Timeline of historic inventions
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The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions.
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 more practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first known working version of the invention is used here.
Paleolithic era
Note that dates in the Paleolithic are especially uncertain and often change, usually to an earlier date.
- Music, Language, Culture
- 2.6 million years ago (Ma): Olduwan – struck stone tools, in East Africa
- 1.65 Ma: Acheulean – struck and reworked stone tools, in Kenya
- 500 thousand years ago (ka): Shelter construction [1]
- 500–250 ka: Controlled fire and sterilization of food and water (cooking) in East Africa[2]
- 400 ka: Pigments in Zambia [3]
- 400 ka: Spears in Germany [4]
- 160–40 ka: Burial[5]
- 140 ka: Bone tools in Africa (see Blombos Cave)
- 60 ka: Bow[6]
- 43 ka: Flute in Slovenia (disputed)[7]
- 43 ka: Mining in Swaziland[8]
- 40 ka: Boats used by settlers of New Guinea / Australia[9]
- 36 ka: Cloth woven from flax fiber[10][11]
- 35 ka: Flute in Germany[12]
- 31 ka: Domestication - earliest known domestic dog.[13]
- 28–22 ka: Ceramics in Moravia (see Venus of Dolní Věstonice)
- 28–17 ka: twisted Rope[14][15]
- 18 ka: Dot map (of stars), Lascaux caves in France
- 16 ka: Pottery [16]
- 15 ka: Domestic pig in the near east
Antiquity
10th millennium BCE
- Agriculture (emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, barley and figs) in the Fertile Crescent (see Neolithic Revolution)
- Alcoholic beverages in the Fertile Crescent
- Adobe building material in the ancient Near East
9th millennium BCE
- 8700 BC: Metalworking (copper pendant) in Mesopotamia
8th millennium BCE
- Animal breeding in the ancient Near East
- Domestic sheep in Mesopotamia
- Domestic goat in Ganj Dareh
- Domestic cattle (see List of domesticated animals)
- 7500 BCE: Domestic cat in the near east
7th millennium BCE
- 7000 BCE: Dental drill in Mehrgarh, Indus Valley Civilization[17]
- 6400 BCE: Lead beads in Çatalhöyük
- 6200 BCE: Map in Çatalhöyük (see History of cartography)
- Domestic chicken in India and Southeast Asia
6th millennium BCE
- Irrigation in the Fertile Crescent
- Milking in Central Europe[18]
- Beer in Sumer, Mesopotamia [19]
- City in Mesopotamia
- Plough in Mesopotamia
- Bitter vetch cultivated in Turkey
5th millennium BCE
- Wheel and axle combination in Mesopotamia (potter's wheel)
- Beer and bread in Egypt
- Bow drill in Mehrgarh, Indus Valley Civilization[20]
- Ice skate in Scandinavia[21]
- Sailing in Mesopotamia[22]
- Arsenical bronze metalwork: Iran[23]
4th millennium BCE
- 4000 BCE: Canal in Mesopotamia
- 4000 BCE: Stone paved street in Ur, Mesopotamia
- 3807–3806 BCE: Timber-engineered roadway in England
- 3630 BCE: Silk in China
- 3600 BCE: Free-standing Masonry Architecture at Ġgantija, Gozo, Malta
- 3500 BCE: Wheel: Wheeled carts among the Proto-Indo-Europeans (see Bronocice pot) and in Sumer
- 3500 BCE: Meteoric iron beads in Gerzah, Egypt
- 3300 BCE: Writing in Sumer
- 3100 BCE: Drainage in the Indus Valley Civilization (India/Pakistan)
- 3000 BCE: Reservoir in Girnar, Indus Valley Civilization[24]
- 3000 BCE: Tin used in copper alloys (bronzes) in the Near East and the Balkans
- 3000 BCE: Antimony artifact found at Tello, Chaldea (present day Iraq)
- 3000 BCE: Surveying in Egypt
- Comb in Persia (Iran)
- Cement in Egypt[citation needed]
- River boats in Egypt
- Silver mining in Asia Minor
- Gold artifacts in Varna Necropolis (Varna, Bulgaria)
3rd millennium BCE
- 2800 BCE: Soap in Mesopotamia
- 2800 BCE: Button in the Indus Valley Civilization (India/Pakistan)
- 2800 BCE: Bathroom in the Indus Valley Civilization[25]
- 2800 BCE: Toilet in Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley Civilization[25]
- 2700–3000 BCE: Smelted iron in Asmar, Mesopotamia and Tall Chagar Bazaar, northern Syria
- 2700 BCE: Plumbing in the Indus Valley Civilization[25]
- 2700 BCE: Sanitary sewer in the Indus Valley Civilization[25]
- 2700 BCE: Sewage collection and disposal in the Indus Valley Civilization[25]
- 2630–2611 BCE: Step pyramid: Imhotep in Egypt
- 27th century BCE: Papyrus: Imhotep in Egypt
- 27th century BCE: Suture: Imhotep in Egypt
- 27th century BCE: Pharmaceutical cream: Imhotep in Egypt
- 2600 BCE: Chariot in Mesopotamia
- 2500 BCE: Arch in Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley Civilization[26]
- 2500 BCE: Puppet in the Indus Valley Civilization[27]
- 2500–1900 BCE: Furnace in Balakot, Indus Valley Civilization[28]
- 2500–900 BCE: Oven in Balakot, Indus Valley Civilization[28]
- 2300–2500 BCE: Map using surveying in Babylonia
- 2400 BCE: Shipyard in Lothal, Indus Valley Civilization
- 2400 BCE: Dock in Lothal, Indus Valley Civilization[29]
- 2400 BCE: Ruler in Lothal, Indus Valley Civilization[30]
- 2000 BCE: Currency
- Dice in the Indus Valley Civilization[31]
- Dye in Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley Civilization[32]
- Public bath in Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley Civilization[33]
- Aqueduct in ancient Egypt and Indus Valley Civilization
- Candles in Egypt
- Dagger in Near East[citation needed]
- Sickle-sword in Sumer
- Alphabet in Phoenicia
- Ink in China
- Sledges in Scandinavia
- Ski in Scandinavia[19]
- Noodle in China
2nd millennium BCE
- 1900 BCE: Veterinary medicine in ancient Egypt and Vedic India[34]
- 17th century BCE: Bronze Age sword in Mesopotamia
- 1800–1200 BCE: Iron artifacts in Anatolia, Caucasus and India
- 1500–400 BCE: Kabaddi in India[35]
- 1500 BCE: Mercury found in Egyptian tombs
- 12th century BCE: Iron Age sword Proto-Celtic
- 11th century BCE: Coins in China
- 1000 BCE: Lens in Assyria
- 1000 BCE: Central heating: Ondol in Korea[36][unreliable source?]
- 1000 BCE: Underfloor heating: Ondol in Korea[36][unreliable source?]
