr. ... Margarine is a generic term used to indicate any of a wide range of butter substitutes. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Regular vacuum cleaner for home use. ...

1870s

• 1870: Magic Lantern projector: Henry R. Heyl
• 1870: Stock ticker: Thomas Alva Edison
• 1870: Mobile Gasoline Engine, fitted to a cart precursor to 1888 automobile: Siegfried Marcus
• 1871: Cable car (railway): Andrew S. Hallidie
• 1872: Celluloid (later development): John W. Hyatt
• 1872: Adding machine: Edmund D. Barbour
• 1873: Railway knuckle coupler: Eli H. Janney
• 1873: Modern direct current electric motor: Zénobe Gramme
• 1874: Electric street car: Stephen Dudle Field
• 1875: Dynamo: William A. Anthony
• 1875: Magazine (firearm): Benjamin B. Hotchkiss

• 1876: Carpet sweeper: Melville Bissell
• 1876: Gasoline carburettor: Daimler
• 1876: Loudspeaker: Alexander Graham Bell
• 1877: Stapler: Henry R. Heyl
• 1877: Induction motor: Nikola Tesla
• 1877: Phonograph: Thomas Alva Edison
• 1877: Microphone: Emile Berliner
• 1878: Cathode ray tube: William Crookes
• 1878: Rebreather: Henry Fleuss
• 1879: Pelton turbine: Lester Pelton
• 1879: Automobile engine: Karl Benz
• 1879: Cash register: James Ritty
• 1879: Automobile (Patent): George B. Seldon

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Siegfried Marcus 1831-1898 Siegfried Samuel Marcus (born in Malchin, Mecklenburg, Germany, on 1831-09-18, died in Vienna on 1898-07-01) was a German – Austrian inventor and automobile pioneer of Jewish ancestry. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Cable Car in San Francisco A San Francisco cable car Winding drums on the London and Blackwall cable-operated railway, 1840. ... Andrew Smith Hallidie (16 March 1836 – 24 April 1900) was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Celluloid is the name of a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents, generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic. ... John Wesley Hyatt (November 28, 1837 – 10 May 1920) was a U.S. inventor. ... adding machine Older adding machine. ... Knuckle (AAR Type E) couplers in use AAR Type E railroad car coupling A coupling (or a coupler) is a mechanism for connecting railway cars in a train. ... Diagram of the top view of Janneys coupler design as published in his patent application in 1873. ... Direct current (DC or continuous current) is the continuous flow of electricity through a conductor such as a wire from high to low potential. ... Rotating magnetic field as a sum of magnetic vectors from 3 phase coils An electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. ... Zénobe Gramme, by Mathurin Moreau Zénobe Théophile Gramme (April 4, 1826 - January 20, 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. ... 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The carburetor (or carburettor, carb for short) is a device which mixes air and fuel for an internal-combustion engine. ... Daimler may refer to Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and automobile inventor in the 1880s Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, his Stuttgart-based company, maker of Mercedes vehicles since 1903, later merged into Daimler-Benz, maker of Mercedes-Benz vehicles (since 1926) DaimlerChrysler (1998), a part German, part American, part Japanese car maker... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... A portrait of Alexander Graham Bell in 1910s Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922) was a scientist, inventor, and innovator. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A standard office stapler A person combines together sheets of paper or other materials by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and folding over the ends to secure the paper. ... 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1880s

• 1880: Photophone: Alexander Graham Bell
• 1880: Roll film: George Eastman
• 1880: Safety razor: Kampfe Brothers
• 1880: Seismograph: John Milne
• 1881: Metal detector: Alexander Graham Bell
• 1882: Electric fan: Schuyler Skatts Wheeler
• 1883: two-phase (alternating current) induction motor: Nikola Tesla
• 1884: Linotype machine: Ottmar Mergenthaler
• 1884: Fountain pen: Lewis Waterman
• 1884: Punched card accounting: Herman Hollerith
• 1884: Trolley car, (electric): Frank Sprague, Charles Van Depoele
• 1885: Automobile patent granted (internal combustion engine powered): Karl Benz, first automobile put into production
• 1885: Maxim gun: Hiram Stevens Maxim
• 1885: Motorcycle: Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
• 1885: Alternating current transformer: William Stanley
• 1886: Dishwasher: Josephine Cochrane
• 1886: Gasoline engine: Gottlieb Daimler
• 1886: Improved phonograph cylinder: Tainter & Bell
• 1887: Monotype machine: Tolbert Lanston
• 1887: Contact lens: Adolf E. Fick, Eugène Kalt and August Muller
• 1887: Gramophone record: Emile Berliner
• 1888: Polyphase AC Electric power system: Nikola Tesla (30 related patents.)
• 1888: Kodak hand camera: George Eastman
• 1888: Ballpoint pen: John Loud
• 1888: Harvester-thresher: Matteson (?)
• 1888: Kinematograph: Augustin Le Prince
• 1888: Automobile Mobile Gasoline Engine: Siegfried Marcus
• 1889: Automobile, (steam): Sylvester Roper
• 1889: Automobile, (gasoline): Gottlieb Daimler

