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Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;Transformers Collection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;2002 Special Edition Contents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std 62-1995, Guide for Diagnostic Field Testing of Electric Power Apparatus —Part 1: Oil Filled Power Transformers, Regulators, and Reactors (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std 259-1999, Standard Test Procedure for Evaluation of Systems of Insulation for Specialty Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std 637-1985 (Reaff 1992), Guide for the Reclamation of Insulating Oil and Criteria for Its Use (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std 638-1992 (Reaff 1999), Standard for Qualification of Class 1E Transformers for Nuclear Power Generating Stations &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE 1276-2000 Edition, Guide for the Application of High Temperature Insulation Materials in Liquid-Immersed Power Transformers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std 1277-2000, General Requirements and Test Code for Dry-Type and Oil-Immersed Smoothing Reactors for DC Power Transmission&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std 1388-2000, IEEE Standard for the Electric Reporting of Transformer Test Data (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std 1538-2000, IEEE Guide for Determining of Maximum Winding Temperature Rise in Liquid-Filled Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std C57.12.00-2000, Standard General Requirements for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std C57.12.01-1998, Standard General Requirements for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformer Including Those with Solid-Cast and/or Resin-Encapsulated Windings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.10-1997, Standard for Transformers—230 Kv and Below 833/958 Through 8333/10 417 kVA, Single-Phase, and 750/862 Through 60 000/80 000/100 000 kVA, Three-Phase Without Load Tap Changing; and 3750/4687 Through 60 000/80 000/100 000 kVA with Load Tap Changing—Safety Requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.20-1997, Standard for Overhead-Type Distribution Transformers, 500 kVA and Smaller: High Voltage, 34 500 Volts and Below; Low Voltage, 7970/13 800 Y Volts and Below&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.21-1992, Standard for Transformers—Pad-Mounted, Compartmental-Type, Self-Cooled, Three-Phase Distribution Transformers with High Voltage Bushings; High-Voltage, 34500 GRYD/19920 Volts and Below; Low-Voltage, 240/120 volts; 167 kVA and Smaller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.22-1993 (Reaff 1998), Standard for Transformers—Pad-Mounted, Compartmental-Type, Self-Cooled, Three-Phase Distribution Transformers with High-Voltage Bushings, 2500 kVA and Smaller: High-Voltage, 34 500 GrdY/19 920 Volts and Below; Low Voltage, 480 Volts and Below&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.12.23-1992 (Reaff 1999), Standard for Transformers—Underground-Type, Self-Cooled, Single-Phase Distribution Transformers With Separable, Insulated, High-Voltage Connectors; High Voltage (24 940 GrdY/14 400 V and Below) and Low Voltage (240/120 V, 167 kVA and Smaller) (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.24-2000, Requirements for—Underground-Type Three-Phase Distribution Transformers, 2500 kVA and Smaller; High Voltage, 34 500 GrdY/19 920 Volts and Below; Low Voltage, 480 Volts and Below—Requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.25-1990, Standard for Transformers—Pad-Mounted, Compartmental-Type, Self-Cooled, Single-Phase Distribution Transformers with Separable Insulated High-Voltage Connectors: High-Voltage, 34 500 GrdY/19 920 Volts and Below; Low-Voltage, 240/120 Volts; 167 kVA and Smaller—Requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.26-1992, Pad-Mounted, Compartmental-Type, Self-Cooled, Three-Phase Distribution Transformers for Use with Separable Insulated High-Voltage Connectors (34 500 GrdY/19 920 Volts and Below; 2500 kVA and Smaller)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.28-1999, Standard for Pad-Mounted Equipment—Enclosure Integrity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.29-1991, Standard for Pad-Mounted Equipment—Enclosure Integrity for Coastal Environments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.31-1996, Standard for Pole-Mounted Equipment—Enclosure Integrity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.32-1994, Standard for Submersible Equipment—Enclosure Integrity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.12.35-1996, Standard for Bar Coding for Distribution Transformers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.40-2000, Standard for Secondary Network Transformers—Subway and Vault Types (Liquid Immersed)—Requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.12.44-2000, Requirements for Secondary Network Protectors (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.50-1981 (Reaff 1998), Requirements for Ventilated Dry-Type Distribution Transformers, 1 to 500 kVA, Single-Phase, and 15 to 500 kVA, Three-Phase, with High-Voltage 601 to 34 500 Volts, Low-Voltage 120 to 600 Volts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.51-1981 (Reaff 1998), Requirements for Ventilated Dry-Type Power Transformers, 501 kVA and Larger, Three Phase, with High-Voltage 601 to 34 500 Volts, Low-Voltage 208Y/120 to 4160 Volts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.52-1981 (Reaff 1998), Requirements for Sealed Dry Type Power Transformers, 50a kVA and Larger, Three Phase and High Voltage 601 to 34500 Volts, Low Voltage 208Y/120 to 4160 Volts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;ANSI C57.12.55-1987 (Reaff 1998), Standard for Dry Type Transformers in Unit Installations, Including Unit Substations—Conformance Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.12.56-1986 (Reaff 1998), Standard Test Procedure for Thermal Evaluation of Insulation Systems for Ventilated Dry-Type Power and Distribution Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.12.58-1991 (Reaff 1996), Guide for Conducting a Transient Voltage Analysis of a Dry-Type Transformer Coil (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std C57.12.59-2001, Guide for Dry-Type Transformer Through-Fault Current Duration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.12.60-1998, Guide for Thermal Evaluation of Insulation Systems for Solid-Cast and Resin-Encapsulated Power and Distribution Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.12.70-2000, Standard for Terminal Markings and Connections for Distribution and Power Transformers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.12.80-1978 (Reaff 1992), Standard Terminology for Power and Distribution Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.12.90-1999, Standard Test Code for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers and Guide for Short-Circuit Testing of Distribution and Power Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.12.91-2001, Test Code for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.13-1993, Standard Requirements for Instrument Transformers &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.13.1-1981 (Reaff 1999), Guide for Field Testing of Relaying Current Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.13.3-1983 (Reaff 1990), Guide for the Grounding of Instrument Transformer Secondary Circuits and Cases (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.15-1999, Standard Requirements, Terminology, and Test Code for Step-Voltage and Induction-Voltage Regulators (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.16-1996 (Reaff 2001), Standard Requirements, Terminology, and Test Code for Dry-Type Air-Core Series-Connected Reactors (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.18.10-1998, Standard Practices and Requirements for Semiconductor Power Rectifier Transformers (Revision and redesignation of ANSI/IEEE C57.18-1964) (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.19.00-1991 (Reaff 1997), Standard General Requirements and Test Procedure for Outdoor Power Apparatus Bushings (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.19.01-2000, Standard Performance Characteristics and Dimensions for Outdoor Apparatus Bushings (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.19.03-1996, Standard Requirements, Terminology, and Test Bar Coding for Bushings for DC Applications (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.19.100-1995, Guide for Application of Power Apparatus Bushings (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.21-1990 (Reaff 1995), Standard Requirements, Terminology, and Test Code for Shunt Reactors Over 500 kVA (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.91-1995, Guide for Loading Mineral-Oil-Immersed Overhead and Pad-Mounted Distribution Transformers Rated 500 kVA and Less with 65° C or 55° C Average Winding Rise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.93-1995 (Reaff 2001), Guide for Installation of Liquid-Immersed Power Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.94-1982 (Reaff 2000), Recommended Practice for Installation, Application, Operation, and Maintenance of Dry-Type General Purpose Distribution and Power Transformers &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.96-1999, Guide for Loading Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.98-1993 (Reaff 1999), Guide for Transformer Impulse Tests (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.100-1999, Standard Test Procedure for Thermal Evaluation of Oil-Immersed Distribution Transformers (ANSI) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.104-1991, Guide for the Interpretation of Gases Generated in Oil-Immersed Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.105-1978 (Reaff 1999), Guide for Application of Transformer Connections in Three-Phase Distribution Systems (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.106-1991 (Reaff 1998), IEEE Guide for Acceptance and Maintenance of Insulating Oil in Equipment (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.109-1993 (Reaff 2000), Guide for Liquid-Immersed Transformer Through-Fault-Current Duration (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.110-1998, Recommended Practice for Establishing Transformer Capability When Supplying Nonsinusoidal Load Currents &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.111-1989 (Reaff 1995), Guide for Acceptance of Silicone Insulating Fluid and Its Maintenance in Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.113-1991, Guide for Partial Discharge Measurement in Liquid-Filled Power Transformers and Shunt Reactors &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.116-1989 (Reaff 2000), Guide for Transformers Directly Connected to Generators (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.117-1986 (Reaff 1998), Guide for Reporting Failure Data for Power Transformers and Shunt Reactors on Electric Utility Power Systems (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.119-2001, Performing Temperature Rise Tests on Oil-Immersed Power Transformers at Loads Beyond Nameplate Ratings (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.121-1998, Guide for Acceptance and Maintenance of Less Flammable Hydrocarbon Fluid in Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.124-1991 (Reaff 1996), Recommended Practice for the Detection of Partial Discharges and the Measurement of Apparent Charge in Dry -Type Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.125-1991 (Reaff 1998), Guide for Failure Investigation, Documentation, and Analysis for Power Transformers and Shunt Reactors &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.127-2000, Trial-Use Guide for the Detection of Acoustic Emissions from Partial Discharges in Oil-Immersed Power Transformers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.129-1999, General Requirements and Test Code for Oil-Immersed HVDC Converter Transformers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE C57.131-1995, Guide for the Application of Metal Oxide Sure Arresters for AC Systems (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1541274386"&gt;IEEE Std C57.134-2000, Guide for Determination of Hottest Spot Temperature in Dry Type Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IEEE C57.138-1998, Recommended Practice for Routine Impulse Test for Distribution Transformers (ANSI)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31579458-14757846315121511?l=creativehuman.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehuman.blogspot.com/feeds/14757846315121511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://creativehuman.blogspot.com/2010/08/transformers-collection-standarads.