- Perfume: Tapputi in Mesopotamia
- Glass in Egypt[37]
- Rubber in Mesoamerica[citation needed]
- Spoked-wheel: Indo-Iranians
- Water clock in Egypt
- Bells in China
- Fork in China[38]
- Umbrella in Mesopotamia[citation needed]
- Calibration in the Indus Valley Civilization[39]
- Metrology in the Indus Valley Civilization[39]
- Tin-glazing in Mesopotamia[40]
1st millennium BCE
- 1000 BCE: Dike in the Indus Valley Civilization[41]
- 750 BCE: Celestial spheres in ancient Greece[42]
- 8th century BCE: Button in Ancient Greece, Etruscan civilization[19]
- 700 BCE: Chain pump in Babylonia
- 7th century BCE: Latin alphabet in Ancient Rome
- 600 BCE: Chopsticks in China
- 592 BCE: Anchor in ancient Greece[43]
- 6th century BCE: Dental bridge in Etruria
- 6th century BCE: Kite: Lu Ban in China
- 6th century BCE: Plastic surgery: Sushruta in India
- 6th century BCE: Rhinoplasty: Sushruta
- 6th century BCE: Cataract surgery: Sushruta[44]
- 500 BCE: Iron plough in China
- 500–100 BCE: Big-toe stirrup in India[45][46]
- 499–477 BCE: Horse collar in China[47]
- 475 BCE: Scythed Chariot: Ajatashatru in India[citation needed]
- 5th century BCE: Linguistics: Pāṇini in India[48]
- 5th century BCE: Traction trebuchet in China
- 5th century BCE: Catapult in ancient Greece[49]
- 5th century BCE: Wheelbarrow in Greece
- 5th century BCE: Cast iron in China
- 5th century BCE: Crossbow in China and Greece
- 350 BCE: Water wheel in India[50]
- 350 BCE: Watermill in India[50]
- 4th century BCE: Noria in India[50]
- c. 300 BCE: Wootz steel in India[51]
- 300 BCE: Crucible steel in India[52]
- 4th century BCE: Roman aqueduct in ancient Rome[53]
- 4th century BCE: Compass in China
- 4th century BCE: Star catalogues: Gan De and Shi Shen
- 4th century BCE: Encyclopedia: Speusippus in ancient Greece[19]
- 4th century BCE: Screw: Archytas
- 4th century BCE: India ink in India
- 4th century BCE: Coal mining for metalworking by the Greeks
- 300–100 BCE: Blast furnace in China
- 300–100 BCE: Cupola furnace in China
- 300–100 BCE: Pig iron in China
- 3rd century BCE: Diamond gemstone in India[54][dead link]
- 3rd century BC: Clockwork escapement mechanism: Philo of Byzantium of Ancient Greece[55]
- 285 BCE: Suspension bridge in China
- 250 BCE: Lever in ancient Greece
- 210 BCE: Chromium use in China
- 3rd century BCE: Compound pulley: Archimedes
- 3rd century BCE: Odometer: Archimedes?
- 3rd century BCE: Archimedes' screw : Archimedes
- 3rd century BCE: Cashmere wool in India[56]
- 3rd century BCE: Contour canal: Shi Lu in China
- 3rd century BCE: Lock gate in China
- 3rd century BCE: Stupa in India[57]
- 3rd century BCE: Pagoda in India[57]
- 202–1 BCE: Bellows in China
- 200 BCE: Horseshoe in ancient Rome
- 150s BCE: Clockwork (Antikythera mechanism)
- 150s BCE: Astrolabe: Hipparchus
- 100 BCE: Glassblowing in ancient Rome[58]
- 2nd century BCE: Parchment in Pergamon
- 500 BCE: Heavy plough in China
- 100 BCE: Trip hammer in China
- 52 BCE: Armillary sphere: Geng Shouchang in China
- 40 BCE: Rolling-element bearing in Roman ship[citation needed]
- 21 BCE: Collapsable umbrella: Wang Mang[59]
- Cautery in Ancient Rome[60]
- Speculum in Ancient Rome[60]
- Cross-bladed scissors in Ancient Rome[60][61]
- Surgical needle in Ancient Rome[60]
- Catapult in ancient Near East
- South Pointing Chariot in China
- Differential gear in China and Greek island of Antikythera
- Flash lock in China[citation needed]
- Bookbinding in India
- Blowgun in India[62]
- Indigo dye in India[63]
- Iron pellet in India[62]
- Jute in Bengal[64]
- Toothbrush: Neem in India
- Scissors Mesopotamia or Egypt
1st millennium CE
1st–5th centuries
- 1–100 CE: Junk ship in China
- 1–100 CE: Junk rudder in China[65]
- 38 CE: Hydraulic-powered bellows: Du Shi
- 50 CE: Mouldboard plough in China and Gaul
- 77 CE: Encyclopedia (comprehensive work): Pliny the Elder[19]
- 78–139: Hydraulic-powered armillary sphere: Zhang Heng
- 2nd century: water sluice in water management Sri Lanka
- 2nd century: Lateen sail by Greco-Roman sailors[66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75]
- 2nd century: Steam power: Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt
- 2nd century: Vending machine: Hero of Alexandria
- 2nd century: Force pump: Hero of Alexandria
- 2nd century: Carding in India[76]
- 105: Paper: Cai Lun in China[77]
- 132: Rudimentary Seismometer: Zhang Heng in China
- 180: Rotary fan: Ding Huan in China
- 180: Winnowing fan: Ding Huan in China[citation needed]
- 3rd century: Kongming lantern (Hot air balloon) in China
- 3rd century: Horseshoes in Germany
- 200–400: Stepwell in India[78]
- Combination lock in Roman Empire[79]
- 4th century: Corrosion-resistant iron: Iron pillar of Delhi in India[80]
- 4th century: Toothpaste in Roman Egypt
- 4th century: Crystallized Sugar in India
- 5th century: Horse collar in China
- 5th century: Cotton gin in India[81]
- Fore-and-aft rig in India[82]
- Kamal in India[83]
- Prayer wheel: Tibet[84]
- Three-masted merchant vessel in China[85]
- Woodblock printing in China
6th–8th centuries
- 6th century: Chaturanga, a precursor of chess: India[86]
- 6th century: Pachisi, a precursor of Ludo: India[87]
- 6th century: Incense clock in India[88][89]
- 589: Toilet paper: Yan Zhitui in China
- 591: Gusli: East Slavs[90]
- 605: Fully-stone open-spandrel segmental arch bridge: Li Chun in China
- 618–700: Porcelain in China
- 618–907: Water-powered rotary fan in China
- 673: Greek fire flamethrower: Kallinikos of Heliopolis
- 700: Quill pen
- 700–900: Charitable trust in the Arab Empire[91][92]
- 8th century: Inoculation: Madhav in India[93]
- 721–815: Distilled alcohol: Jābir ibn Hayyān[94]
- 721–815: Nitric, hydrochloric, sulfuric, tartaric and citric acid, aqua regia, and concentrated acetic acid: Jābir ibn Hayyān[95][96][97]
- 754: Pharmacy in Baghdad[98]
- 758–764: Tar pavement in Baghdad[99]
- 763–800: Psychiatric hospital: Bimaristan in Baghdad[100]
- Dry distillation: Arabic chemists[citation needed]
- Petrol: Arabic chemists[101]
9th–10th centuries
- 700–1000: Spinning wheel in India[102]
- 800–850: Mural instrument: Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī[103]
- 800–850: Sine quadrant: Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī[103]
- 800–850: Horary quadrant: Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī[103]
- 800–857: Under-arm deodorant: Ziryab[104]
- 800–857: Beauty parlour: Ziryab[105]
- 800–857: Chemical depilatory: Ziryab[105]
- 800–873: Automatic flute player: Banū Mūsā[106]
- 800–873: Programmable machine: Banū Mūsā[106]
- 800–873: Gas mask: Banū Mūsā[107]
- 800–873: Clamshell grab: Banū Mūsā[107]
- 800–873: Mechanical musical instrument: Banū Mūsā[108]
- 800–873: Hurricane lamp: Banū Mūsā[107]
- 800–873: Self-feeding oil lamp: Banū Mūsā[107]
- 800–873: Self-trimming oil lamp: Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir[107]
- 9th century: Muslin in Dhaka, Bengal[109][110]
- 9th century: Stonepaste ceramics in Iraq[111]
- 9th century: Black powder in China
- 9th century: Water turbine in the Arab Empire[107]
- 9th century: Universal sundial in Baghdad[112]
- 9th century: Universal horary dial in Baghdad[113][114]
- 9th century: Vertical-axle windmill in Afghanistan[115]
- 9th century: Naphtha in Azerbaijan[99]