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1890s

• 1891: Thermal cracking process: Vladimir Shukhov
• 1891: Zipper: Whitcomb L. Judson
• 1891: Carborundum: Edward G. Acheson
• 1892: Color photography: Frederic E. Ives
• 1892: Automatic telephone exchange (electromechanical): Almon Strowger - First in commercial service.
• 1893: Carburetor: Donát Bánki and János Csonka
• 1893: Wireless communication: Nikola Tesla
• 1893: Radio: Nikola Tesla
• 1894: Radio transmission: Jagdish Chandra Bose
• 1895: Diesel engine: Rudolf Diesel
• 1895: Radiotelegraph: Guglielmo Marconi
• 1895: Shredded Wheat: Henry Perky
• 1896: Vitascope: Thomas Armat
• 1896: Electric stove: William S. Hadaway
• 1897: Modern escalator: Jesse W. Reno
• 1898: tapered roller bearing: Henry Timken
• 1898: Remote control: Nikola Tesla
• 1899: Iron-Mercury coherer with telephone detector: Jagdish Chandra Bose
• 1899: Automobile self starter: Clyde J. Coleman
• 1899: Magnetic tape recorder: Valdemar Poulsen
• 1899: Gas turbine: Charles Curtis

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August 16] 1853 - February 2, 1939) was a great Russian engineer renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for civil engineering that led to breakthroughs in industrial design of hyperboloid structures, shell structures, tensile structures, oil... Zipper slider brings together the two sides A zipper (British English: zip fastener or zip) is a popular device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric. ... Whitcomb L. Judson (1836-1909) was an American inventor, born in Chicago, Illinois. ... Silicon carbide (SiC) or moissanite is a ceramic compound of silicon and carbon. ... Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856 - 1931) was a U.S. chemist. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... An undated color photograph from 1905 to 1915 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Color photography was explored throughout the 1800s. ... An 1898 color stereophotograph by Frederick Ives, as reconstructed from the negatives. ... 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Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose (Bengali: জগদীশ চন্দ্র বসু Jôgdish Chôndro Boshu) (November 30, 1858 – November 23, 1937) was a Bengali physicist from undivided India, who pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about Rudolf Diesel, the German inventor. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Guglielmo Marconi, Marchese, GCVO (25 April 1874-20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system, which served as the foundation for the establishment of numerous affiliated companies worldwide. ... Post Cereals shredded wheat Shredded Wheat is a breakfast cereal made from whole wheat. ... Henry D. 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Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose (Bengali: জগদীশ চন্দ্র বসু Jôgdish Chôndro Boshu) (November 30, 1858 – November 23, 1937) was a Bengali physicist from undivided India, who pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... An automobile self-starter is an electric motor that initiates piston motion in a cars internal combustion engine before it can power itself. ... In general, a tape recorder, tape deck, or tape machine is any device that records a fluctuating signal by moving a strip of magnetic tape across a tape head, which is a strong electromagnet. ... Valdemar Poulsen (1869 - 1942) was a Danish engineer. ... This machine has a single-stage centrifugal compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. ... 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20th century

(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

1900s

• 1900: Rigid dirigible airship: Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin
• 1900: Self-heating can
• 1900s: Microwave optics: Jagdish Chandra Bose
• 1901: Instant coffee by Sartori Kato
• 1901: Mercury vapor lamp: Peter C. Hewitt
• 1901: Disposable razor blade: King C. Gillette
• 1901: Vacuum cleaner: Hubert Booth
• 1902: Ostwald process: Wilhelm Ostwald
• 1902: Air Conditioner: Willis Carrier
• 1902: Neon lamp: Georges Claude
• 1902: Radio telephone: Poulsen Reginald Fessenden
• 1902: Rayon cellulose ester: Arthur D. Little
• 1903: Electrocardiograph (EKG): Willem Einthoven
• 1903: Powered Monoplane: Richard Pearse
• 1903: Powered airplane: Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright
• 1903: Windshield wiper: Mary Anderson
• 1904: Thermionic valve: John Ambrose Fleming
• 1904: Separable Attachment Plug: Harvey Hubbell
• 1904: Tractor: Benjamin Holt
• 1905: Radio tube diode: John Ambrose Fleming
• 1906: Sonar (first device): Lewis Nixon
• 1906: Triode amplifier: Lee DeForest
• 1907: Helicopter: Paul Cornu
• 1907: Radio tube triode: Lee DeForest
• 1907: Vacuum cleaner, (electric): James Spangler
• 1907: Washing machine, (electric): Alva Fisher (Hurley Corporation)
• 1908: Cellophane: Jacques E. Brandenberger
• 1908: Geiger counter: Hans Geiger and Ernest Rutherford
• 1908: Gyrocompass: Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe
• 1908: Haber process: Fritz Haber
• 1908: Tea bag: Thomas Sullivan
• 1909: Monoplane: Henry W. Walden
• 1909: Bakelite: Leo Baekeland
• 1909: Gun silencer: Hiram Percy Maxim

