2400 BC The abacus, the first known calculator, invented in Babylonia 300 BC 87 BC 724 1041 1280 1350 1450

1500 Pingala invents the binary number system Antikythera Mechanism invented in Rhodes to track movement of the stars Liang Ling-Can invents the first fully mechanical clock Movable type printing press invented by Bi Sheng Eyeglasses were invented Suspension bridges built in Peru Alphabetic, movable type printing press invented by Johann Gutenberg

Ball bearing invented by Leonardo Da Vinci together with flying machines, inclu mechanical calculator and one of the first programmable robots Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein Ironclad warship invented by Oda Nobunaga Pendulum invented by Galileo Galilei Thermometer invented by Galileo Galilei Telescope invented by Hans Lippershey Microscope invented by Galileo Galilei Adding machine invented by Blaise Pascal Barometer invented by Evangelista Torricelli Vacuum pump invented by Otto von Guericke Pendulum clock invented by Christiaan Huygens Pressure cooker invented by Denis Papin Newton, Principia: Newton's physics formed the foundation of modern science Steam engine invented by Thomas Savery

1510 1576 1581 1593 1608 1609 1642 1643 1645 1657 1679 1687 1698

1671 1705 1708 1710 1733 1742 1752 1767 1769 1774 1779 1781 1783 1791 1793 1798 1799

Gottfried Leibniz is known as one of the founding fathers of calculus Steam piston engine invented by Thomas Newcomen Jethro Tull invents mechanical (seed) sower Thermometer invented by Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur John Kay invents flying shuttle. Franklin stove invented by Benjamin Franklin Lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin Spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves Steam engine invented by James Watt Priestly isolates oxygen First steam powered mills automate the weaving process. William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. Hot air balloon invented by Montgolfier brothers Steamboat invented by John Fitch Eli Whitney develops the cotton gin Vaccination invented by Edward Jenner Humphrey Davy discovers nitrous oxide (laughing gas) Oliver Evans invents the conveyer belt

1804 1814 1816 1816

Locomotive invented by Richard Trevithick Steam Locomotive (Blucher) invented by George Stephenson Miner's safety lamp invented by Humphry Davy Stethoscope invented by Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec

1820 1821 1822 1821 1826 1830 1831

The Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xa Faraday demonstrates the principle of the electric motor. Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer Electric motor invented by Michael Faraday Photography invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce Lawn mower invented by Edwin Beard Budding Von Liebig discovers chloroform

Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible generators and electr 1834 1834 1834 1835 Braille invented by Louis Braille Refrigerator invented by Jacob Perkins Combine harvester invented by Hiram Moore Morse code invented by Samuel Morse Revolver invented by Samuel Colt 1838 Electric telegraph invented by Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse) Daguerre perfects the Daguerrotype. 1839 1842 1843 1846 1846 Vulcanization of rubber invented by Charles Goodyear Anaesthesia invented by Crawford Long Typewriter invented by Charles Thurber Sewing machine invented by Elias Howe Rotary printing press invented by Richard M. Hoe Pneumatic tire patented Elias Howe invents the sewing machine

1849

Safety pin invented by Walter Hunt Monier develops reinforced concrete

1859

Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species Etienne Lenoir demonstrates the first successful gasoline engine

1862

Revolving machine gun invented by Richard J. Gatling Isaac Singer commercializes the sewing machine

1862 1866

Mechanical submarine invented by Narcs Monturiol i Estarriol Dynamite invented by Alfred Nobel Lister demonstrates the use of carbolic antiseptic

1869 1870 1873

Mendeleev produces the Periodic Table Stock ticker invented by Thomas Alva Edison Christopher Sholes invents the Remington typewriter James Clerk Maxwell states the laws of electro-magnetic radiation

1876 1877 1877 1878

Gasoline carburettor invented by Daimler Phonograph invented by Thomas Alva Edison Microphone invented by Emile Berliner Cathode ray tube invented by William Crookes Edison invents the incandescent lamp.

1880 1883

Photophone invented by Alexander Graham Bell First skyscraper built in Chicago (ten stories) Maxim invents the machine gun

1885

Motor cycle invented by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach Benz develops first automobile to run on internal- combustion engine

1888 1888 1891

Hertz produces radio waves. Eiffel Tower is bult Zipper invented by Whitcomb L. Judson Rudolf Diesel invents diesel

1893 1895

Wireless communication invented by Nikola Tesla Diesel engine invented by Rudolf Diesel Radio signals were invented by Guglielmo Marconi Auguste and Louis Lumiere develop Cinematograph Roentgen discovers X-rays

1898 1900

Remote control invented by Nikola Tesla Planck develops quantum theory First Zeppelin is built

1901 1903 1905 1907

Vacuum cleaner invented by Hubert Booth Powered airplane invented by Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright Einstein writes the Theory of Relativity. Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere Helicopter invented by Paul Cornu Radio amplifier invented by Lee DeForest

1908

Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T.

1909 1919

Bakelite invented by Leo Baekeland London to Paris air service begins James Smathers develops the first electric typewriter

1923

Sound film invented by Lee DeForest Television Electronic invented by Philo Farnsworth

1924 1926 1928 1931 1937

Electro Mechanical television system invented by John Logie Baird Robert Goddard experiments with liquid-fueled rockets. Antibiotics, penicillin invented by Alexander Fleming Iconoscope invented by Vladimir Zworykin Jet engine invented by Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine

1938 1943

Ballpoint pen invented by Laszlo Biro Enigma: Adolf Hitler uses the Enigma encryption machine Colossus: Alan Turing develops the the code-breaking machine Colossus Aqua-Lung invented by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan

1945 1946 1951 1956

The atomic bomb Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer Nuclear power reactor invented by Walter Zinn

Optical fiber invented by Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. C Videocassette recorder invented by Ampex

1957 1958

Sputnik I and Sputnik II: Sputnik I and Sputnik II are launched by the Russians

Silicon chip: The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by the US Jac

1960 1961

Laser invented by Theodore Harold Maiman Uri Gagarin is the first man in space Optical disc invented by David Paul Gregg

1963 1967

Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) invented by John Shepherd-Barron Hypertext invented by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson

1968 1969 1971

Video game console invented by Ralph H. Baer The moon landing - Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon E-mail invented by Ray Tomlinson Liquid Crystal Display invented by James Fergason Pocket calculator invented by Sharp Corporation Floppy Disk invented by David Noble with IBM

1973

Ethernet invented by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC

1983 1990 2001

Camcorder invented by Sony World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee Digital satellite radio