- 9th century: Oil well in Azerbaijan[99]
- 9th century: College: Madrasah in the Muslim world[116]
- 800–1000: Wind powered gristmills in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran[117]
- 800–1000: Sugar refinery in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran[117]
- 800–1000: Metal block printing in Egypt[118]
- c. 800–1000: Switch: Arabic engineers[119]
- 801–1000: Municipal solid waste handling: Al-Kindi, Qusta ibn Luqa, Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi, Ibn Al-Jazzar, al-Masihi[120]
- 810–887: Glass from stones: Abbas Ibn Firnas in al-Andalus[121]
- 810–887: Clear colourless high-purity glass: Abbas Ibn Firnas[121][122]
- 810–887: Metronome: Abbas Ibn Firnas[123]
- 810–887: Artificial weather simulation: Abbas Ibn Firnas[123]
- 827: Mechanical singing bird automaton: Al-Ma'mun[124]
- 836–1000: Erectile dysfunction treatment: Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi, Thabit bin Qurra (Thebit), Ibn Al-Jazzar[125]
- 853–929: Observation tube: Muhammad ibn Jābir al-Harrānī al-Battānī (Albatenius)[126]
- 859: University: Fatima al-Fihri[127][128]
- 875: Hang glider: Abbas Ibn Firnas[123][129]
- 875: Artificial wing: Abbas Ibn Firnas[123][129]
- c. 865–900: Kerosene: Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi (Rhazes) in Iraq[99][130]
- 865–925: Chemotherapy: Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi[citation needed]
- 10th century: Banknote in China
- 10th century: Fire lance in China
- 10th century: Gun in China
- 10th century: Milling factory in Baghdad[131]
- 10th century: Graph paper in the Arab Empire[132][133][134]
- 10th century: Horizontal-axle windmill in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran[115]
- 904: Fire Arrow in China
- 919: Double-piston flamethrower in China[citation needed]
- 984: Pound lock: Qiao Weiyo
- 953: Fountain pen: Al-Muizz Lideenillah of Egypt[135][136]
- 960–1000: Restaurant in the Arab Empire[137]
- 989: Bread drink: East Slavs in Kievan Rus'[138]
- 989: Multidomed church: East Slavs in Kievan Rus'[139][140]
- 994: Astronomical sextant: Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi in Persia[141]
- 996: Geared mechanical astrolabe: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī[142]
- Almucantar quadrant: Arabic astronomers[143]
- Vertical sundial: Arabic astronomers[144]
- Polar sundial: Arabic astronomers[144]
- Shaving soap: Arabic chemists
- Reed level: Arabic engineers[145]
- Geared gristmill: Arabic engineers[146]
- Street lamp in the Arab Empire[147][page needed]
- Sherbet in the Arab Empire[148]
- Soft drink in the Arab Empire[148][149]
- Syrup in the Arab Empire[148]
- Mercury escapement mechanism in the Middle East
- Public library in the Arab Empire[150]
- Library catalog in the Arab Empire[151]
- Snakes and ladders in India
2nd millennium
11th century
- c. 1000: Hypodermic needle: Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili[152][153]
- c. 1000: Cataract extraction: Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili[152][153]
- c. 1000: Suction: Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili[152][153]
- 1000: Ligature: Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) in Al-Andalus[154]
- 1000: Adhesive plaster: Abu al-Qasim[155]
- 1000: Curette: Abu al-Qasim[citation needed]
- 1000: Lithotomy scalpel: Abu al-Qasim[156]
- 1000: Surgical catgut: Abu al-Qasim
- 1000: Inhalational anaesthetic: Abu al-Qasim[99][157]
- 1000: Anaesthetic sponge: Abu al-Qasim[99][157]
- 1000: Oral anaesthesia: Abu al-Qasim[99][157]
- 1000: Cotton dressing: Abu al-Qasim[158]
- c. 1000–1020: Heliocentric astrolabe: Al-Sijzi[159]
- c. 1000–1037: Essential oil: Avicenna[160]
- c. 1000–1048: Orthographical astrolabe: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī in Persia[citation needed]
- c. 1000–1048: Planisphere: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī[161]
- c. 1000–1048: Laboratory flask: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī[162]
- c. 1000–1048: Pycnometer: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī[162]
- c. 1000–1048: Conical measure: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī[163]
- c. 1000–1048: Geared mechanical lunisolar calendar analog computer: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī[164]
- 1020: Mechanical astrolabe: Ibn Samh in Al-Andalus[165]
- 1021: Magnifying glass: Ibn al-Haytham[166]
- 1021: Pinhole camera: Ibn al-Haytham[167]
- 1021: Camera obscura: Ibn al-Haytham[167]
- 1021: Novel: Murasaki Shikibu[168]
- 1021: Historical novel: Murasaki Shikibu[169]
- 1025: Calcium channel blocker: Avicenna[170][dubious – discuss]
- 1025: Pharmacopoeia: Avicenna[171]
- 1028–1087: Equatorium: Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (Arzachel) in Al-Andalus[172]
- 1028–1087: Universal astrolabe: Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī
- 1031–1095: Raised-relief map: Shen Kuo[173][174]
- 1038–1075: Flywheel: Ibn Bassal in Al-Andalus[175]
- 1041: Movable type printing press: Bi Sheng in China
- 1044: Hand grenade: Zhen Tian Lei in China
- 1087: Almanac: Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī[176]
- 1088: Mechanical clock: Su Song
- 1088: Clock tower: Su Song
- 1088: Magnetic compass: Shen Kuo in China
- 1090: Belt drive: Qin Guan in China
- 1090: Chain drive in China
- 1092: Astronomical clock: Su Song
- 1094: Printed star chart: Su Song
- Calico in India[177]
- Coke fuel in China
- Complex gearing: Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi in Al-Andalus[178]
- Epicyclic gearing: Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi in Al-Andalus[178]
- Segmental gearing: Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi in Al-Andalus[178]
- Geared mechanical clock: Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi in Al-Andalus[178]
- Weight-driven mechanical clock: Arabic engineers[178]
- Clear glass mirror in Al-Andalus[99]
- Koch (wooden icebreaker) by Pomors in Russia
12th century
- c. 1100: Framed bead abacus in China
- 1100–1150: Torquetum: Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber)[179]
- 1100–1161: Tracheotomy: Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) in Al-Andalus[180]
- 1119: Watertight hull compartment: Zhu Yu in China
- 1126: Fire arrow: Li Gang in China
- 1126: Rocket: Li Gang in China
- 1128: Cannon in China[181]
- 1135–1200: Linear astrolabe: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī in Persia[182]
- 1150: Homing pigeons in Iraq and Syria[183]
- 1187: Counterweight trebuchet: Mardi bin Ali al-Tarsusi[184][185]
- 1187: Mangonel: Mardi bin Ali al-Tarsusi[186]
- 1190: Mariner's compass in Italy[187]
- Astrolabic quadrant in Egypt[188]
- Bridge mill in Al-Andalus[189]
- Hydropowered forge in Al-Andalus[117]
- Finery forge in Al-Andalus[117]
- Central heating through underfloor pipes in Syria[190]
- Fireworks in China
- Pernach in the Kievan Rus'
- Shashka by Circassians in the Northern Caucasus
- Sunglasses in China
13th century
- c. 1200: Glass mirror in Europe[19][191]
- 1206: Bolted joint lock[107]
- 1232: Rocket launcher in China
- 1235: Geared astrolabe with analog computer calendar: Abi Bakr of Isfahan[192]
- 1259: Research institute: Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī[193]
