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==Timing:==
==Timing:==
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline.htm <br>
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline.htm <br>
Ancient BC Innovation Timeline <br>
500,000 Fire tamed by Homo erectus <br>
50,000 Homo sapiens (modern man) appears <br>
20,000 Invention of the bow and arrow <br>
12,000 Domestication of animals begins <br>
8000 Agriculture invented <br>
7000 Pottery <br>
6000 Weaving <br>
5000 Irrigation systems developed in the Middle East <br>
4000 First use of metals - copper smelted for making tools <br>
3500 Bronze, a hard copper tin alloy, discovered and used for making weapons, tools and armor.
Wheel appears in Mesopotamia.
Writing invented in Sumeria. <br>
3000 Abacus invented by the Chinese. <br>
2800 Egyptians devise the 12-month, 365-day calendar. <br>
2737 Tea invented in China by Emperor Shen Nung <br>
1550 Earliest surviving medical textbook written in Egypt. <br>
1100 Iron Age starts. <br>
700 First purpose-made sundials appear. <br>
650 Standardized coins used by Greeks. <br>
512 Chinese produce cast iron from blast furnaces. <br>
510 Greeks produce the earliest surviving world map. <br>
400 Two Greeks invent the catapult, the first artillery weapon. <br>
312 Work begins on the Appian Way, the first great Roman road. <br>
210 Archimedes, the Greek scientist, invents the Archimedean screw, for raising water, and works out the theory of levers. <br>
100 Glassblowing invented in Syria. <br>
AD Innovation Timeline <br>
105 Paper invented in China by Ts'ai Lun. <br>
300 Stirrups invented in China, enabling horse-riders to use weapons effectively. <br> 
475 Horse collar invented in China. <br>
600 The heavy plow invented by the Slavs.<br> 
770 Horseshoes come into use in Europe. <br>
810 First description of Arabic numerals. <br>
1000 Chinese discover a weak form of gunpowder.<br> 
1041 Movable clay type invented in China by Bi Sheng. <br> 
1060 Earliest reference to a water-powered fulling mill for finishing cloth.<br> 
1100 Water power used for iron-making in Europe. <br>
1180 Windmills in Europe.
Properties of the compass known in Europe.<br> 
1249 Roger Bacon gives earliest European recipe for gunpowder. <br>
1286 Eyeglasses invented in Europe <br>
1291 The Venetian glass industry producing mirrors. <br>
1300 Spinning wheels found in Europe. <br>
1335 The earliest recorded mechanical clock is built in Italy. <br>
1440 Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg <br> 
1503 Mona Lisa Portrait Leonardo da Vinci <br>
1642 Adding Machine Blaise Pascal <br>
1668 Reflecting Telescope Isaac Newton <br>
1673 Microbiology Anton van Leeuwenhoek <br>
1701 Seed Drill Jethro Tull <br>
1742 Franklin Stove Benjamin Franklin <br>
1752 Lightning Rod Benjamin Franklin <br>
1760 Bifocal Glasses Benjamin Franklin <br>
1764 Spinning Jenny Thomas Highs <br> 
1775 Mechanized Textile Loom Richard Arkwright <br>
1782 Shot Tower William Watts <br>
1783 Hot Air Balloon Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier<br>
1790 Pot Ash Process
United States Patent System  Samuel Hopkins <br> 
1793 Cotton Gin Eli Whitney
1796 Smallpox Vaccine Edward Jenner <br>
1806 Electric Battery Jacquard Loom <br> 
1831 Electromagnetic Induction
Reaper  Michael Faraday
Cyrus McCormick
1832 Electric Carriage Robert Anderson
1836 Revolver Colt Samuel Colt
1842   
1843 computer program
Fax Machine
Printing Press, Rotary
Vulcanized Rubber
Ada Lovelace
Alexander Bain
Richard Hoe
Charles Goodyear
1846
1847
Sewing Machine
Candy Bar
Elais Howe
Joseph Fry
1849 Safety Pin
Vessel Bellows Walter Hunt
Abraham Lincoln
1852 Elevator
Paper Bag Elisha Graves Otis
Francis Wolle
1853
Potato Chips
George Crum
1855 Bessemer Furnace Henry Bessemer
1858 Brick Making Machine