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1910s

• 1910: Thermojet engine: Henri Coandă
• 1911: Gyrocompass: Elmer A. Sperry
• 1911: Automobile self starter (perfected): Charles F. Kettering
• 1911: Air conditioner: Willis Haviland Carrier
• 1911: Cellophane: Jacques Brandenburger
• 1911: Hydroplane: Glenn Curtiss
• 1912: Ecstasy: Merck
• 1913: Cracking process for Gasoline: William M. Burten
• 1913: Crossword: Arthur Wynne
• 1913: Radio receiver, cascade tuning: Ernst Alexanderson
• 1913: Radio receiver, heterodyne: Reginald Fessenden
• 1913: Stainless steel: Harry Brearley
• 1913: X-Ray (improved): William D. Coolidge
• 1914: Radio transmitter triode mod.: Ernst Alexanderson
• 1914: Liquid fuel rocket: Robert Goddard
• 1914: Tank, military: Sir William Ashbee Tritton and Major Walter Gordon Wilson^[43]
• 1915: Tungsten Filament: Irving Langmuir
• 1915: Triode: Lee DeForest
• 1915: Pyrex: Corning Inc.
• 1916: Browning Gun: John Browning
• 1916: Thompson submachine gun: John T. Thompson
• 1917: Sonar echolocation: Paul Langevin
• 1917: Cruise missile: Charles Kettering
• 1918: Superheterodyne receiver: Edwin H. Armstrong
• 1918: Interrupter gear: Anton Fokker
• 1918: Radio crystal oscillator: A.M. Nicolson
• 1918: Pop-up toaster: Charles Strite
• 1919: Flip-flop circuit: William Eccles and F. W. Jordan
• 1919: Theremin: Leon Theremin

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John Taliaferro Thompson (December 3, 1860 - June 21, 1940) was a United States military officer best remembered as the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... The F70 type frigates (here, La Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C towed sonars SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging) â€” or sonar â€” is a technique that uses sound propagation under water (primarily) to navigate, communicate or to detect other vessels. ... Albert Einstein, Paul Ehrenfest, Paul Langevin, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Pierre Weiss at Ehrenfests home in Leiden Paul Langevin (January 23, 1872 â€“ December 19, 1946) was a prominent French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... A Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the Luftwaffe A cruise missile is a guided missile which uses a lifting wing and most often a jet propulsion system to allow sustained flight. ... Charles Kettering, on a Time cover, 1933 Charles Franklin Kettering (August 29, 1876 – November 24 or November 25, 1958), also known as Boss Kettering, was born in northern Ohio, USA. He was a farmer, school teacher, mechanic, engineer, scientist, inventor and social philosopher. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The superheterodyne receiver (or to give it its full name, the supersonic heterodyne receiver – usually these days shortened to superhet) was invented by Edwin Armstrong in 1918. ... Edwin Howard Armstrong Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 - March 31, 1954) was an American electrical engineer and inventor. ... Damaged propeller from a Sopwith Baby aircraft circa 1916/17 with evidence of bulletholes from a machine gun fired behind the propeller without an Interruptor. ... Categories: People stubs | 1890 births | 1939 deaths | Aeronautical engineers | Dutch businesspeople ... 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1920s