- 1259: Observatory institution: Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī[193]
- 1260: Hand cannon in Egypt[95][194]
- 1260: Explosive gunpowder in Egypt[95][194]
- 1260: Cartridge in Egypt[194]
- 1270: Pure saltpetre: Hasan al-Rammah of Syria[95][194]
- 1274: Siege cannon: Abu Yaqub Yusuf[194]
- 1275: Torpedo: Hasan al-Rammah of Syria
- 1275: Restaurant menu in China
- 1277: Land mine: Lou Qianxia in China
- c. 1296: Astronomical compass: Yemeni sultan al-Ashraf[195]
- 1297–1298: Wooden movable type printing: Wang Zhen of China [196]
- Crankshaft-driven screw: Arabic engineers[197]
- Crankshaft-driven screwpump: Arabic engineers[197]
- Onion dome in Russia[198]
- Sandpaper in China
- Sokha in the Novgorod Republic, Russia[199]
- Solid-fuel rocket in China
- Condom in Italy
- Buttonhole in Germany[19]
- Snakes and ladders in India[200]
14th century
- 1304–1375: Compendium instrument: Ibn al-Shatir[144]
- 1350: Rope bridge in Peru
- 1355: Bombard: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji
- 1355: Matchlock: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji
- 1355: Multistage rocket: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji
- 1355: Naval mine: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji
- 1355: Round shot: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji[citation needed]
- 1355: Shell: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji
- 1355: Wheellock: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji
- 32-point compass rose in the Arab world[201]
- Katana in Japan
- Musket in China
- Spherical astrolabe in the Middle East
- Zvonnitsa in Russia
15th century
- 1400–1429: Plate of conjunctions: Jamshīd al-Kāshī[202][203]
- 1400–1429: Planetary analog computer: Jamshīd al-Kāshī[203][204][205]
- 1405–1433: Treasure ship: Zheng He
- c. 1430: Vodka: Isidore in Russia
- 1450s: Alphabetic movable type printing press: Johannes Gutenberg
- 1451: Concave lens for eyeglasses: Nicholas of Cusa
- 1490–1492: Terrestrial globe: Martin Behaim
- 1494: Double-entry bookkeeping system: Luca Pacioli
- 1498: Bristle toothbrush: Hongzhi Emperor
- Bardiche in Eastern Europe and Russia
- Mobile modular fortification in Russia
- Iron-chain suspension bridge in China
- Arquebus in Europe[citation needed]
- Rifle in Europe[citation needed]
16th century
- c. 1500: Ball bearing: Leonardo Da Vinci
- 1510s: Tented roof masonry in Russia
- 1540: Ether: Valerius Cordus
- 1551: Steam turbine: Taqi al-Din in Ottoman Egypt[206]
- 1559: Six-cylinder[disambiguation needed] pump: Taqi al-Din[207]
- 1565: Pencil: Conrad Gesner[19][208]
- 1579: Prefabricated home: Akbar the Great[209]
- 1579: Movable structure: Akbar the Great[209]
- c. 1580: Hookah: Hakim Abul Fateh Gilani in Mughal India[210][211][212]
- 1589: Stocking frame: William Lee
- 1589–1590: Seamless celestial globe: Ali Kashmiri ibn Luqman in Kashmir, Mughal India[213]
- c. 1590: Compound microscope: Zacharias Janssen, Hans Janssen, Hans Lippershey [214]
- 1592: Ironclad Warship: Yi Sun-sin
- 1593: Thermoscope: Galileo Galilei
- 1596: Water closet: John Harrington
- Chintz in India[215]
- Musket in Europe
- Pencil in England
- Vertical construction urban planning in Shibam[216]
- Shuriken in Japan[citation needed]
17th century
- 1608: Telescope: Hans Lippershey, Zacharias Janssen, Jacob Metius[217]
- 1610: Flintlock: Marin le Bourgeoys
- 1620: Slide rule: William Oughtred
- 1623: Automatic calculator: Wilhelm Schickard
- 1624 or before: Temperature regulator: Cornelius Drebbel[218]
- 1631: Vernier scale: Pierre Vernier
- 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[219][220]
- 1679: Pressure cooker: Denis Papin
- 1688: Balalaika in Russia
- 1690: Polhem wheel: Christopher Polhem
- 1698: Steam engine powered water pump: Thomas Savery
- 1700: Piano: Bartolomeo Cristofori
- c. 1700: Water-based central heating in Russia
- Palampore in India[221][222]
- Russian Mountains (roller coaster) in Russia
18th century
- 1704: Decimal currency: Peter I of Russia
- 1709: Iron smelting using coke: Abraham Darby I
- 1711: Tuning fork: John Shore
- 1712: Steam piston engine: Thomas Newcomen
- 1714: Mercury thermometer: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
- 1717: Mechanic slide rest: Andrey Nartov
- 1718: Yacht club: Peter I of Russia
- 1725: Rebar: Akinfiy Demidov
- 1731: Octant: John Hadley, Thomas Godfrey
- 1732: Cast iron dome: Akinfiy Demidov (see the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk)
- 1733: Flying shuttle: John Kay
- 1737: Marine chronometer (H1): John Harrison
- 1739: Ice palace: Anna of Russia and architect Pyotr Yeropkin
- 1740: Nail violin: Johann Wilde
- 1742: Franklin stove: Benjamin Franklin
- 1752: Lightning rod: Benjamin Franklin
- 1753: Electrometer: Georg Wilhelm Richmann
- 1754: Coaxial rotor / Model helicopter: Mikhail Lomonosov[223]
- 1758: Binomial nomenclature system: Carl Linnaeus
- 1762: Off-axis reflecting telescope: Mikhail Lomonosov
- 1764: Spinning jenny: James Hargreaves/Thomas Highs
- 1766: Two-cylinder engine: Ivan Polzunov
- 1767: Carbonated water: Joseph Priestley
- 1769: Water frame: Richard Arkwright/Thomas Highs
- 1769: Steam road vehicle: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
- 1775: Submarine Turtle: David Bushnell
- 1776: Steamboat: Claude de Jouffroy
- 1776: Watt steam engine: James Watt
- 1777: Card teeth making machine: Oliver Evans
- 1777: Circular saw: Samuel Miller
- 1779: Candle searchlight: Ivan Kulibin
- 1779: Spinning mule: Samuel Crompton
- 1780: Copy machine for writing: James Watt
- 1780s: Iron-cased rocket: Tipu Sultan in India[224]
- 1783: Hot air balloon: Montgolfier brothers
- 1783: Hydrogen balloon : Jacques Charles and Les Frères Robert
- 1784: Bifocals: Benjamin Franklin
- 1784: Argand lamp: Aimé Argand[19]
- 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[citation needed]
- 1793: Screw drive elevator: Ivan Kulibin[225]
- 1795: Appertization: Nicolas Appert
- 1796: Peaked cap: Russian Army
- 1798: Vaccination: Edward Jenner
- 1798: Lithography: Alois Senefelder
- Indian clubs in India[226]
19th century
1800s
- 1800: Voltaic Pile: Alessandro Volta
- 1801: Jacquard loom: Joseph Marie Jacquard [227]
- 1802: Electric arc: Vasily Petrov
- 1802: Screw propeller steamboat Phoenix: John Stevens
- 1802: Gas stove: James Sharp
- 1803: Arc welding: Vasily Petrov
- 1803: Morphine (first isolation from opium): Friedrich W. A. Serturner[228]
- 1804: Steam locomotive: (Puffing Devil) – Richard Trevithick
- 1805: Submarine Nautilus: Robert Fulton
- 1807: Steamboat Clermont: Robert Fulton
- 1808: Bandsaw: William Newberry
- 1809: Arc lamp: Humphry Davy
1810s
- 1811: Sailor cap: Russian Navy
- 1812: Electric mine: Pavel Schilling
- 1814: Beehive frame: Petro Prokopovych
- 1814: Steam locomotive (Blücher) – George Stephenson
- 1816: Miner's safety lamp: Humphry Davy
- 1816: Stirling engine: Robert Stirling
- 1816: Stethoscope: Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec
- 1817: Draisine or velocipede (two-wheeled): Karl Drais
- 1817: Kaleidoscope: David Brewster
- 1818: Bicycle: Karl Drais[19]
1820s
- 1820: Monorail: Ivan Elmanov
- 1821: Electric motor: Michael Faraday
- 1822: Photography: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
- 1823: Electromagnet: William Sturgeon