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31579458/posts/default/14757846315121511'/><link rel='self' 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Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first known working version of the invention is used here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding: 0.5em 0pt 0.8em 1.4em; width: auto;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table class="toc" id="toc"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id="toctitle"&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;span class="toctoggle"&gt;[&lt;a class="internal" href="javascript:toggleToc()" id="togglelink"&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#Paleolithic_era"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Paleolithic era&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#Antiquity"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Antiquity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#10th_millennium_BCE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;10th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#9th_millennium_BCE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;9th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#8th_millennium_BCE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;8th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#7th_millennium_BCE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;7th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#6th_millennium_BCE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;6th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#5th_millennium_BCE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;5th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#4th_millennium_BCE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;4th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#3rd_millennium_BCE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;3rd millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#2nd_millennium_BCE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;2nd millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1st_millennium_BCE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.10&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1st millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1st_millennium_CE"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1st millennium CE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1st-5th_centuries"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1st-5th centuries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#6th-8th_centuries"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;6th-8th centuries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#9th-10th_centuries"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;9th-10th centuries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#2nd_millennium"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;2nd millennium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#11th_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;11th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#12th_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;12th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#13th_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;13th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#14th_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;14th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#15th_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;15th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#16th_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;16th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#17th_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;17th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#18th_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;18th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#19th_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;19th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-27"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1800s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1800s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-28"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1810s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1810s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-29"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1820s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1820s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-30"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1830s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1830s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-31"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1840s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1840s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-32"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1850s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9.6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1850s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-33"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1860s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9.7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1860s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-34"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1870s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9.8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1870s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-35"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1880s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9.9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1880s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-36"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1890s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.9.10&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1890s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-37"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#20th_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;20th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-38"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1900s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1900s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-39"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1910s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1910s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-40"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1920s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1920s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-41"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1930s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1930s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-42"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1940s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1940s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-43"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1950s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10.6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1950s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-44"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1960s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10.7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1960s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-45"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1970s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10.8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1970s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-46"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1980s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10.9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1980s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-47"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#1990s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4.10.10&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;1990s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-48"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#3rd_millennium"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;3rd millennium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-49"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#21st_century"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;5.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;21st century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-50"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#2000s"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;5.1.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;2000s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-51"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#Notes"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-52"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#See_also"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;See also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-53"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#References"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-54"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#External_links"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;//&lt;![CDATA[if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } //]]&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Paleolithic era"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Paleolithic_era"&gt;Paleolithic era&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle"&gt;Main article: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic"&gt;Paleolithic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="rellink boilerplate further"&gt;Further information: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_human_intelligence" title="Evolution of human intelligence"&gt;Evolution of human intelligence&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures" title="Synoptic table of the principal old world prehistoric cultures"&gt;Synoptic table of the principal old world prehistoric cultures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Indeterminate: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music" title="History of music"&gt;Music&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_language" title="Origin of language"&gt;Language&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2.4 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annum" title="Annum"&gt;Ma&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Present" title="Before Present"&gt;BP&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olduwan" title="Olduwan"&gt;Olduwan&lt;/a&gt; - struck &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_tool" title="Stone tool"&gt;stone tools&lt;/a&gt;, in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa"&gt;East Africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1.65 Ma: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheulean" title="Acheulean"&gt;Acheulean&lt;/a&gt; - struck and reworked &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_tool" title="Stone tool"&gt;stone tools&lt;/a&gt;, in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya"&gt;Kenya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1.4 Ma: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife" title="Knife"&gt;Knife&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia"&gt;Ethiopia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 Ma: Controlled &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire" title="Fire"&gt;fire&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_%28microbiology%29" title="Sterilization (microbiology)"&gt;sterilization&lt;/a&gt; of food and water (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking" title="Cooking"&gt;cooking&lt;/a&gt;) in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa"&gt;East Africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500 ka: Shelter construction &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-0"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;1&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;100-500 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing" title="Clothing"&gt;Clothing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;400 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigment" title="Pigment"&gt;Pigments&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia"&gt;Zambia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-1"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;400 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear" title="Spear"&gt;Spears&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt; &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-2"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;3&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial" title="Burial"&gt;Burial&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" title="Africa"&gt;Africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;140 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_tool" title="Bone tool"&gt;Bone tools&lt;/a&gt; in Africa (see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blombos_Cave" title="Blombos Cave"&gt;Blombos Cave&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;60 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipbuilding" title="Shipbuilding"&gt;Ships&lt;/a&gt; probably used by settlers of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea"&gt;New Guinea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;60 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_%28weapon%29" title="Bow (weapon)"&gt;Bow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-3"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;4&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;43 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divje_Babe_flute" title="Divje Babe flute"&gt;Flute&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"&gt;Slovenia&lt;/a&gt; (disputed)&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-4"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;5&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;43 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining" title="Mining"&gt;Mining&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaziland" title="Swaziland"&gt;Swaziland&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"&gt;Hungary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;37 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally_stick" title="Tally stick"&gt;Tally sticks&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaziland" title="Swaziland"&gt;Swaziland&lt;/a&gt; &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-5"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;6&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;36 ka: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloth" title="Cloth"&gt;Cloth&lt;/a&gt; woven from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flax" title="Flax"&gt;flax&lt;/a&gt; fiber&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-6"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;7&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;8&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;35 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flute" title="Flute"&gt;Flute&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-8"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;9&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;30 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_needle" title="Sewing needle"&gt;Sewing needles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;28-22 ka: Ceramics in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravia" title="Moravia"&gt;Moravia&lt;/a&gt; (see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Doln%C3%AD_V%C4%9Bstonice" title="Venus of Dolní Věstonice"&gt;Venus of Dolní Věstonice&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;28-17 ka: twisted &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope" title="Rope"&gt;Rope&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-9"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;10&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-histsci14_10-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-histsci14-10"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;11&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;12 ka: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket_weaving" title="Basket weaving"&gt;Basket weaving&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2009"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Antiquity"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Antiquity"&gt;Antiquity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3" title="Edit