Timeline of Technology

March 20th, 2013Skyla Suarez

2400 BC 300 BC 87 BC

The abacus, the first known calculator, invented in Babylonia

Pingala invents the binary number system.

Anikythera Mechanism invented in Rhodes to track movement to the stars

724 1041 1280

Liang Ling-Can invents the first fully mechanical clock

Movable type printing press invented by Bi Sheng

Eyeglasses were invented

1350 1450 1500

Suspension bridges built in Peru

Alphabetic, movable type printing press were invented by Johann Gutenberg

Ball bearing invented by Leonardo Da Vinci together with flying machines, including mechanical calculator and one of the first programmable robots

1510 1576 1581

Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein

Ironclad warship invented by Oda Nobunaga

Pendulum invented by Galileo Galilei

1609

Thermometer invetned by Galileo Galilei

Telescope invented by Hans Lippershey

Microscope invented by Galileo Galilei

16081593

1642 1645

Adding machine invented by Blaise Pascal

Barometer invented by Evangelista Torricelli

Vacuum pump invented by Christiaan Huygens

1643

1657 1687

Pendulum clock invented by Christiaan Huygens

Pressure cooker invented by Denis Papin

Newton, Principia: Newton’s physics formed the foundation of modern science

1679

1698 1705

Steam engine invented by Thomas Savery

Gottfried Leibniz is known as one of the founding fathers of calculus

Steam piston engine invented by Thomas Newcomen

1671

1708 1733

Jethro Tull invents mecahnical (seed) sower

Thermometer invented by Rene Antoine Rerchault de Reaumur

John Kay invents flying shuttle

1710

1769 1779

Steam engine invented by James Watt

Priestly isolates oxegyn

First steam powered mills automate the weaving process

1774

1769 1779

Steam engine invented by James Watt

Priestly isolates oxegyn

First steam powered mills automate the weaving process

1774

1781 1791

William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus

Hot air balloon invented by Montgolfier brothers

Steamboat invented by John Fitch

1783

1793 1799

Eli Whitney develops the cotton gin

Vaccination invented by Edward Jenner

Humphrey Davy discovers nitrous oxide (laughing gas)Oliver Evans invents the conveyer belt

1798

1804 1816

Locomotive invented by Richard Trevithick

Steam Locomotive (Blucher) invented by George Stephenson

Miner’s safety lamp invented by Humphry Davy

1814