- 1823: Lighter: Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
- 1824: Portland cement: William Aspdin
- 1826: Internal combustion engine: Samuel Morey
- 1827: Friction match: John Walker
- 1827: Fountain-pen: Petrache Poenaru
- 1829: Steam locomotive: (Rocket) – Robert Stephenson[19]
1830s
- 1830: Thermostat: Andrew Ure[19]
- 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
- 1832: Electric Motor: William Sturgeon
- 1832: Electromagnetic telegraph: Pavel Schilling
- 1832: Unit record equipment: Semen Korsakov
- 1834: The Hansom cab is patented
- 1834: Braille system: Louis Braille
- 1834: Refrigerator: Jacob Perkins
- 1834: Combine harvester: Hiram Moore
- 1835: Centrifugal fan: Alexander Sablukov
- 1835: Revolver: Samuel Colt
- 1835: Electromechanical relay: Joseph Henry
- 1835: Incandescent light bulb: James Bowman Lindsay
- 1836: Sewing machine: Josef Madersperger
- 1837: US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport (February 25)
- 1837: Steel plow: John Deere
- 1837: Standard diving dress: Augustus Siebe[229]
- 1837: Camera Zoom Lens: Jozef Maximilián Petzval
- 1837: Magnetic telegraph: Samuel Morse
- 1838: closed diving suit with a helmet: Augustus Siebe[229]
- 1838: Electrotyping: Boris Jacobi[230]
- 1838: Electric boat: Boris Jacobi
- 1838: Galvanoplastic sculpture: Boris Jacobi and Heinrich Lenz[230]
- 1839: Vulcanization of rubber: Charles Goodyear
1840s
- 1840: Artificial fertilizer: Justus von Liebig
- 1841: Saxophone:Adolphe Sax
- 1842: Superphosphate fertilizer: John Bennett Lawes
- 1842: Steam hammer: James Nasmyth
- 1842: Anaesthesia: Crawford Long
- 1843: Typewriter: Charles Thurber
- 1843: Fax machine: Alexander Bain[citation needed]
- 1843: Ice cream maker: Nancy Johnson
- 1843: Steam powered Pile driver: James Nasmyth
- 1844: The safety match: Gustaf Erik Pasch
- 1844: Pulpwood for papermaking: Charles Fenerty (Nova Scotia, Canada), and F. G. Keller (Germany)
- 1845: Rubber band: Stephen Perry
- 1845: Pneumatic tyre: Robert Thomson (inventor)
- 1846: Sewing machine: Elias Howe
- 1846: Rotary printing press: Richard M. Hoe
- 1848: Modern oil well: Vasily Semyonov[231]
- 1849: Safety pin: Walter Hunt
- 1849: Francis turbine: James B. Francis
1850s
- 1850: Modern bascule bridge: Stanisław Kierbedź
- 1852: Airship: Henri Giffard
- 1852: Passenger elevator: Elisha Otis
- 1852: Gyroscope: Léon Foucault
- 1855: Bunsen burner: Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
- 1855: Bessemer process: Henry Bessemer
- 1856: Celluloid: Alexander Parkes
- 1856: Condensed milk: Gail Borden
- 1857: Heating radiator: Franz San Galli
- 1858: Undersea telegraph cable: Charles Wheatstone
- 1858: Mason jar: John L. Mason
- 1859: Aluminothermy: Nikolay Beketov
- 1859: Oil drill: Edwin L. Drake
- 1859: Lead acid battery: Gaston Plante
- 1859: Ironclad (Battleship) La Gloire: Dupuy de Lôme
- Badminton in India[232][233]
1860s
- 1860: Light Bulb, Sir Joseph Swan
- 1860: Linoleum: Frederick Walton
- 1860: Repeating rifle: Oliver F. Winchester, Christopher Spencer
- 1860: Self-propelled torpedo: Giovanni Luppis
- 1860: Vacuum cleaner: Daniel Hess
- 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
- 1863: Underground railway (metro, subway): Sir John Fowler
- 1864: Metal–hull icebreaker: Mikhail Britnev
- 1865: Barbed wire: Louis Jannin
- 1866: Dynamite: Alfred Nobel
- 1867: Paper clip: Samuel B. Fay
- 1868: Typewriter: Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule, with assistance from James Densmore
- 1869: Air brake (rail): George Westinghouse
- 1868: Oleomargarine: Mege Mouries
- 1869: Periodic table: Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1869: Manually-powered vacuum cleaner: Ives W. McGaffey
1870s
- 1870: Chewing gum: Thomas Adams[19]
- 1870: Magic lantern projector: Henry R. Heyl[citation needed]
- 1870: Stock ticker: Thomas Alva Edison
- 1871: Cable car (railway) (grip controlled): Andrew S. Hallidie
- 1873: Jeans: Levi Strauss[19]
- 1873: Odhner Arithmometer: Willgodt Theophil Odhner
- 1873: Railway knuckle coupler: Eli H. Janney
- 1873: Modern direct current electric motor: Zénobe Gramme
- 1874: Barbed wire: Joseph Glidden[19]
- 1874: Heroin: First synthesized by C. R. Alder Wright[234]
- 1874: Electric street car: Stephen Dudle Field
- 1874: DDT: Othmar Zeidler[19]
- 1875: Dynamo: William Arnold Anthony
- 1875: Magazine (firearm): Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
- 1875: Railway electrification system: Fyodor Pirotsky
- 1876: Carpet sweeper: Melville Bissell
- 1876: Gasoline carburettor: Daimler
- 1876: Loudspeaker: Alexander Graham Bell
- 1876: Telephone: Alexander Graham Bell
- 1876: Yablochkov candle: Pavel Yablochkov
- 1877: Stapler: Henry R. Heyl[citation needed]
- 1877: Induction motor: Nikola Tesla
- 1877: Phonograph: Thomas Alva Edison
- 1877: Microphone: Emile Berliner
- 1877: Torpedo boat tender: Stepan Makarov
- 1877: Tracked wagon: Fyodor Blinov
- 1878: Cathode ray tube: William Crookes
- 1878: Cylindric oil depot: Vladimir Shukhov
- 1878: Rebreather: Henry Fleuss[235]
- 1879: Pelton turbine: Lester Pelton
- 1879: Cash register: James Ritty
- 1879: Metal–hull oil tanker: Ludvig Nobel
1880s
- 1880: Electric tram: Fyodor Pirotsky
- 1880: Photophone: Alexander Graham Bell
- 1880: Roll film: George Eastman
- 1880: Safety razor: Kampfe Brothers
- 1880: Seismograph: John Milne
- 1881: Carbon arc welding: Nikolay Benardos
- 1881: Metal detector: Alexander Graham Bell
- 1882: Electric fan: Schuyler Skaats Wheeler
- 1882: Blowtorch: Carl Rickard Nyberg
- 1883: Photovoltaic cell: Charles Fritts
- 1883: Two-phase (alternating current) induction motor: Nikola Tesla
- 1884: Linotype machine: Ottmar Mergenthaler
- 1884: Recording data on a machine readable medium, the Punched card: Herman Hollerith
- 1884: Trolley car, (electric): Frank Sprague, Charles Van Depoele
- 1885: Roller Coaster: LaMarcus Adna Thompson
- 1885: Automobile patent granted (internal combustion engine powered): Karl Benz, first automobile put into production
- 1885: Machine gun: Hiram Stevens Maxim[236]
- 1885: Motorcycle: Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
- 1885: Alternating current transformer: William Stanley
- 1885: Safety bicycle: John Kemp Starley
- 1886: Dishwasher: Josephine Cochrane
- 1886: Gasoline engine: Gottlieb Daimler
- 1886: Improved phonograph cylinder: Tainter & Bell
- 1887: Amphetamine: Lazăr Edeleanu[237]
- 1887: Monotype machine: Tolbert Lanston
- 1887: Contact lens: Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick, Eugène Kalt and August Muller
- 1887: Gramophone record: Emile Berliner
- 1887: Ceiling fan: Philip Diehl
- 1888: Caterpillar tractor: Fyodor Blinov
- 1888: Polyphase AC Electric power system: Nikola Tesla (30 related patents.)
- 1888: Kodak hand camera: George Eastman[238]
- 1888: Ballpoint pen: John Loud
- 1888: Kinematograph: Augustin Le Prince
- 1888: Photoelectric cell: Aleksandr Stoletov
- 1888: Shielded metal arc welding: Nikolay Slavyanov
- 1888: Wind Energy : Charles F. Brush
- 1889: Northrop Loom: Draper Corporation, James Henry Northrop
- Takadiastase: Jokichi Takamine
1890s
- 1890: Centrifugal Pump: Byron Jackson This was a turbine pump which is now the standard pump design wherever water needs to be moved.