• 1921: Polygraph: John A. Larson
• 1922: Radar: Robert Watson-Watt, A. H. Taylor, L. C. Young, Gregory Breit, Merle Antony Tuve
• 1922: Technicolor: Herbert T. Kalmus
• 1922: Water skiing: Ralph Samuelson
• 1923: Sound film: Lee DeForest
• 1923: Television Electronic: Philo Farnsworth
• 1923: Wind tunnel: Max Munk
• 1923: Autogyro: Juan de la Cierva
• 1923: Xenon flash lamp: Harold Edgerton
• 1925: Ultra-centrifuge: Theodor Svedberg - used to determine molecular weights
• 1924: frozen food
• 1924: Rodeo bareback rigging: Earl W. Bascom
• 1925: Television Nipkow System: C. Francis Jenkins
• 1925: Telephoto: C. Francis Jenkins
• 1926: Television Mechanical Scanner: John Logie Baird
• 1926: Aerosol spray: Rotheim
• 1927: Mechanical cotton picker: John Rust
• 1927: PEZ Candy: Eduard Haas III
• 1928: Sliced bread: Otto Frederick Rohwedder
• 1928: Electric dry shaver: Jacob Schick
• 1928: Antibiotics: Alexander Fleming (initial discovery of penicillin)
• 1928: Preselector gearbox: Walter Gordon Wilson
• 1929: Electroencephelograph (EEG): Hans Berger
• 1929: Kinescope:Vladimir Zworykin
• 1929: X-ray motion picture camera:Arthur C. Pillsbury
• 1920s: Band aid: Earle Dickson
• 1920s: Insulin: Paul Langerhans
• 1920s: Mechanical potato peeler: Herman Lay

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Eduard Haas III. was an Austrian barker and confectioner who invented PEZ candy in Vienna sausage in 1927. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the 1970s rock and roll band, see Bread (band). ... Otto Frederick Rohwedder (July 7, 1880, Des Moines, Iowa–November 8, 1960, Concord, Michigan), who grew up in Davenport, Iowa, United States, invented the first automatic bread-slicing machine. ... Occams Razor or Hanlons razor A razor is a an edge tool (primarily, used in shaving). ... Staphylococcus aureus - Antibiotics test plate. ... Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. ... Penicillin nucleus Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN) refers to a group of β-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. ... 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Kinescope (IPA: [], []) originally referred to the cathode ray tube used in television monitors. ... Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russian: (July 30, 1889 - July 29, 1982) was a pioneer of television technology. ... In the NATO phonetic alphabet, X-ray represents the letter X. An X-ray picture (radiograph) taken by Röntgen An X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength approximately in the range of 5 pm to 10 nanometers (corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 PHz... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Large format camera lens. ... Arthur C. Pillsbury built the first lapse-time camera to show the motion of plants in 1912-1913 and then filed the first lapse-time movie and showed it to the Superintendent and others in charge of Yosemite in 1912 to raise consciousness and ensure the preservation of the wild... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Band Aid can refer to: BAND-AID, a brand of adhesive bandage Band Aid, a musical ensemble raising money for famine relief. ... Earle Dickson (10 October 1892—21 September 1961) was an American inventor best known for creating BAND-AID brand adhesive bandages. ... Insulin (from Latin insula, island, as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is a polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. ... Paul Langerhans (1847 - 1888) was a famous German pathologist and biologist. ... 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1930s

• 1930: Neoprene: Wallace Carothers
• 1930: Nylon: Wallace Carothers
• 1930: Photography: Underwater motion picture camera: Arthur C. Pillsbury
• 1931: the Radio telescope: Karl Jansky Grote Reber
• 1931: Iconoscope: Vladimir Zworykin
• 1932: Polaroid: Edwin H. Land
• 1935: microwave radar: Robert Watson-Watt
• 1935: Trampoline: George Nissen and Larry Griswold
• 1935: Spectrophotometer: Arthur C. Hardy
• 1935: Casein fiber: Earl Whittier Stephen
• 1935: Hammond Organ: Laurens Hammond
• 1937: Turboprop engine: György Jendrassik
• 1937: Jet engine: Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain
• 1937: O-ring: Niels Christensen
• 1938: Ballpoint pen: Laszlo Biro
• 1938: Fiberglass: Russell Games Slayter John H. Thomas
• 1939: FM radio: Edwin H. Armstrong
• 1939: Helicopter: Igor Sikorsky
• 1939: View-master: William Gruber
• 1939: Automated teller machine: Luther George Simjian