section: 10th millennium BCE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="10th_millennium_BCE"&gt;10th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture"&gt;Agriculture&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertile_Crescent" title="Fertile Crescent"&gt;Fertile Crescent&lt;/a&gt; (see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution" title="Neolithic Revolution"&gt;Neolithic Revolution&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_alcohol" title="History of alcohol"&gt;Alcoholic beverages&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertile_Crescent" title="Fertile Crescent"&gt;Fertile Crescent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe" title="Adobe"&gt;Adobe&lt;/a&gt; building material in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East" title="Ancient Near East"&gt;ancient Near East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4" title="Edit section: 9th millennium BCE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="9th_millennium_BCE"&gt;9th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;8700 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalworking" title="Metalworking"&gt;Metalworking&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper" title="Copper"&gt;copper&lt;/a&gt; pendant) in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5" title="Edit section: 8th millennium BCE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="8th_millennium_BCE"&gt;8th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry" title="Animal husbandry"&gt;Animal husbandry&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East" title="Ancient Near East"&gt;ancient Near East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=6" title="Edit section: 7th millennium BCE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="7th_millennium_BCE"&gt;7th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;7000 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_drill" title="Dental drill"&gt;Dental drill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrgarh" title="Mehrgarh"&gt;Mehrgarh&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBC_11-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-BBC-11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;12&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;6200 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map" title="Map"&gt;Map&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk" title="Çatalhöyük"&gt;Çatalhöyük&lt;/a&gt; (see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cartography" title="History of cartography"&gt;History of cartography&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=7" title="Edit section: 6th millennium BCE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="6th_millennium_BCE"&gt;6th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation" title="Irrigation"&gt;Irrigation&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertile_Crescent" title="Fertile Crescent"&gt;Fertile Crescent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer" title="Beer"&gt;Beer&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer"&gt;Sumer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City" title="City"&gt;City&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plough" title="Plough"&gt;Plough&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=8" title="Edit section: 5th millennium BCE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="5th_millennium_BCE"&gt;5th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" class="vertical-navbox nowraplinks" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: rgb(249, 249, 249) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border-spacing: 0.4em 0pt; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); clear: right; color: black; float: right; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em 1em; padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td class="" style="line-height: 0.4em; padding: 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th class="" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: rgb(204, 204, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 145%; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.15em; padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_technology" title="History of technology"&gt;History of technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 0.4em; padding: 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: rgb(221, 221, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-weight: bold; padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"&gt;By period and location&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding: 0.3em 0.4em 0.6em;"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution" title="Neolithic Revolution"&gt;Neolithic Revolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_technology" title="Ancient Egyptian technology"&gt;Egyptian technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_ancient_India" title="Science and technology in ancient India"&gt;Indian technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_and_technology_in_China" title="History of science and technology in China"&gt;Chinese technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_technology" title="Ancient Greek technology"&gt;Greek technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_technology" title="Roman technology"&gt;Roman technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_in_medieval_Islam" title="Inventions in medieval Islam"&gt;Muslim technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Agricultural_Revolution" title="Muslim Agricultural Revolution"&gt;Muslim Agricultural Revolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_technology" title="Medieval technology"&gt;Medieval technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_technology" title="Renaissance technology"&gt;Renaissance technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Agricultural_Revolution" title="British Agricultural Revolution"&gt;British Agricultural Revolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution"&gt;Industrial Revolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Industrial_Revolution" title="Second Industrial Revolution"&gt;Second Industrial Revolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Age" title="Atomic Age"&gt;Atomic Age&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Age" title="Jet Age"&gt;Jet Age&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Age" title="Space Age"&gt;Space Age&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Age" title="Information Age"&gt;Information Age&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: rgb(221, 221, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-weight: bold; padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"&gt;By type of technology&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding: 0.3em 0.4em 0.6em;"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_biotechnology" title="History of biotechnology"&gt;History of biotechnology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_communication" title="History of communication"&gt;History of communication&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_hardware" title="History of computer hardware"&gt;History of computer hardware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_Engineering#History" title="Electrical Engineering"&gt;History of electrical engineering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_materials_science" title="History of materials science"&gt;History of materials science&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_measurement" title="History of measurement"&gt;History of measurement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_medicine" title="History of medicine"&gt;History of medicine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_technology#History" title="Nuclear technology"&gt;History of nuclear technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_transport" title="History of transport"&gt;History of transport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: rgb(221, 221, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-weight: bold; padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"&gt;Technology timelines&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding: 0.3em 0.4em 0.6em;"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;strong class="selflink"&gt;Timeline of historic inventions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Technology_timelines" title="Category:Technology timelines"&gt;Complete list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding-top: 0.4em;"&gt; &lt;div class="noprint plainlinks navbar" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal; padding: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:HistOfTech" title="Template:HistOfTech"&gt;&lt;span title="View this template"&gt;v&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: 80%;"&gt;•&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:HistOfTech" title="Template talk:HistOfTech"&gt;&lt;span title="Discuss this template"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: 80%;"&gt;•&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:HistOfTech&amp;amp;action=edit" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span title="Edit this template"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel" title="Wheel"&gt;Wheel and axle combination&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt; (potter's wheel)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_beer" title="History of beer"&gt;Beer&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread" title="Bread"&gt;bread&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_drill" title="Bow drill"&gt;Bow drill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrgarh" title="Mehrgarh"&gt;Mehrgarh&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kulke.26R._13-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Kulke.26R.-13"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;14&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_skate" title="Ice skate"&gt;Ice skate&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia"&gt;Scandinavia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-14"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;15&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing" title="Sailing"&gt;Sailing&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-15"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;16&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenical_bronze" title="Arsenical bronze"&gt;Arsenical bronze&lt;/a&gt; metalwork: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-16"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;17&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=9" title="Edit section: 4th millennium BCE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="4th_millennium_BCE"&gt;4th millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;4000 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal" title="Canal"&gt;Canal&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4000 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobblestone" title="Cobblestone"&gt;Stone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavement_%28material%29" title="Pavement (material)"&gt;paved&lt;/a&gt; street in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur" title="Ur"&gt;Ur&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3807-3806 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Track" title="Sweet Track"&gt;Timber-engineered roadway&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England"&gt;England&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3630 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk" title="Silk"&gt;Silk&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3600 BCE: Free-standing Masonry Architecture at &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%A0gantija" title="Ġgantija"&gt;Ġgantija&lt;/a&gt;, Gozo, Malta&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3500 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plywood" title="Plywood"&gt;Plywood&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Egypt" title="History of ancient Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from February 2010"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3500 BCE: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carts" title="Carts"&gt;Carts&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer"&gt;Sumer&lt;/a&gt; (see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronocice_pot" title="Bronocice pot"&gt;Bronocice pot&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3300 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_script" title="Cuneiform script"&gt;Writing&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer"&gt;Sumer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3100 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage" title="Drainage"&gt;Drainage&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"&gt;Pakistan&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3000 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir" title="Reservoir"&gt;Reservoir&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girnar" title="Girnar"&gt;Girnar&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-17"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;18&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb" title="Comb"&gt;Comb&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia" title="Persia"&gt;Persia&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iran" title="History of Iran"&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement" title="Cement"&gt;Cement&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Egypt" title="History of ancient Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;River &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat" title="Boat"&gt;boats&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Egypt" title="History of ancient Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=10" title="Edit section: 3rd millennium BCE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="3rd_millennium_BCE"&gt;3rd millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;2800 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap" title="Soap"&gt;Soap&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2800 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button" title="Button"&gt;Button&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"&gt;Pakistan&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2800 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathroom" title="Bathroom"&gt;Bathroom&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Teresi_18-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Teresi-18"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;19&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2800 