Can Opener John Williamson Crary
Ezra Warner
1859 Escalator Nathan Ames
1860 Vacuum Cleaner
Yale Lock Daniel Hess
Linus Yale
1863 Printing Press, Web Rotary William Bullock
1866 Dynamite Alfred Nobel
1867 Baby Formula
Typewriter Henri Nestl
Christopher Sholes
1869 Air Brake
Motorcycle    George Westinghouse
Sylvester Roper
1870 Chewing Gum
Thomas Adams
1872 Lubrication System Elijah McCoy
1873 Barbed Wire
Blue Jeans
Earmuffs
Self-pasting Scrapebook Joseph Glidden
Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss
Chester Greenwood
Samuel L. Clemens
1875 QWERTY Keyboard
Steel Industry Christopher Sholes
Andrew Carnegie
1876 Arc Lighting System
Carpet Sweeper
Internal Cmbustion Engine
Refrigerator
Telephone Charles Brush
Melville Bissell
Nicholaus Otto
Carl Linde
Alexander Graham Bell
1877 Toilet Paper Seth Wheeler
1878 Nutcracker Henry Quackenbush
1879 Light Bulb
Ivory Soap Thomas Edison & Joseph Swan
Harley Procter
1881 Carbon Filament Louis Latimer
1882 Christmas Lights Edward Johnson
1884 Roll of Film George Eastman
1885 Halftone Printing Process Frederic Eugene Ives
1886 Avon Cosmetics
Coca-Cola
Linotype
Transformer David H. McConnell
Dr. John S. Pemberton
Ottmar Mergenthaler
William Stanley
1887  Multiplex Railway Telegraph
Pneumatic Tire    Granville Woods
John Dunlop
1888 Camera, Kodak
Electric Power AC
Spray Atomizer
Teleautograph George Eastman
Nikola Tesla
Allen De Vilbiss
Elisha Gray
1889 Automobile
Electromagnetic Theory of Light
Matches Karl Benz
Heinrich Hertz
Joshua Pusey
1890 Punched Card Machine Herman Hollerith
1891 Swiss Army Knife
Travelers Cheques Carl Elsene
Marcellus F. Berry
1893 Cracker Jack
Modern Architecture F.W. Rueckheim
Frank Lloyd Wright
1894 Kellogg's Corn Flakes
Pupin Inductance Coil
Scientific Business Management Will Keith Kellogg
Michael Pupin
Frederick Winslow Taylor
1895 Wireless Telegraph
Schwinn Bicycle Guglielmo Marconi
Ignaz Schwinn
1896 Peanut Agricultural Science George Washington Carver
1897 Aspirin
Jell-O Felix Hoffmann
Pearle B. Wait
1899 Paper Clip William Middlebrook
20th Century Innovation Timeline
1900    00 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90
YEAR INVENTION INVENTOR
1900 Dirigible
Hershey Bar
Radio, Wireless Signaling Ferdinand Zeppelin
Milton Hershey
Reginald Fessenden
1901 Assembly Line
Electrostatic Motor
Lionel Trains Ransom Olds
Elihu Thomson
Joshua Lionel Cowen
1902 Air Conditioner
Flashlight
Teddy Bear Willis Haviland Carrier
Conrad Hubert
Morris Michtom
1903 Airplane
Airplane Engine
Coat Hanger
Crayons
Radioactivity, study of
Safety Glass
Windshield Wipers Wright brothers
Charles Taylor
Albert J. Parkhouse
Binney & Smith
Marie Curie
Edouard Benedictus
Mary Anderson
1904 Banking, Consumer
Ice Cream Cone Amadeo Giannini
Ernest Hamwi
1905 Popsicle
Theory of Relativity Frank Epperson
Albert Einstein
1906 Planters Peanuts Amedeo Obici
1907 Bakelite
Dixie Cups
Outboard Motor
Paper Towels Leo Baekeland
Lawrence Luellen & Hugh Moore
Ole Evinrude
Arthur Scott
1908
Cellophane
  Mixer
Jacques Brandenberger
Herbert Johnson
1909 Alexanderson alternator Ernst Alexanderson
1910   
1912 Life Savers Candy
Rocket, Liquid-fueled
Shopping Bag Clarence Crane
Robert Goddard
Walter H. Deubner
1913 Mass Production
Erector Set
Zipper Henry Ford
A.C. Gilbert
Gideon Sundback
1914 Radio Remote Control
Tinkertoy John Hays Hammond
Charles Pajeau
1916
Lincoln Logs
John Lloyd Wright
1919 Toaster Charles Strite
1920 Band-Aid
Hair Dryer
Traffic Light Earle Dickson
Inventor Unknown
William Potts
1921 Wheaties
Wonder Bread George Cormack
Elmer Clime
1922 Blender Stephen Poplawski
1923 Traffic Light Garret Morgan 
1925 Masking Tape
Television, mechanical Dick Drew
John Logie Baird
1927 PEZ Candy
Television Eduard Haas III
Philo T. Farnsworth
1928 Bread Slicer
Bubble Gum
Penicillin