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Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russian: (July 30, 1889 - July 29, 1982) was a pioneer of television technology. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Polaroid is the name of a type of synthetic plastic sheet which is used to polarise light. ... Edwin Herbert Land Edwin Herbert Land (May 12, 1909 â€“ March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... This long range radar antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll. ... Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, ca. ... A trampoline is a gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs to provide a rebounding force which propels the jumper high into the air. ... George Nissen, (Born 1914 in Blairtown, Iowa) is an American gymnast and inventor who developed the modern trampoline and made trampolining a worldwide sport. ... Larry Griswold, (Died August 24, 1996), known as The Diving Fool, he was an American gymnast and entertainer who was involved in the early development of the trampoline. ... In physics, spectrophotometry is the quantitative study of spectra. ... Casein is the most predominant phosphoprotein found in milk and cheese. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Born on January 11, 1895 in Evanston, Illinois, to William Andrew and Idea Louise Strong Hammond, Laurens showed his great technical prowess from an early age. ... A schematic diagram showing the operation of a turboprop engine. ... György Jendrassik (1898-1954) was born in Budapest, Hungary. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ... Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE FRS (1 June 1907–9 August 1996) was a Royal Air Force officer who invented the jet engine. ... Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (December 14, 1911 – March 13, 1998) was one of the inventors of jet propulsion. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Typical O-ring and application An O-ring is a loop of elastomer with a round (o-shaped) cross-section used as a mechanical seal. ... Niels Christensen (1865-1952) was a Danish-American inventor whose principal invention was the O-ring, the ubiquitous hydraulic seal. ... Ballpoint pen, disassembled (top) and complete (bottom) A ballpoint pen (also eponymously known in British English as a biro and pronounced bye-row in Britain but sometimes bee-row elsewhere), is a modern writing instrument. ... Ladislao Laszlo Josef Biro (A FAMOUS BASEBALL PLAYER FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARDNALS!!!) (Bíró László József, September 29, 1899 - November 24, 1985) is considered the inventor of the modern ballpoint pen. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bundle of fiberglass Fiberglass or glassfibre is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. ... Russell Games Slayter (December 9, 1896 - October 15, 1964) was a prolific inventor best known for developing Fiberglass. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... Edwin Howard Armstrong Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 - March 31, 1954) was an American electrical engineer and inventor. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors consisting of two or more rotor blades. ... Igor Sikorsky Russian Aviators Sikorsky, Genner and Kaulbars abroad airplane Russian Vityaz; 1915 Sikorsky Aero Engineering Company Stock Certificate courtesy of Scripophily. ... View-Master reels from a German Karl May-movie. ... An NCR Personas 85-Series interior, multi-function ATM in the USA Smaller indoor ATMs dispense money inside convenience stores and other busy areas, such as this off-premise Wincor Nixdorf mono-function ATM in Sweden. ... Luther George Simjian (January 28, 1905 in Turkey - October 23, 1997 probably in Fort Lauderdale) was an inventor of numerous devices and owner of over 200 patents. ...

1940s

• 1940s: Spread betting: Charles K. McNeil
• 1941: Computer: Konrad Zuse
• 1942: Bazooka Rocket Gun: Leslie A. Skinner C. N. Hickman
• 1942: Undersea oil pipeline: Hartley, Anglo-Iranian, Siemens in Operation Pluto
• 1942: Frequency hopping: Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil
• 1943: Aqua-Lung: Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan
• 1944: Electron spectrometer: Deutsch Elliot Evans
• 1945: Slinky: Richard James and Betty James
• 1945: Nuclear weapons (but note: chain reaction theory was made in 1933)
• 1946: Microwave oven: Percy Spencer
• 1946: Mobile Telephone Service: AT&T and Southwestern Bell
• 1947: Transistor: William Shockley, Walter Brattain, John Bardeen
• 1947: Polaroid camera: Edwin Land
• 1948: Long Playing Record: Peter Carl Goldmark
• 1948: Holography: Dennis Gabor
• 1949: Atomic clocks