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet" title="Toilet"&gt;Toilet&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-daro" title="Mohenjo-daro"&gt;Mohenjo-daro&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Teresi_18-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Teresi-18"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;19&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2700 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbing" title="Plumbing"&gt;Plumbing&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Teresi_18-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Teresi-18"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;19&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2700 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitary_sewer" title="Sanitary sewer"&gt;Sanitary sewer&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Teresi_18-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Teresi-18"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;19&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2700 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage_collection_and_disposal" title="Sewage collection and disposal"&gt;Sewage collection and disposal&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Teresi_18-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Teresi-18"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;19&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2630-2611 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_pyramid" title="Step pyramid"&gt;Step pyramid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep" title="Imhotep"&gt;Imhotep&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2600s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus" title="Papyrus"&gt;Papyrus&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep" title="Imhotep"&gt;Imhotep&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2600s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical_suture" title="Surgical suture"&gt;Suture&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep" title="Imhotep"&gt;Imhotep&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2600s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_%28pharmaceutical%29" title="Cream (pharmaceutical)"&gt;Pharmaceutical cream&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep" title="Imhotep"&gt;Imhotep&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2600 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot" title="Chariot"&gt;Chariot&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2500 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch" title="Arch"&gt;Arch&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-daro" title="Mohenjo-daro"&gt;Mohenjo-daro&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-19"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;20&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2500 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet" title="Puppet"&gt;Puppet&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-G-m-b-14_20-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-G-m-b-14-20"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;21&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2500-1900 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furnace" title="Furnace"&gt;Furnace&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balakot" title="Balakot"&gt;Balakot&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Dales_21-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Dales-21"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;22&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2500-900 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oven" title="Oven"&gt;Oven&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balakot" title="Balakot"&gt;Balakot&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Dales_21-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Dales-21"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;22&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2400 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipyard" title="Shipyard"&gt;Shipyard&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothal" title="Lothal"&gt;Lothal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2400 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_%28maritime%29" title="Dock (maritime)"&gt;Dock&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothal" title="Lothal"&gt;Lothal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RaoQ_22-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-RaoQ-22"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;23&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2400 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruler" title="Ruler"&gt;Ruler&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothal" title="Lothal"&gt;Lothal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Whitelaw14_23-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Whitelaw14-23"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;24&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2000 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency" title="Currency"&gt;Currency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice" title="Dice"&gt;Dice&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EIADice_24-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-EIADice-24"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;25&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye" title="Dye"&gt;Dye&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-daro" title="Mohenjo-daro"&gt;Mohenjo-daro&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bhardwaj.26jain_25-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-bhardwaj.26jain-25"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;26&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_bath" title="Public bath"&gt;Public bath&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-daro" title="Mohenjo-daro"&gt;Mohenjo-daro&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-keay13-14_26-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-keay13-14-26"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;27&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct" title="Aqueduct"&gt;Aqueduct&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt"&gt;ancient Egypt&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_candle_making" title="History of candle making"&gt;Candles&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagger" title="Dagger"&gt;Dagger&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_East" title="Near East"&gt;Near East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khopesh" title="Khopesh"&gt;Sickle-sword&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer"&gt;Sumer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet" title="Alphabet"&gt;Alphabet&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia"&gt;Phoenicia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ink" title="Ink"&gt;Ink&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledges" title="Sledges"&gt;Sledges&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia"&gt;Scandinavia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski" title="Ski"&gt;Ski&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia"&gt;Scandinavia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodle" title="Noodle"&gt;Noodle&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=11" title="Edit section: 2nd millennium BCE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="2nd_millennium_BCE"&gt;2nd millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron" title="Iron"&gt;Iron&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia"&gt;Anatolia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus"&gt;Caucasus&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume" title="Perfume"&gt;Perfume&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapputi" title="Tapputi"&gt;Tapputi&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age_sword" title="Bronze Age sword"&gt;Bronze Age sword&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass" title="Glass"&gt;Glass&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Egypt" title="History of ancient Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-27"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;28&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber" title="Rubber"&gt;Rubber&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica" title="Mesoamerica"&gt;Mesoamerica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratha" title="Ratha"&gt;Spoked-wheel chariot&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranians" title="Indo-Iranians"&gt;Indo-Iranians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock" title="Water clock"&gt;Water clock&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Egypt" title="History of ancient Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Age_sword" title="Iron Age sword"&gt;Iron Age sword&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Celtic" title="Proto-Celtic"&gt;Proto-Celtic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_%28instrument%29" title="Bell (instrument)"&gt;Bells&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork" title="Fork"&gt;Fork&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-28"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;29&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella" title="Umbrella"&gt;Umbrella&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia"&gt;Mesopotamia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibration" title="Calibration"&gt;Calibration&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Baber_b_29-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Baber_b-29"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;30&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrology" title="Metrology"&gt;Metrology&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Baber_b_29-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Baber_b-29"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;30&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin-glazing" title="Tin-glazing"&gt;Tin-glazing&lt;/a&gt; in Mesopotamia&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-30"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;31&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1900 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterinary_medicine" title="Veterinary medicine"&gt;Veterinary medicine&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt"&gt;ancient Egypt&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_period" title="Vedic period"&gt;Vedic India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-31"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;32&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1500-400 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabaddi" title="Kabaddi"&gt;Kabaddi&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Alter88_32-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Alter88-32"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;33&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coins" title="History of coins"&gt;Coins&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_%28optics%29" title="Lens (optics)"&gt;Lens&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria"&gt;Assyria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_heating" title="Central heating"&gt;Central heating&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondol" title="Ondol"&gt;Ondol&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea" title="Korea"&gt;Korea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ondol_33-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ondol-33"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;34&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underfloor_heating" title="Underfloor heating"&gt;Underfloor heating&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondol" title="Ondol"&gt;Ondol&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea" title="Korea"&gt;Korea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ondol_33-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ondol-33"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;34&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=12" title="Edit section: 1st millennium BCE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1st_millennium_BCE"&gt;1st millennium BCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000 BCE: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike_%28construction%29" title="Dike (construction)"&gt;Dike&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization" title="Indus Valley Civilization"&gt;Indus Valley Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Koppel217_34-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Koppel217-34"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;35&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;750 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_spheres" title="Celestial spheres"&gt;Celestial spheres&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece"&gt;ancient Greece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-35"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;36&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;700s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button" title="Button"&gt;Button&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece"&gt;Ancient Greece&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_civilization" title="Etruscan civilization"&gt;Etruscan civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;700 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pump" title="Chain pump"&gt;Chain pump&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonia" title="Babylonia"&gt;Babylonia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;600s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_alphabet" title="Latin alphabet"&gt;Latin alphabet&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome"&gt;Ancient Rome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;600 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks" title="Chopsticks"&gt;Chopsticks&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;592 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor" title="Anchor"&gt;Anchor&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece"&gt;ancient Greece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-36"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;37&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosthodontics" title="Prosthodontics"&gt;Dental