- 1890: Tungsten filament: Alexander Lodygin
- 1890: Zipper: Whitcomb L. Judson
- 1891: Escalator: Jesse W. Reno[19]
- 1891: Thermal cracking process: Vladimir Shukhov
- 1891: Carborundum: Edward G. Acheson
- 1891: Modern adjustable spanner: Johan Petter Johansson
- 1891: Tesla coil: Nikola Tesla
- 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: Tuned wireless communication: Nikola Tesla (The True Wireless)
- 1893: Radio: Nikola Tesla [239]
- 1894: Radio transmission: Jagdish Chandra Bose in Bengal[240]
- 1894: Milking machine: Gustaf de Laval
- 1894: Methamphetamine: Nagayoshi Nagai[241]
- 1894: Nephoscope: Mikhail Pomortsev
- 1895: X-ray : Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
- 1895: Diesel engine: Rudolf Diesel
- 1895: Lightning detector / Radio receiver: Alexander Popov
- 1895: Radiotelegraph: Guglielmo Marconi
- 1896: Vitascope: Thomas Armat
- 1896: Hyperboloid structure: Vladimir Shukhov
- 1896: Tensile structure: Vladimir Shukhov
- 1896: Thin-shell structure: Vladimir Shukhov
- 1896: Gridshell: Vladimir Shukhov
- 1897: Modern escalator: Jesse W. Reno
- 1898: Polar icebreaker: Stepan Makarov
- 1898: Tapered roller bearing: Henry Timken
- 1898: Remote control: Nikola Tesla
- 1898: Ignition coil: Nikola Tesla
- 1899: Iron-mercury coherer: Jagdish Chandra Bose in Bengal
- 1899: Automobile self starter: Clyde J. Coleman
- 1899: Magnetic tape recorder: Valdemar Poulsen
- 1899: Gas turbine: Charles Curtis [citation needed]
20th century
1900s
- 1900: Epinephrine (adrenaline): Jokichi Takamine & Keizo Uenaka
- 1900: Rigid dirigible airship: Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin
- 1900: Self-heating can
- 1901: Chromatography: Mikhail Tsvet
- 1901: Mercury vapor lamp: Peter Cooper Hewitt
- 1901: Disposable razor blade: King C. Gillette
- 1901: Motorized vacuum cleaner: Hubert Cecil Booth
- 1901: Gauge blocks: Carl Edvard Johansson
- 1902: Air Conditioner: Willis Carrier [19]
- 1902: Fire fighting foam: Aleksandr Loran
- 1902: Ostwald process: Wilhelm Ostwald
- 1902: Neon lamp: Georges Claude
- 1902: Radio telephone: Valdemar Poulsen, Reginald Fessenden
- 1902: Rayon cellulose ester: Arthur D. Little
- 1903: Diesel-electric transmission / Motor ship: Konstantin Boklevsky
- 1903: Electrocardiograph (EKG): Willem Einthoven
- 1903: Powered, controlled airplane: Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright
- 1904: Foam extinguisher: Aleksandr Loran
- 1904: Modern mortar: Leonid Gobyato
- 1904: Thermionic valve: John Ambrose Fleming
- 1904: Tractor: Benjamin Holt
- 1905: Insubmersibility: Alexey Krylov and Stepan Makarov
- 1905: Auscultatory blood pressure measurement: Nikolai Korotkov
- 1905: Electric seismometer: Boris Galitzine
- 1905: Radio tube diode: John Ambrose Fleming
- 1906: Sonar (first device): Lewis Nixon
- 1906: Triode amplifier: Lee DeForest
- 1907: Aerosan: Sergey Nezhdanovsky
- 1907: Helicopter: Paul Cornu
- 1907: Monosodium glutamate: Kikunae Ikeda[242]
- 1907: Radio tube triode: Lee DeForest
- 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: Umami: Kikunae Ikeda[243]
- 1909: Bakelite: Leo Baekeland
- 1909: Gun suppressor: Hiram Percy Maxim
- Microwave optics: Jagdish Chandra Bose in Bengal
- Crescograph: Jagdish Chandra Bose in Bengal[244]
1910s
- 1910: Aberic acid: Umetaro Suzuki
- 1910: Classical conditioning: Ivan Pavlov
- 1910: Thiamine (Vitamin B1): Umetaro Suzuki[245]
- 1910: Vitamin (B vitamin): Umetaro Suzuki
- 1910: Dental Braces: Joseph Clyde [citation needed]
- 1910: Neon lighting: Georges Claude
- 1911: Gyrocompass: Elmer A. Sperry
- 1911: Automobile self starter (perfected): Charles F. Kettering
- 1911: CRT television: Boris Rosing
- 1911: Hydroplane: Glenn Curtiss
- 1911: Knapsack parachute: Gleb Kotelnikov
- 1912: Drogue parachute: Gleb Kotelnikov
- 1913: Aerobatics: Pyotr Nesterov and Adolphe Pégoud
- 1913: Airliner: Igor Sikorsky
- 1913: Assault rifle: Vladimir Fyodorov
- 1913: Bra: Mary Phelps Jacob
- 1913: Crossword: Arthur Wynne
- 1913: Half-track: Adolphe Kégresse
- 1913: Radio receiver: Ernst Alexanderson, Reginald Fessenden[citation needed]
- 1913: Stainless steel: Harry Brearley
- 1913: X-Ray (coolidge tube): William D. Coolidge[246]
- 1914: Aerial ramming: Pyotr Nesterov
- 1914: Radio transmitter triode mod.: Ernst Alexanderson
- 1914: Liquid fuel rocket: Robert Goddard
- 1914: Strategic bomber: Igor Sikorsky
- 1914: Tank, military: Sir William Ashbee Tritton and Major Walter Gordon Wilson[247]
- 1915: Activated charcoal gas mask: James Bert Garner and Nikolay Zelinsky
- 1915: Pyrex: Corning Inc.
- 1916: Browning Gun: John Browning
- 1916: Cultured pearl: Mikimoto Kōkichi
- 1916: Thompson submachine gun: John T. Thompson
- 1917: Sonar echolocation: Paul Langevin
- 1917: Cruise missile: Charles Kettering
- 1918: Air ionizer: Alexander Chizhevsky
- 1918: Interrupter gear: Anton Fokker
- 1918: Radio crystal oscillator: A.M. Nicolson
- 1919: Flip-flop circuit: William Eccles and F. W. Jordan
- 1919: Theremin: Léon Theremin
1920s
- 1920: Saha ionization equation: Meghnad Saha[248]
- 1921: Polygraph: John A. Larson
- 1922: Crystadine: Oleg Losev
- 1922: Radar: Robert Watson-Watt, A. H. Taylor, L. C. Young, Gregory Breit, Merle Antony Tuve
- 1922: The absorption refrigerator: Baltzar von Platen
- 1923: Sound film: Lee DeForest
- 1923: Television Electronic: Philo Farnsworth
- 1923: Wind tunnel: Michael Max Munk
- 1923: Autogyro: Juan de la Cierva
- 1923: Xenon flash lamp: Harold Edgerton
- 1924: Optophonic Piano: Vladimir Baranov-Rossine
- 1924: Automatic power loom: Sakichi Toyoda[249]
- 1925: Ultra-centrifuge: Theodor Svedberg – used to determine molecular weights
- 1925: Television Nipkow System: C. Francis Jenkins
- 1926: Interlace: Léon Theremin
- 1926: Television Mechanical Scanner: John Logie Baird
- 1926: Aerosol spray: Rotheim
- 1926: Yagi antenna: Hidetsugu Yagi & Shintaro Uda
- 1926: Directional antenna: Hidetsugu Yagi & Shintaro Uda
- 1926: High-gain antenna: Hidetsugu Yagi & Shintaro Uda
- 1927: Light-emitting diode: Oleg Losev
- 1927: Mechanical cotton picker: John Rust
- 1928: Rabbage: Georgii Karpechenko
- 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
- 1928: Raman effect: Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman[250]
- 1928: Magnetic interference balance: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar & K. N. Mathur[251]
- 1928: 3D television John Logie Baird[252]
- 1929: Cadaveric blood transfusion: Sergei Yudin
- 1929: Electroencephelograph (EEG): Hans Berger
- 1929: Kinescope (CRT):Vladimir Zworykin
- 1929: Teletank / Military robot: Red Army
- Band aid: Earle Dickson
- Man-made Insulin: Paul Langerhans
- Mechanical potato peeler: Herman Lay
- Phototelegraphic transmission: Yasujiro Niwa
- Mechanical television: Yasujiro Niwa