This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Spread betting is a form of gambling on the outcome of any event where the more accurate the gamble, the more is won and conversely the less accurate the more is lost. ... Charles K. McNeil (died 1981) is credited with inventing the point spread in sports gambling. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... The NASA Columbia Supercomputer. ... Konrad Zuse (1992) Statue in Bad Hersfeld Konrad Zuse (June 22, 1910 – December 18, 1995) was a German engineer and computer pioneer. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... For other uses, see Bazooka (disambiguation). ... An elevated section of the Alaska Pipeline. ... Operation Pluto (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean) was a World War II operation by British scientists, oil companies and armed forces to construct undersea oil pipelines under the English Channel between England and France. ... Frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) is a spread-spectrum method of transmitting signals by rapidly switching a carrier among many frequency channels, using a pseudorandom sequence known to both transmitter and receiver. ... Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian/Jewish-American actress and communications technology innovator. ... George Antheil (June 8, 1900 – February 12, 1959) was an American composer and pianist of German and Lutheran descent, born in Trenton, New Jersey. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1976. ... Emile Gagnan (born November 1900) was a French engineer and co-inventor (together with Jacques-Yves Cousteau) of the demand-valve used for the first Scuba equipment (Aqua-Lung) in 1943. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... A spectrometer is an optical instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. ... Year 1945and died 2007 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Metal Slinky Rainbow-colored plastic Slinky A Slinky, or Lazy-Spring, is a coil-shaped toy invented by mechanical engineer Richard James in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The Slinky spring, was invented by Richard James Richard T. James (1914 – 1974) was a naval engineer. ... The Slinky spring, was invented by Richard James Richard T. James (1914 – 1974) was a naval engineer. ... Year 1945and died 2007 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Microwave oven and Microwave heating. ... Percy Lebaron Spencer (July 9, 1894 - September 8, 1970), an American, was the inventor of the microwave oven. ... The Mobile Telephone Service (MTS) is a pre-cellular VHF radio system that links to the PSTN. MTS was the radiotelephone equivalent of land dial phone service. ... AT&T Inc. ... For information on holding company Southwestern Bell Corporation, later SBC Communications, Inc. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Assorted discrete transistors A transistor is a semiconductor device, commonly used as an amplifier. ... William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was a British-born American physicist and inventor. ... Walter Houser Brattain (February 10, 1902 – October 13, 1987) was a physicist who, along with John Bardeen, invented the transistor. ... John Bardeen (May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American physicist and electrical engineer. ... A Polaroid camera is a type of camera with self-developing film usually called an instant camera. The invention of modern instant cameras is generally credited to American scientist Edwin Land, who unveiled the first commercial instant camera, the Land Camera, in 1947, 10 years after founding the Polaroid Corporation. ... Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... Peter Carl Goldmark (December 2, 1906 – December 7, 1977) was a Hungarian-born, American engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the long-playing (LP) microgroove 33-1/3 rpm vinyl phonograph discs which defined home audio for two generations. ... Holography (from the Greek, Όλος-holos whole + γραφή-graphe writing) is the science of producing holograms; it is an advanced form of photography that allows an image to be recorded in three dimensions. ... Dennis Gabor (Gábor Dénes) (June 5, 1900, Budapest – February 9, 1979, London) was a Hungarian physicist and inventor who is most notable for inventing holography. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Chip-scale atomic clock unveiled by NIST An Atomic Clock is a type of clock that uses an atomic resonance frequency standard to feed its counter. ...

1950s

• 1951: Liquid Paper: Bette Nesmith Graham
• 1951: Nuclear power reactor: Walter Zinn
• 1952: Floppy disk: Yoshiro Nakamatsu^[44]
• 1952: Optical fiber: Narinder Singh Kapany
• 1952: Fusion bomb: Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam
• 1952: Hovercraft: Christopher Cockerell
• 1953: Maser: Charles Townes
• 1953: Medical ultrasonography
• 1954: Synthetic diamond: Tracy Hall
• 1954: Transistor radio (dated from the from Regency TR1) (USA)
• 1954: Geodesic dome: Buckminster Fuller
• 1955: Velcro: George de Mestral
• 1955: Hair spray Helene Curtis
• 1955: Hard Drive: Reynold Johnson with IBM
• 1956: Digital clock
• 1956: Videocassette recorder: Ampex
• 1957: Jet Boat: William Hamilton
• 1957: Bubble Wrap: Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes
• 1958: Integrated circuit: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments, Robert Noyce at Fairchild Semiconductor
• 1958: Communications satellite: Kenneth Masterman-Smith
• 1959: Snowmobile: Joseph-Armand Bombardier