bridge&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_civilization" title="Etruscan civilization"&gt;Etruria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite" title="Kite"&gt;Kite&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_Ban" title="Lu Ban"&gt;Lu Ban&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map" title="Map"&gt;Maps&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece"&gt;ancient Greece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-37"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;38&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery" title="Plastic surgery"&gt;Plastic surgery&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushruta" title="Sushruta"&gt;Sushruta&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoplasty" title="Rhinoplasty"&gt;Rhinoplasty&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushruta" title="Sushruta"&gt;Sushruta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataract_surgery" title="Cataract surgery"&gt;Cataract surgery&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushruta" title="Sushruta"&gt;Sushruta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-finger66_38-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-finger66-38"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;39&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500 BCE: Iron &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plough" title="Plough"&gt;plough&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500-100 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallux" title="Hallux"&gt;Big-toe&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup" title="Stirrup"&gt;stirrup&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Chamberlin80_39-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Chamberlin80-39"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;40&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-40"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;41&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;499-477 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_collar" title="Horse collar"&gt;Horse collar&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-41"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;42&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;475 BCE: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythed_Chariot" title="Scythed Chariot"&gt;Scythed Chariot&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajatashatru" title="Ajatashatru"&gt;Ajatashatru&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;400s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics"&gt;Linguistics&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini" title="Pāṇini"&gt;Pāṇini&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ivic_42-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ivic-42"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;43&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;400s BCE: Traction &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet" title="Trebuchet"&gt;trebuchet&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;400s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult" title="Catapult"&gt;Catapult&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece"&gt;ancient Greece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-43"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;44&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;400s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_iron" title="Cast iron"&gt;Cast iron&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;400s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow" title="Crossbow"&gt;Crossbow&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;350 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_wheel" title="Water wheel"&gt;Water wheel&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Needham_44-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Needham-44"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;45&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;350 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermill" title="Watermill"&gt;Watermill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Needham_44-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Needham-44"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;45&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noria" title="Noria"&gt;Noria&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Needham_44-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Needham-44"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;45&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 300 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wootz_steel" title="Wootz steel"&gt;Wootz steel&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ranganathan_45-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ranganathan-45"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;46&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucible_steel" title="Crucible steel"&gt;Crucible steel&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Juleff_46-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Juleff-46"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;47&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_aqueduct" title="Roman aqueduct"&gt;Roman aqueduct&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome"&gt;ancient Rome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-47"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;48&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass" title="Compass"&gt;Compass&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_catalogue" title="Star catalogue"&gt;Star catalogues&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_De" title="Gan De"&gt;Gan De&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Shen" title="Shi Shen"&gt;Shi Shen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia" title="Encyclopedia"&gt;Encyclopedia&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speusippus" title="Speusippus"&gt;Speusippus&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece"&gt;ancient Greece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_%28simple_machine%29" title="Screw (simple machine)"&gt;Screw&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archytas" title="Archytas"&gt;Archytas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_ink" title="India ink"&gt;India ink&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300-100 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast_furnace" title="Blast furnace"&gt;Blast furnace&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300-100 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola_furnace" title="Cupola furnace"&gt;Cupola furnace&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300-100 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_iron" title="Pig iron"&gt;Pig iron&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_%28gemstone%29" title="Diamond (gemstone)"&gt;Diamond gemstone&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Encarta11_48-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Encarta11-48"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;49&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s BC: Clockwork &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escapement" title="Escapement"&gt;escapement&lt;/a&gt; mechanism: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_of_Byzantium" title="Philo of Byzantium"&gt;Philo of Byzantium&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece"&gt;Ancient Greece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lewis_2000_356f._49-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Lewis_2000_356f.-49"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;50&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;285 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_bridge" title="Suspension bridge"&gt;Suspension bridge&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;250 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever" title="Lever"&gt;Lever&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece"&gt;ancient Greece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;210 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium" title="Chromium"&gt;Chromium&lt;/a&gt; use in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s BCE: Compound &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulley" title="Pulley"&gt;pulley&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes" title="Archimedes"&gt;Archimedes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odometer" title="Odometer"&gt;Odometer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes" title="Archimedes"&gt;Archimedes&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_screw" title="Archimedes' screw"&gt;Archimedes' screw&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes" title="Archimedes"&gt;Archimedes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashmere_wool" title="Cashmere wool"&gt;Cashmere wool&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-50"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;51&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contour_canal" title="Contour canal"&gt;Contour canal&lt;/a&gt;: Shi Lu in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_%28water_transport%29" title="Lock (water transport)"&gt;Lock gate&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa"&gt;Stupa&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ency_51-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ency-51"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;52&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagoda" title="Pagoda"&gt;Pagoda&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ency_51-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ency-51"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;52&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;202-1 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellows" title="Bellows"&gt;Bellows&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe" title="Horseshoe"&gt;Horseshoe&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome"&gt;ancient Rome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;150s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockwork" title="Clockwork"&gt;Clockwork&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism" title="Antikythera mechanism"&gt;Antikythera mechanism&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;150s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe"&gt;Astrolabe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipparchus" title="Hipparchus"&gt;Hipparchus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;100 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassblowing" title="Glassblowing"&gt;Glassblowing&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome"&gt;ancient Rome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-52"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;53&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;100s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchment" title="Parchment"&gt;Parchment&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon" title="Pergamon"&gt;Pergamon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500 BCE: Heavy &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plough" title="Plough"&gt;plough&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;100s BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelbarrow" title="Wheelbarrow"&gt;Wheelbarrow&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-53"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;54&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;100 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_hammer" title="Trip hammer"&gt;Trip hammer&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;52 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere" title="Armillary sphere"&gt;Armillary sphere&lt;/a&gt;: Geng Shouchang in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;40 BCE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling-element_bearing" title="Rolling-element bearing"&gt;Rolling-element bearing&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire"&gt;Roman&lt;/a&gt; ship&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;21 BCE: Collapsable &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella" title="Umbrella"&gt;umbrella&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Mang" title="Wang Mang"&gt;Wang Mang&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-54"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;55&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cautery#History" title="Cautery"&gt;Cautery&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome"&gt;Ancient Rome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rome_55-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Rome-55"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;56&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculum_%28medical%29" title="Speculum (medical)"&gt;Speculum&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome"&gt;Ancient Rome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rome_55-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Rome-55"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;56&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors" title="Scissors"&gt;Cross-bladed scissors&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome"&gt;Ancient Rome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rome_55-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Rome-55"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;56&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Surgery_56-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Surgery-56"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;57&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical_needle" title="Surgical needle"&gt;Surgical needle&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome"&gt;Ancient Rome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rome_55-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Rome-55"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;56&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult" title="Catapult"&gt;Catapult&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East" title="Ancient Near East"&gt;ancient Near East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pointing_Chariot" title="South Pointing Chariot"&gt;South Pointing Chariot&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_%28mechanical_device%29" title="Differential (mechanical device)"&gt;Differential gear&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt; and Greek