1930s
- 1930: Neoprene: Wallace Carothers
- 1930: Paratrooping: Russian Airborne Troops
- 1930: Radiosonde: Pavel Molchanov
- 1931: Magnetic-resistant steel: Kotaro Honda
- 1931: Magnetic steel: Kotaro Honda
- 1931: Alnico: Tokuhichi Mishima
- 1931: MKM steel: Tokuhichi Mishima [253][254]
- 1931: Hypergolic propellant: Valentyn Glushko
- 1931: Iconoscope: Vladimir Zworykin
- 1931: Pressure suit: Yevgeny Chertovsky[255]
- 1931: Rhythmicon / Drum machine: Léon Theremin
- 1932: Radio telescope: Karl Jansky
- 1932: Terpsitone: Léon Theremin
- 1932: Underwater welding: Konstantin Khrenov
- 1934: Cherenkov detector: Cherenkov radiation[256]
- 1934: Hammond Organ: Laurens Hammond
- 1935: Microwave RADAR: Robert Watson-Watt
- 1935: Nylon: Wallace Carothers
- 1935: Spectrophotometer: Arthur C. Hardy
- 1937: Turboprop engine: György Jendrassik
- 1937: Jet engine: Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain
- 1937: O-ring: Niels Christensen
- 1937: Nylon: Wallace H. Carothers[19]
- 1937: Portable electrocardiograph: Taro Takemi
- 1937: Atanasoff–Berry Computer, the first automatic electronic digital computer: John Vincent Atanasoff
- 1937: Polyphonic synthesizer: Harald Bode
- 1937: Welded sculpture: Vera Mukhina
- 1938: Ballpoint pen: Laszlo Biro
- 1938: Deep column station: Alexey Dushkin
- 1938: Xerography: Chester Carlson
- 1938: Fiberglass: Russell Games Slayter John H. Thomas
- 1938: LSD: Albert Hofmann
- 1939: Modern helicopter (Focke-Wulf Fw 61): Igor Sikorsky
- 1939: Kirlian photography: Semyon Kirlian
- 1939: Automated teller machine: Luther George Simjian
- Nuclear medicine: Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Irène Joliot-Curie, Taro Takemi
- Spring-loaded camming device: Vitaly Abalakov[257]
- Electric propulsion: Valentin Glushko
1940s
- 1940: p-n junction: Russell Ohl[258]
- 1941: Computer: Konrad Zuse[citation needed]
- 1941: Maksutov telescope: Dmitry Maksutov
- 1941: Degaussing: Charles F. Goodeve and Anatoly Alexandrov
- 1941: Velcro: George de Mestral
- 1942: Bazooka Rocket Gun: Leslie A. Skinner C. N. Hickman
- 1942: Nuclear reactor: Enrico Fermi[19]
- 1942: Undersea oil pipeline: Hartley, Anglo-Iranian, Siemens in Operation Pluto
- 1942: Winged tank: Oleg Antonov
- 1943: Aqua-Lung: Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan
- 1944: EPR spectroscopy: Yevgeny Zavoisky[259]
- 1944: Electron spectrometer: Deutsch Elliot Evans
- 1945: Passive resonant cavity bug: Léon Theremin
- 1945: Slinky: Richard James and Betty James
- 1945: Microwave oven: Percy L. Spencer[19]
- 1945: Nuclear weapons (note: chain reaction theory was made in 1933):Manhattan Project
- 1946: Microwave oven: Percy Spencer
- 1946: Mobile Telephone Service: AT&T and Southwestern Bell
- 1946: Bikini: Louis Réard[19]
- 1947: AK-47: Mikhail Kalashnikov
- 1947: Pocket calculator (four-function, mechanical): Curt Herzstark[260][261]
- 1947: Transistor: William Shockley, Walter Brattain, John Bardeen
- 1947: Polaroid camera: Edwin Land
- 1948: Long Playing Record: Peter Carl Goldmark
- 1948: Holography: Dennis Gabor[19]
- 1949: Atomic clocks
- 1949: Radiocarbon dating: Willard Libby
- 1949: Kei car in Japan
- Electric rice cooker: Mitsubishi Electric
1950s
- 1950: Credit card: Frank X. McNamara
- 1950: Steadicam tracking shot: Akira Kurosawa
- 1951: Combined oral contraceptive pill: Djerassi, Miramontes, and Rosenkranz [262]
- 1951: Explosively pumped flux compression generator: Andrey Sakharov
- 1951: Liquid Paper: Bette Nesmith Graham
- 1951: Nuclear power reactor: Walter Zinn
- 1952: Carbon nanotubes: L. V. Radushkevich and V. M. Lukyanovich[263][264]
- 1952: Ilizarov apparatus: Gavril Ilizarov
- 1952: Optical fiber: Narinder Singh Kapany[265][266]
- 1952: Fusion bomb: Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam
- 1952: Hovercraft: Christopher Cockerell
- 1953: MASER: Charles Townes
- 1953: Medical ultrasonography
- 1954: Nuclear power plant: Igor Kurchatov
- 1954: Radar gun: Bryce K. Brown
- 1954: Silicon transistor: Bell Laboratories and Texas Instruments, independently
- 1954: Synthetic diamond: Tracy Hall
- 1954: Geodesic dome: Buckminster Fuller
- 1955: Fast-neutron reactor: Soviet Union
- 1955: Hard Drive: Reynold Johnson with IBM
- 1955: Bounce lighting: Subrata Mitra[267][268]
- 1955: Submarine-launched ballistic missile: Victor Makeev
- 1955: Tokamak: Lev Artsimovich
- 1956: Digital clock[citation needed]
- 1956: Fortran: John W. Backus
- 1956: Videotape recorder: Ampex
- 1957: Electric compact calculator: Casio
- 1957: Jet Boat: William Hamilton
- 1957: Digital synthesizer: Max Mathews
- 1957: Intercontinental ballistic missile / Orbital space rocket: Sergey Korolev
- 1957: Satellite: Soviet space program (Sergey Korolev, Mstislav Keldysh, Mikhail Tikhonravov)
- 1957: Spaceport: Vladimir Barmin
- 1957: Space capsule: Soviet space program
- 1957: Synchrophasotron: Vladimir Veksler[citation needed]
- 1958: Integrated circuit: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments, Robert Noyce at Fairchild Semiconductor
- 1958: Neutron Bomb: Samuel T. Cohen
- 1958: Communications satellite: Kenneth Masterman-Smith
- 1958: Implantable pacemaker: Rune Elmqvist
- 1958: Instant noodles: Momofuku Ando
- 1958: Ternary computer: Nikolay Brusentsov
- 1959: Dedicated high-speed rail lines (Shinkansen): Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan
- 1959: Nuclear icebreaker: Soviet Union
- 1959: Space probe: Soviet space program
- 1959: Spandex (aka Lycra or elastane): Joseph Shivers
1960s
- 1960: Laser: Theodore Harold Maiman
- 1960: Reentry capsule: Soviet space program
- 1961: Digital Photography: Eugene F. Lally
- 1961: Anti-ballistic missile: Pyotr Grushin
- 1961: Ekranoplan: Rostislav Alexeyev
- 1961: Optical disc: David Paul Gregg
- 1961: Cochlear implant: William House
- 1961: Human spaceflight: performed by Yuri Gagarin for Soviet space program (Sergey Korolyov, Kerim Kerimov and others)[269]
- 1961: Space food: Soviet space program
- 1961: Space suit: Soviet space program
- 1961: Platform screen doors: Saint Petersburg Metro
- 1961: Thin-film transistor: P. K. Weimer[270]
- 1962: 3D holography: Yuri Denisyuk
- 1962: Sea Solar Power [271] J. Hilbert Anderson [272]
- 1962: Light-emitting diode (LED): Nick Holonyak
- 1962: Trijet: Hawker Siddeley Aviation (Hawker Siddeley Trident) HS.121 or DH.121 Trident
- 1962: Space observatory: Ball Brothers Aerospace Corporation[273]
- 1963: Computer mouse: Douglas Engelbart
- 1964: Plasma propulsion engine: Soviet space program
- 1964: Solid-state electronic calculator: Friden, Inc.[274]
- 1965: Air-augmented rocket: Boris Shavyrin
- 1965: Extra-vehicular activity: performed by Alexey Leonov for the Soviet space program
- 1965: Molniya orbit satellite: Soviet space program