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Optical fibers An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length by confining as much light as possible in a propagating form. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A nuclear fireball lights up the night in a United States nuclear test. ... Edward Teller (original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Jewish Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as the father of the hydrogen bomb. ... StanisÅ‚aw Ulam in the 1950s. ... A Hovercraft, or Air-Cushion Vehicle (ACV), is an amphibious vehicle or craft, designed to travel over any sufficiently smooth surface - land or water - supported by a cushion of slowly moving, low-pressure air, ejected downwards against the surface close below it. ... Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell (June 4, 1910 – June 1, 1999) was an English engineer, inventor of the hovercraft. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A hydrogen radio frequency discharge, the first element inside a hydrogen maser (see description below) A maser is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic waves through amplification due to stimulated emission. ... Charles Hard Townes (born July 28, 1915) is an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist and educator. ... Medical ultrasonography (sonography) is an ultrasound-based diagnostic imaging technique used to visualize muscles and internal organs, their size, structures and possible pathologies or lesions. ... A colourless synthetic diamond produced via chemical vapour deposition Synthetic diamond is diamond produced through chemical or physical processes in a factory. ... Tracy Hall (1919-) is an American physical chemist who first synthesized diamond using a press of his own design. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Regency TR-1. ... A geodesic dome is an almost spherical structure based on a network of struts arranged on great circles (geodesics) lying approximately on the surface of a sphere. ... Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983)[1] was an American visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Velcro: hooks (left) and loops (right). ... George de Mestral (June 19, 1907 - February 8, 1990) was an electrical engineer who invented Velcro. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Typical hard drives of the mid-1990s. ... Reynold Johnson (1906-1998) was an American inventor and computer pioneer. ... International Business Machines Corporation (known as IBM or Big Blue; NYSE: IBM) is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Basic digital alarm clock without a radio. ... The videocassette recorder (or VCR, more commonly known in the British Isles as the video recorder), is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable videotape cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. ... Ampex is based in Redwood City, California. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft. ... Sir Charles William Feilden Hamilton (July 26, 1899 _ March 30, 1978), commonly known as Bill Hamilton, was a New Zealander who developed the modern jetboat. ... A sheet of bubble wrap Bubble wrap is a pliable transparent plastic material commonly used for packing fragile items. ... Alfred Fielding was the Inventor of Bubble Wrap, by accident, while trying to create wallpaper. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Integrated circuit of Atmel Diopsis 740 System on Chip showing memory blocks, logic and input/output pads around the periphery Microchips with a transparent window, showing the integrated circuit inside. ... Jack St. ... Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), better known in the electronics industry (and popularly) as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. ... Robert Noyce Robert Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed the Mayor of Silicon Valley, co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. ... Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the first commercially available integrated circuit (although at almost the same time as one from Texas Instruments), and would go on to become one of the major players in the evolution of Silicon Valley in the 1960s. ... U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park, note the mixture of exhaust and snowdust in the air (NPS Photo) A 1997 Arctic Cat ZR 580 EFI Snowmobile A snowmobile (in the Canadian north and Alaska is known as a snowmachine) is a land vehicle propelled by one rubber track with... Joseph-Armand Bombardier(April 16, 1907 - February 18, 1964) was a Canadian inventor and businessman, who invented the snowmobile and was the founder of Bombardier. ...

1960s

• 1960: Laser: Theodore Harold Maiman
• 1961: Optical disc: David Paul Gregg
• 1961: Cochlear implant: William House
• 1962: Light-emitting diode: Nick Holonyak
• 1962: Space observatory: Ball Brothers Aerospace Corporation [9]
• 1963: Computer mouse: Douglas Engelbart
• 1967: Automatic Teller Machine: John Shepherd-Barron
• 1967: Hypertext: Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson
• 1968: Video game console: Ralph H. Baer
• 1960s: Packet switching: Paul Baran and Donald Davies, independently
• 1969: ARPANET (first wide-area packet switching network): United States Department of Defense

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1970s

• 1971: E-mail: Ray Tomlinson
• 1971: Liquid Crystal Display: James Fergason
• 1971: Microprocessor: Federico Faggin and Marcian Hoff
• 1971: Pocket calculator: Sharp Corporation
• 1971: Magnetic resonance imaging: Raymond V. Damadian
• 1972: Computed tomography: Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
• 1973: Ethernet: Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
• 1973: Genetically modified organism: Stanley Norman Cohen and Herbert Boyer
• 1973: Personal computer: Xerox PARC
• 1974: Microcredit: Muhammad Yunus
• 1974: Rubik's Cube: Ernő Rubik
• 1974: Hybrid vehicle: Victor Wouk [10]
• 1975: DNA sequencing by chain termination Frederick Sanger
• 1975: Digital camera: Steven Sasson
• 1976: Gore-Tex fabric: W. L. Gore
• 1977: Personal stereo: Andreas Pavel
• 1977: Cellular mobile phone: Bell Labs [11]
• 1978: Spring loaded camming device: Ray Jardine
• 1978 : Spreadsheet: Dan Bricklin
• 1970s: Leaf blower in Japan