island of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera" title="Antikythera"&gt;Antikythera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_lock" title="Flash lock"&gt;Flash lock&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookbinding" title="Bookbinding"&gt;Bookbinding&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowgun" title="Blowgun"&gt;Blowgun&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-White521_57-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-White521-57"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;58&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye" title="Indigo dye"&gt;Indigo dye&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-k.26c_58-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-k.26c-58"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;59&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron" title="Iron"&gt;Iron&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellet" title="Pellet"&gt;pellet&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-White521_57-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-White521-57"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;58&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jute" title="Jute"&gt;Jute&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal"&gt;Bengal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ebjute_59-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-ebjute-59"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;60&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_flags" title="Prayer flags"&gt;Prayer flags&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothbrush" title="Toothbrush"&gt;Toothbrush&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem" title="Neem"&gt;Neem&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=13" title="Edit section: 1st millennium CE"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1st_millennium_CE"&gt;1st millennium CE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=14" title="Edit section: 1st-5th centuries"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1st-5th_centuries"&gt;1st-5th centuries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1-100 CE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_%28ship%29" title="Junk (ship)"&gt;Junk ship&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1-100 CE: Junk &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudder" title="Rudder"&gt;rudder&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-60"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-60"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;61&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;38 CE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulics" title="Hydraulics"&gt;Hydraulic-powered&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellows" title="Bellows"&gt;bellows&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Shi" title="Du Shi"&gt;Du Shi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;50 CE: Mouldboard &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plough" title="Plough"&gt;plough&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul"&gt;Gaul&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;77 CE: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia" title="Encyclopedia"&gt;Encyclopedia&lt;/a&gt; (comprehensive work): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder" title="Pliny the Elder"&gt;Pliny the Elder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;78-139: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulics" title="Hydraulics"&gt;Hydraulic-powered&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere" title="Armillary sphere"&gt;armillary sphere&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Heng" title="Zhang Heng"&gt;Zhang Heng&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;100s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateen" title="Lateen"&gt;Lateen sail&lt;/a&gt; by Greco-Roman sailors&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Casson_1995.2C_243-245_61-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Casson_1995.2C_243-245-61"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;62&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-62"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-62"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;63&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-63"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-63"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;64&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-64"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-64"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;65&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-65"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;66&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-66"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-66"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;67&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-67"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-67"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;68&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-68"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-68"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;69&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-69"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-69"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;70&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-70"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-70"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;71&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;100s: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_power" title="Steam power"&gt;Steam power&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria" title="Hero of Alexandria"&gt;Hero of Alexandria&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Egypt" title="Roman Egypt"&gt;Roman Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;100s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vending_machine" title="Vending machine"&gt;Vending machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria" title="Hero of Alexandria"&gt;Hero of Alexandria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;100s: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_pump" title="Force pump"&gt;Force pump&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria" title="Hero of Alexandria"&gt;Hero of Alexandria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;100s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carding" title="Carding"&gt;Carding&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Baber1_71-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Baber1-71"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;72&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;105: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper" title="Paper"&gt;Paper&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Lun" title="Cai Lun"&gt;Cai Lun&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-72"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-72"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;73&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;132: Rudimentary &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismometer" title="Seismometer"&gt;Seismometer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Heng" title="Zhang Heng"&gt;Zhang Heng&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;180: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_%28mechanical%29" title="Fan (mechanical)"&gt;Rotary fan&lt;/a&gt;: Ding Huan in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;180: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnowing" title="Winnowing"&gt;Winnowing&lt;/a&gt; fan: Ding Huan in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from February 2010"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongming_lantern" title="Kongming lantern"&gt;Kongming lantern&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_air_balloon" title="Hot air balloon"&gt;Hot air balloon&lt;/a&gt;) in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe" title="Horseshoe"&gt;Horseshoes&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Germany" title="History of Germany"&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;200-400: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepwell" title="Stepwell"&gt;Stepwell&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-L.26B2_73-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-L.26B2-73"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;74&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combination_lock" title="Combination lock"&gt;Combination lock&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire"&gt;Roman Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hoepfner_.281970.29_74-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hoepfner_.281970.29-74"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;75&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrosion" title="Corrosion"&gt;Corrosion&lt;/a&gt;-resistant &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron" title="Iron"&gt;iron&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_pillar_of_Delhi" title="Iron pillar of Delhi"&gt;Iron pillar of Delhi&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-75"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-75"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;76&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothpaste" title="Toothpaste"&gt;Toothpaste&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Egypt" title="Roman Egypt"&gt;Roman Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;300s: Crystallized &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sugar" title="History of sugar"&gt;Sugar&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;400s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_collar" title="Horse collar"&gt;Horse collar&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;400s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin" title="Cotton gin"&gt;Cotton gin&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-76"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-76"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;77&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore-and-aft_rig" title="Fore-and-aft rig"&gt;Fore-and-aft rig&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Watkins_77-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Watkins-77"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;78&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_%28navigation%29" title="Kamal (navigation)"&gt;Kamal&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-78"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-78"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;79&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_wheel" title="Prayer wheel"&gt;Prayer wheel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet"&gt;Tibet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-79"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-79"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;80&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Three-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_%28sailing%29" title="Mast (sailing)"&gt;masted&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_vessel" title="Merchant vessel"&gt;merchant vessel&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hobson_80-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hobson-80"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;81&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing" title="Woodblock printing"&gt;Woodblock printing&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=15" title="Edit section: 6th-8th centuries"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="6th-8th_centuries"&gt;6th-8th centuries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;500s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaturanga" title="Chaturanga"&gt;Chaturanga&lt;/a&gt;, a precursor of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess" title="Chess"&gt;chess&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica1_81-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica1-81"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;82&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachisi" title="Pachisi"&gt;Pachisi&lt;/a&gt;, a precursor of &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludo_%28game%29" title="Ludo (game)"&gt;Ludo&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EncartaP_82-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-EncartaP-82"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;83&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;500s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incense_clock" title="Incense clock"&gt;Incense clock&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Schafer161_83-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Schafer161-83"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;84&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Bedini69_84-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Bedini69-84"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;85&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;589: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper" title="Toilet paper"&gt;Toilet paper&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Zhitui" title="Yan Zhitui"&gt;Yan Zhitui&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;605: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaozhou_Bridge" title="Zhaozhou Bridge"&gt;Fully-stone open-spandrel segmental arch bridge&lt;/a&gt;: Li Chun in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;618-700: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcelain" title="Porcelain"&gt;Porcelain&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;618-907: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-power" title="Water-power"&gt;Water-powered&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_%28mechanical%29" title="Fan (mechanical)"&gt;rotary fan&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;673: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_fire" title="Greek fire"&gt;Greek fire&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamethrower" title="Flamethrower"&gt;flamethrower&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinicus" title="Callinicus"&gt;Kallinikos&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalbek" title="Baalbek"&gt;Heliopolis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;700: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quill_pen" title="Quill pen"&gt;Quill