- 1966: Lander spacecraft: Soviet space program (Georgy Babakin)
- 1966: Orbital module: Soviet space program (in Soyuz spacecraft)
- 1966: Regional jet: Yakovlev
- 1967: Automatic Teller Machine: John Shepherd-Barron
- 1967: Automated space docking: Soviet space program (Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188)
- 1967: Hypertext: Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson
- 1967: Quartz wristwatch: Seiko[275]
- 1967: FM synthesis: John Chowning
- 1967: Mumps vaccine: Maurice Hilleman
- 1967: Space toilet: Soviet space program (in Soyuz spacecraft)
- 1967: Venus lander: Soviet space program (Venera 4)
- 1968: Aperture grille: Sony
- 1968: Video game console: Ralph H. Baer
- 1968: Supersonic transport: Tupolev (Tupolev Tu-144) and Aérospatiale with British Aircraft Corporation (Concorde)
- 1969: ARPANET (first wide-area packet switching network): United States Department of Defense[19]
- 1969: Hypertext: Ted Nelson, Andries van Dam
- 1969: Digital Photography, charge coupled device Willard Boyle and George E. Smith[276]
- 1969: Video cassette: Sony
- Packet switching: Paul Baran and Donald Davies, independently
1970s
- 1970s: Radial keratotomy: Svyatoslav Fyodorov
- 1970: Pocket calculator: Sanyo, Canon, Sharp
- 1970: Relational database management system: Edgar F. Codd
- 1970: Space rover: Soviet space program (Alexander Kemurdzhian)
- 1971: Space station: Soviet space program (Vladimir Chelomey, Kerim Kerimov and others)[269][277]
- 1971: E-mail: Ray Tomlinson[278]
- 1971: Karaoke: Daisuke Inoue
- 1971: Liquid Crystal Display: James Fergason
- 1971: Microprocessor: Masatoshi Shima, Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff
- 1971: Pocket calculator: Sharp Corporation
- 1971: Magnetic resonance imaging: Raymond V. Damadian
- 1971: Oil-eating bacteria: Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty
- 1971: Videocassette recorder: Sony
- 1972: Computed tomography: Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
- 1972: Magnavox Odyssey: Ralph Baer
- 1972: Hall effect thruster: Soviet space program
- 1973: Hybrid rice in China[279]
- 1973: Ethernet: Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
- 1973: Genetically modified organism: Stanley Norman Cohen and Herbert Boyer
- 1973: Reflectron: Boris Mamyrin
- 1973: Personal computer: Xerox PARC
- 1974: Electron cooling: Gersh Budker
- 1974: Microfinance: Muhammad Yunus
- 1974: Rubik's Cube: Ernő Rubik
- 1974: Hybrid vehicle: Victor Wouk[280]
- 1975: Androgynous Peripheral Attach System: Soviet space program (Vladimir Syromyatnikov)
- 1975: DNA sequencing by chain termination Frederick Sanger
- 1975: Digital camera: Steven Sasson
- 1975: Underwater assault rifle: Vladimir Simonov
- 1976: Gore-Tex fabric: W. L. Gore & Associates
- 1976: Mobile ICBM: Alexander Nadiradze
- 1976: Perpendicular recording: Shun-ichi Iwasaki at Tohoku University
- 1977: Personal stereo: Andreas Pavel
- 1977: Mobile phone: Bell Labs[281]
- 1978: Credit-card-sized calculator: Casio
- 1978: Solar-powered calculator: Sharp
- 1978: Spreadsheet: Dan Bricklin
- 1979: Walkman: Sony
- 1979: Solid state digital audio player Kane Kramer
1980s
- 1980: Compact Disc: Sony Corp, Philips Electronics[19]
- 1980: Flash memory: Fujio Masuoka[282][283]
- 1981: WIMP graphical User Interface (GUI): Xerox PARC
- 1981: Handheld electronic camera: Sony
- 1981: Scanning tunneling microscope: Gerd Karl Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer
- 1981: Video Floppy: Sony
- 1982: Compact Disc player: Sony[284]
- 1982: Insulated gate bipolar transistor: Hans Becke and Carl Wheatley RCA
- 1982: ACE inhibitor: John R. Vane
- 1982: Artificial heart: Robert Jarvik, incorporating modifications to earlier experimental designs
- 1982: Camcorder: Sony
- 1982: D-pad: Gunpei Yokoi
- 1982 (date of first marketing): Pocket television: Sony[285]
- 1982: Flat panel display: Sony
- 1982: Parallax scrolling: Irem[286]
- 1983: Personal digital assistant: Casio
- 1983: Internet: first TCP/IP network by Robert E. Kahn, Vint Cerf and others
- 1983: Color LCD television: Seiko[287][288]
- 1984: Portable CD player: Sony
- 1984: Phase distortion synthesis: Casio
- 1984: Lithotripsy: Claude Dornier
- 1985: Graphing calculator: Casio
- 1985: Polymerase chain reaction: Kary Mullis
- 1985: DNA fingerprinting: Alec Jeffreys
- 1986: Modular space station: Soviet space program (Mir space station)
- 1987: Statin, cholesterol drug: Carl Hoffman
- 1987: Digital Light Processing: Dr. Larry Hornbeck, Texas Instruments
- 1987: Electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission: Subaru
- 1988: Digital camera: Fuji
- 1989: Blue laser: Isamu Akasaki
- 1989: Digital waveguide synthesis: Yamaha, Stanford University
- 1989: Sildenafil (Viagra): Pfizer[289]
- 1989: Supermaneuverability: Sukhoi (Sukhoi Su-27 first performing Pugachev's Cobra)
- Digital Audio Tape: Sony
- PCM adaptor: Sony
- Vowel-Consonant synthesis: Casio
1990s
- 1990: World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee[19][290]
- 1991: Memory card: Japan Electronic Industries Development Association
- 1991: Webcam: Quentin Stafford-Fraser Paul Jardetzky
- 1992: Plasma color display: Fujitsu
- 1993: Global Positioning System: United States Department of Defense
- 1993: Smart Phone: IBM
- 1993: Blue LED: Shuji Nakamura
- 1996: Force feedback: Nintendo
- 1996: Analog modeling synthesizer: Clavia DMI
- 1996: Universal Serial Bus(USB): A group of seven companies: Compaq, DEC, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC and Nortel.
- 1997: Auto-Tune: Andy Hidebrand
- 1997: Non-mechanical mp3 digital audio player: SaeHan Information Systems[291]
- 1997: Plasma television: Pioneer Corporation
- 1998: Submarine-launched spacecraft: Russian Space Agency
- 1999: Digital Video Recorder: Tivo, ReplayTV
- 1999: Sea Launch: Igor Spassky (cooperation of the United States, Norway, Russia and Ukraine)
3rd millennium
21st century
2000s
- 2000: Human genome sequencing process.[292]
- 2000: Flashdrive: Trek Technology and IBM
- 2002: Synthetic Life: Researchers at SUNY Stony Brook succeeded in synthesizing the 7741 base poliovirus from its published genetic sequence, producing the first synthetic organism
- 2005: Orbitrap: Alexander Makarov[293]
- 2006: Induced pluripotent stem cells: Shinya Yamanaka [citation needed]
See also
- Regional
- English inventions and discoveries
- Inventions of the Islamic Golden Age
- List of Australian inventions
- List of Chinese inventions
- List of Indian inventions and discoveries
- List of Japanese inventions
- List of Korean inventions
- List of United States inventions
- Scottish inventions and discoveries
- Timeline of Russian inventions
- Welsh inventions and discoveries
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