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Federico Faggin (born 1 December 1941) is a physicist and electrical engineer considered to be one of the inventors of the microprocessor. ... Dr. Marcian Edward Ted Hoff Jr. ... A basic arithmetic calculator. ... Sharp Corporation ) (TYO: 6753 ) is a Japanese electronics manufacturer, founded in 1912. ... Magnetic Resonance Image showing a median sagittal cross section through a human head. ... Raymond V. Damadian. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield (28 August 1919 - 12 August 2004) was an English electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan McLeod Cormack for his part in developing the diagnostic technique of computerized axial tomography (CAT). ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Ethernet is a large, diverse family of frame-based computer networking technologies that operates at many speeds for local area networks (LANs). ... Robert Metcalfe (born 1946 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American technology pioneer who invented Ethernet, founded 3Com and formulated Metcalfes Law. ... A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques generally known as recombinant DNA technology. ... Stanley Norman Cohen is an American geneticist. ... Herbert (Herb) Boyer (born 1936) is a Co-recipient of the 1996 Lemelson-MIT Prize and a co-founder of Genentech. ... Bold text // Headline text Link title This article is about the computer research center. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Microcredit is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to the unemployed, to poor entrepreneurs and to others living in poverty who are not considered bankable. ... Dr. Muhammad Yunus (Bengali: , pronounced ) (born June 28, 1940) is a Muslim Bangladeshi banker and economist. ... Variations of Rubiks Cubes (from left to right: Rubiks Revenge, Rubiks Cube, Professors Cube, & Pocket Cube) Rubiks Cube (commonly misspelled rubix, rubicks or rubics cube) is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974[1] by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik. ... Ernő Rubik Ernő Rubik (born July 13, 1944) is a Hungarian inventor, sculptor and professor of architecture. ... A hybrid vehicle (HV) is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power or fuel sources such as: An on-board rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) and a fueled power source for vehicle propulsion Human powered bicycle with battery assist A sail boat with electric power[1] The term... Victor Wouk (1919-2005) was an American scientist and pioneer in the development of electric and hybrid vehicles. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... DNA sequencing is the process of determining the order of the nucleotide bases, adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine, in a DNA oligonucleotide. ... Frederick Sanger, OM, CH, CBE, FRS (born 13 August 1918) is an English biochemist and a two time Nobel laureate in Chemistry. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Steven J. Sasson (1950—) is an electrical engineer and the inventor of the digital camera. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... Gore-Tex membrane, electron microphotograph Gore-Tex (abbreviated GTX) is a registered trademark of W.L. Gore & Associates best known for its use in relation to waterproof/breathable fabrics. ... WL Gore and Associates is a company most commonly known for its Gore-Tex fabrics. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... The personal stereo is the term given to a portable audio player using an audiocassette player. ... Andreas Pavel (born in 1945) is a German inventor who is the father of the portable personal stereo cassette player, better known as the Walkman [1]. Pavel invented his device, the stereobelt, in 1972, and over the next few years, tried to interest companies like Grundig, Philips, and Yamaha in... A cellular network is a radio network made up of a number of radio cells (or just cells) each served by a fixed transmitter, normally known as a cell site or base station. ... Bell Laboratories (also known as Bell Labs and formerly known as AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bell Telephone Laboratories) was the main research and development arm of the United States Bell System. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... A three-cam SLCD manufactured by Metolius. ... Ray Jardine (b. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Screenshot of a spreadsheet made with OpenOffice. ... Daniel S. Bricklin (born 16 July 1951) is the co-creator, with Bob Frankston, of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program. ... The leaf blower was invented by Japanese engineers in the early 1970s and introduced to the United States as a lawn and garden maintenance tool. ...

1980s

• 1981: Scanning tunneling microscope: Gerd Karl Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer
• 1982: Insulated gate bipolar transistor: Hans Becke and Carl Wheatley RCA
• 1982: ACE inhibitor: John R. Vane
• 1983: Camcorder: Sony
• 1983: Internet: first TCP/IP network: Robert E. Kahn, Vint Cerf and others
• 1984: Lithotripsy: Claude Dornier
• 1985: Polymerase chain reaction: Kary Mullis
• 1985: DNA fingerprinting: Alec Jeffreys
• 1987: Statin: Carl Hoffman
• 1987: Digital Light Processing: Dr. Larry Hornbeck, Texas Instruments

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1990s

• 1990: World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee
• 1993: Global Positioning System: United States Department of Defense
• 1993: Blue LED: Shuji Nakamura
• 1996: Web-based email: Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith
• 1997: Non-mechanical Digital Audio Player: SaeHan Information Systems

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3rd millennium

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21st century

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2000s

• 2001: Digital satellite radio
• 2001: Self-contained artificial heart
• 2002: Scramjet: University of Queensland
• 2005: Embedded video hosting service: Jawed Karim, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley^[45]
• 2006: Motion sensing game controller: Nintendo^[45]

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See also

• History of technology
• Innovation
• List of inventors
• List of technology timelines
• List of technologies
• Muslim inventions
• List of Chinese inventions
• Science and technology in China
• Science and technology in ancient India

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Notes

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References

• Asimov, Isaac, "Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery", Harper & Row, 1989. ISBN 0-06-015612-0
• De Bono, Edward, "Eureka! An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer", Thames & Hudson, 1974.
• Gowlett, John, "Ascent to Civilization", McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1992. ISBN 0-07-544312-0
• Platt, Richard, "Eureka!: Great Inventions and How They Happened", 2003.

Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Edward de Bono (born May 19, 1933) is a Maltese psychologist and physician. ...

External links

• History of Human Technology