Yo-Yo Otto Rohwedder
Walter E. Diemer
Alexander Fleming
Donald Duncan
1929 Sunglasses Sam Foster
1930 Toll House Cookies
Cellophane Tape  Ruth Wakefield
Dick Drew
1935 Ballpoint Pen
Monopoly
Trampoline Ladislas & Georg Biro
Charles Darrow
George Nissen
1936 multiplane camera Walt Disney
1937 Shopping Cart  Sylvan Goldman
1938 Nylon Stockings
Xerography Dr. Wallace H. Carothers
Chester Carlson
1939 Atanasoff Berry Computer John Vincent Atanasoff
1940 Blood Bank
Turing Machine  Charles Drew
Alan Mathison Turing
1942 Duct Tape
Nuclear Reaction Johnson & Johnson Company
Enrico Fermi
1943 Bouncing Putty James Wright
1944 Clue
Mark I Computer Anthony E. Pratt
Howard Aiken
1945 Microwave Oven
Slinky
Tupperware Percy LeBaron Spencer
Betty and Richard James
Earl Tupper
1946 Bikini Swimsuit
Computer ENIAC
Disposable Diapers Louis Reard
John Mauchly and J. P. Eckert
Marion Donovan
1947 Kitty Litter
Instant Photography
Transistor Ed Lowe
Edwin Land
J. Bardeen, W. Brattain and W. Shockley
1948 Chemical Demulsifiers
SCRABBLE
Velcro Melvin De Groote
Alfred Butts
George de Mestral
1949 LEGO Ole Kirk Christiansen
1950 Frisbee
"PEANUTS"
Silly Putty Walter Frederick Morrison
Charles Schulz
Peter Hodgson
1951 Liquid Paper
Random Access Memory Bette Nesmith Graham
Jay Forrester
1952 Computer Compiler
Mr. Potato Head Grace Hopper
George Lerner
1954 Geodesic Dome
Milk Carton
Rolodex R. Buckminster Fuller
John Van Wormer
Hildaur Neilsen
1956 Play-Doh
Scotchgard
TV Remote Control
Yahtzee Noah and Joseph McVicker
Patsy Sherman and Sam Smith
Robert Adler
Edwin S. Lowe
1958 Hula Hoop
Integrated Circuit
Laser
Video Game Richard Knerr and Arthur Melin
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce
Arthur Schawlow&CharlesTownes
William Higinbotham
1959 Barbie Doll    Ruth Handler
1960
Etch A Sketch
The Game of Life
Arthur Granjean
Reuben Klamer
1961 Catheter, Balloon Thomas Fogarty
1963 Easy-Bake Oven
Lava Lamp Kenner Products
Edward Craven Walker
1964 Holography
Smiley Face Emmett Leith and Juris Upatnieks
Harvey Ball
1965 Kevlar
SuperBall
Veg-O-Matic Stephanie Kwolek
Norman Stringley
Ron Popeil
1966 Hand-held Calculator
Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Jack Kilby, J. VanTassel & J. Merryman
E. Paul Torrance
1967 Dynamic Random Access Memory Robert Dennard
1968 Computer Mouse
Microprocessor
Speakers, Bose Douglas Engelbart
Ted Hoff
Amar G. Bose
1971 eBooks
Karaoke Machine Michael Hart
Daisuke Inoue
1972 Glo-Sheet
Magnavox Odyssey
Pong Video Game Becky, Schroeder
Ralph Baer
Nolan Bushnell
1973 Ethernet
Internet Robert Metcalfe
Vinton Cerf
1974 Post-it Notes
Rubik's Cube Art Fry and Spencer Silver
Erno Rubik
1976 Personal Computer Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
1977 Human Powered Flight
PC Modem
SIMON game    Paul MacCready
Dennis Hayes & Dale Heatherington
Ralph Baer
1978
Dyson Vacuum Cleaner
James Dyson
1979 Tirivial Pursuit Chris Haney and Scott Abbott
1981
Veggie Patty
Paul Wenner
1982 Computer Gaming
itty bitty Booklight Sid Meier
Noel Zeller
1983 Cabbage Patch Kids
Mobile Phone Xavier Roberts
Richard Frenkiel and Joel Engel
1986 Club, The James Winner
1988 Smooth Staple John G. Knapp
1991 Nakao Snare
World Wide Web Naomi Nakao
Tim Berners-Lee
1992 Water Disinfection System Ashok Gadgil
1993 Beanie Babies
Light Emitting Diodes, Blue
Makin' Bacon H Ty Warner
Shuji Nakamura
Abigail Fleck
1995 LeapFrog Michael Wood
1997
1998
1999
Teletubbies
Google
W-O-D Project
Anne Wood & Andrew Davenport
Sergey Brin and Larry Page
Philip M. Parker
YEAR INVENTION INVENTOR
2000 JD Batball Jacob Dunnack
2001 iPod
SegwayHT Tony Fadell
Dean Kamen
2002
ROOMBA robotic vacuum
Helen Greiner
2005 Magic Sponge Blocks Taylor Hernandez
2006 Multiplication Madness Jennifer Tuttle


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