pen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;700-900: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charitable_trust" title="Charitable trust"&gt;Charitable trust&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-85"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-85"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;86&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-86"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-86"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;87&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;700s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoculation" title="Inoculation"&gt;Inoculation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhav" title="Madhav"&gt;Madhav&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-87"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-87"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;88&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;721-815: Pure &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distillation" title="Distillation"&gt;distillation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geber" title="Geber"&gt;Geber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Briffault_88-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Briffault-88"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;89&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;721-815: Distilled &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol" title="Alcohol"&gt;alcohol&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geber" title="Geber"&gt;Geber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-distill_89-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-distill-89"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;90&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;721-815: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitric_acid" title="Nitric acid"&gt;Nitric&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrochloric_acid" title="Hydrochloric acid"&gt;hydrochloric&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfuric_acid" title="Sulfuric acid"&gt;sulfuric&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartaric_acid" title="Tartaric acid"&gt;tartaric&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid" title="Citric acid"&gt;citric acid&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_regia" title="Aqua regia"&gt;aqua regia&lt;/a&gt;, and concentrated &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetic_acid" title="Acetic acid"&gt;acetic acid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geber" title="Geber"&gt;Geber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Chemical_90-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Chemical-90"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;91&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Derewenda_91-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Derewenda-91"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;92&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-92"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-92"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;93&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-93"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-93"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;94&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;754: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacy" title="Pharmacy"&gt;Pharmacy&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad"&gt;Baghdad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hadzovic_94-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hadzovic-94"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;95&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;758-764: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar" title="Tar"&gt;Tar&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavement_%28material%29" title="Pavement (material)"&gt;pavement&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad"&gt;Baghdad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ajram_95-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ajram-95"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;96&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;763-800: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_hospital" title="Psychiatric hospital"&gt;Psychiatric hospital&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimaristan" title="Bimaristan"&gt;Bimaristan&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad"&gt;Baghdad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-96"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-96"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;97&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;794: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_mill" title="Paper mill"&gt;Paper mill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad"&gt;Baghdad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-97"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-97"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;98&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_distillation" title="Dry distillation"&gt;Dry distillation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy_and_chemistry_in_Islam" title="Alchemy and chemistry in Islam"&gt;Arabic chemists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distilled_water" title="Distilled water"&gt;Distilled water&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy_and_chemistry_in_Islam" title="Alchemy and chemistry in Islam"&gt;Arabic chemists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rafael_98-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Rafael-98"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;99&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrol" title="Petrol"&gt;Petrol&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy_and_chemistry_in_Islam" title="Alchemy and chemistry in Islam"&gt;Arabic chemists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-99"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-99"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;100&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=16" title="Edit section: 9th-10th centuries"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="9th-10th_centuries"&gt;9th-10th centuries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;700-1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_wheel" title="Spinning wheel"&gt;Spinning wheel&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-100"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-100"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;101&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-850: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_instrument" title="Mural instrument"&gt;Mural instrument&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_M%C5%ABs%C4%81_al-Khw%C4%81rizm%C4%AB" title="Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī"&gt;Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-King_101-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-King-101"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;102&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-850: Sine &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrant_%28instrument%29" title="Quadrant (instrument)"&gt;quadrant&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_M%C5%ABs%C4%81_al-Khw%C4%81rizm%C4%AB" title="Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī"&gt;Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-King_101-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-King-101"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;102&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-850: Horary &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrant_%28instrument%29" title="Quadrant (instrument)"&gt;quadrant&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_M%C5%ABs%C4%81_al-Khw%C4%81rizm%C4%AB" title="Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī"&gt;Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-King_101-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-King-101"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;102&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-857: Under-arm &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deodorant" title="Deodorant"&gt;deodorant&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab" title="Ziryab"&gt;Ziryab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Marin_102-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Marin-102"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;103&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-857: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_parlour" title="Beauty parlour"&gt;Beauty parlour&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab" title="Ziryab"&gt;Ziryab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lebling_103-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Lebling-103"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;104&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-857: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_depilatory" title="Chemical depilatory"&gt;Chemical depilatory&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab" title="Ziryab"&gt;Ziryab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lebling_103-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Lebling-103"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;104&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-873: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton" title="Automaton"&gt;Automatic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flute" title="Flute"&gt;flute&lt;/a&gt; player: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81" title="Banū Mūsā"&gt;Banū Mūsā&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Koetsier_104-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Koetsier-104"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;105&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-873: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming" title="Computer programming"&gt;Programmable&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine" title="Machine"&gt;machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81" title="Banū Mūsā"&gt;Banū Mūsā&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Koetsier_104-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Koetsier-104"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;105&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-873: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_puzzle" title="Mechanical puzzle"&gt;Trick&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_vessel" title="Drinking vessel"&gt;drinking vessels&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81" title="Banū Mūsā"&gt;Banū Mūsā&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-873: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_mask" title="Gas mask"&gt;Gas mask&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81" title="Banū Mūsā"&gt;Banū Mūsā&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-873: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dredging#Grab" title="Dredging"&gt;Clamshell grab&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81" title="Banū Mūsā"&gt;Banū Mūsā&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-873: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail-safe" title="Fail-safe"&gt;Fail-safe&lt;/a&gt; system: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81" title="Banū Mūsā"&gt;Banū Mūsā&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-873: Mechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument"&gt;musical instrument&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81" title="Banū Mūsā"&gt;Banū Mūsā&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Fowler_106-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Fowler-106"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;107&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-873: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_lamp" title="Hurricane lamp"&gt;Hurricane lamp&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81" title="Banū Mūsā"&gt;Banū Mūsā&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-873: Self-feeding &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_lamp" title="Oil lamp"&gt;oil lamp&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81" title="Banū Mūsā"&gt;Banū Mūsā&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-5"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-873: Self-trimming &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_lamp" title="Oil lamp"&gt;oil lamp&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_M%C5%ABs%C4%81_ibn_Sh%C4%81kir" title="Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir"&gt;Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-6"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslin" title="Muslin"&gt;Muslin&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka"&gt;Dhaka&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal"&gt;Bengal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-107"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-107"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;108&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Muslin_108-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Muslin-108"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;109&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoneware" title="Stoneware"&gt;Stonepaste ceramics&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-109"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-109"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;110&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800s: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_powder" title="Black powder"&gt;Black powder&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_turbine" title="Water turbine"&gt;Water turbine&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-7"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800s: Universal &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial" title="Sundial"&gt;sundial&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad"&gt;Baghdad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-110"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-110"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;111&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800s: Universal horary &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial" title="Dial"&gt;dial&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad"&gt;Baghdad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-111"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-111"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;112&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-112"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-112"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;113&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800s: Vertical-axle &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill" title="Windmill"&gt;windmill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"&gt;Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hassan-54_113-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hassan-54-113"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;114&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphtha" title="Naphtha"&gt;Naphtha&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"&gt;Azerbaijan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ajram_95-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ajram-95"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;96&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_well" title="Oil well"&gt;Oil well&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"&gt;Azerbaijan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ajram_95-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ajram-95"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;96&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College" title="College"&gt;College&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrasah" title="Madrasah"&gt;Madrasah&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_world" title="Muslim world"&gt;Muslim world&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-114"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-114"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;115&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power" title="Wind power"&gt;Wind powered&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill" title="Gristmill"&gt;gristmills&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"&gt;Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"&gt;Pakistan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lucas-65_115-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Lucas-65-115"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;116&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_refinery" title="Sugar refinery"&gt;Sugar refinery&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"&gt;Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"&gt;Pakistan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lucas-65_115-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Lucas-65-115"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;116&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;800-1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal" title="Metal"&gt;Metal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing" title="Woodblock printing"&gt;block printing&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-116"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-116"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;117&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 800-1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch" title="Switch"&gt;Switch&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_in_the_Islamic_world" title="Inventions in the Islamic world"&gt;Arabic engineers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-117"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-117"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;118&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;801-1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_solid_waste" title="Municipal solid waste"&gt;Municipal solid waste&lt;/a&gt; handling: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kindi" title="Al-Kindi"&gt;Al-Kindi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qusta_ibn_Luqa" title="Qusta ibn Luqa"&gt;Qusta ibn Luqa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Zakar%C4%ABya_R%C4%81zi" title="Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi"&gt;Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Al-Jazzar" title="Ibn Al-Jazzar"&gt;Ibn Al-Jazzar&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Masihi" title="Al-Masihi"&gt;al-Masihi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-118"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-118"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;119&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;810-887: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass" title="Glass"&gt;Glass&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%28geology%29" title="Rock (geology)"&gt;stones&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas" title="Abbas Ibn Firnas"&gt;Abbas Ibn Firnas&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-White-100_119-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-White-100-119"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;120&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;810-887: Clear colourless high-purity &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass" title="Glass"&gt;glass&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas" title="Abbas Ibn Firnas"&gt;Abbas Ibn Firnas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-White-100_119-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-White-100-119"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;120&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Glass_120-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Glass-120"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;121&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;810-887: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metronome" title="Metronome"&gt;Metronome&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas" title="Abbas Ibn Firnas"&gt;Abbas Ibn Firnas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-White_121-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-White-121"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;122&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;810-887: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_control" title="Weather control"&gt;Artificial weather&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation" title="Simulation"&gt;simulation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas" title="Abbas Ibn Firnas"&gt;Abbas Ibn Firnas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-White_121-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-White-121"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;122&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;827: Mechanical singing bird &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton" title="Automaton"&gt;automaton&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ma%27mun" title="Al-Ma'mun"&gt;Al-Ma'mun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-122"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-122"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;123&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;836-1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erectile_dysfunction" title="Erectile dysfunction"&gt;Erectile dysfunction&lt;/a&gt; treatment: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Zakar%C4%ABya_R%C4%81zi" title="Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi"&gt;Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabit_bin_Qurra" title="Thabit bin Qurra"&gt;Thabit bin Qurra&lt;/a&gt; (Thebit), &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Al-Jazzar" title="Ibn Al-Jazzar"&gt;Ibn Al-Jazzar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-123"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-123"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;124&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;853-929: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_astronomy#Observation_tube" title="Islamic astronomy"&gt;Observation tube&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_J%C4%81bir_al-Harr%C4%81n%C4%AB_al-Batt%C4%81n%C4%AB" title="Muhammad ibn Jābir al-Harrānī al-Battānī"&gt;Muhammad ibn Jābir al-Harrānī al-Battānī&lt;/a&gt; (Albatenius)&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-124"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-124"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;125&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;852: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute" title="Parachute"&gt;Parachute&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas" title="Abbas Ibn Firnas"&gt;Abbas Ibn Firnas&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Vallely_125-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Vallely-125"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;126&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;859: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University" title="University"&gt;University&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_al-Fihri" title="Fatima al-Fihri"&gt;Fatima al-Fihri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Alatas_126-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Alatas-126"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;127&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-127"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-127"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;128&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;875: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_glider" title="Hang glider"&gt;Hang glider&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas" title="Abbas Ibn Firnas"&gt;Abbas Ibn Firnas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-White_121-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-White-121"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;122&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Aramco_128-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Aramco-128"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;129&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;875: Artificial &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing" title="Wing"&gt;wing&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas" title="Abbas Ibn Firnas"&gt;Abbas Ibn Firnas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-White_121-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-White-121"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;122&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Aramco_128-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Aramco-128"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;129&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;875: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_control_frame" title="Triangle control frame"&gt;Flight control frame&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas" title="Abbas Ibn Firnas"&gt;Abbas Ibn Firnas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-White_121-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-White-121"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;122&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Aramco_128-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Aramco-128"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;129&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 865-900: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene" title="Kerosene"&gt;Kerosene&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Zakar%C4%ABya_R%C4%81zi" title="Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi"&gt;Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi&lt;/a&gt; (Rhazes) in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ajram_95-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ajram-95"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;96&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Bilkadi_129-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Bilkadi-129"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;130&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;865-925: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy" title="Chemotherapy"&gt;Chemotherapy&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Zakar%C4%ABya_R%C4%81zi" title="Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi"&gt;Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-130"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-130"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;131&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;900s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknote" title="Banknote"&gt;Banknote&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;900s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_lance" title="Fire lance"&gt;Fire lance&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;900s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun" title="Gun"&gt;Gun&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;900s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_%28grinding%29" title="Mill (grinding)"&gt;Milling&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory" title="Factory"&gt;factory&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad"&gt;Baghdad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill-783_131-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill-783-131"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;132&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;900s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_paper" title="Graph paper"&gt;Graph paper&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-132"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-132"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;133&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-133"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-133"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;134&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-134"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-134"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;135&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;900s: Horizontal-axle &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill" title="Windmill"&gt;windmill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"&gt;Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"&gt;Pakistan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hassan-54_113-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hassan-54-113"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;114&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;904: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Arrow" title="Fire Arrow"&gt;Fire Arrow&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;919: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_Huo_Qi" title="Pen Huo Qi"&gt;Double-piston flamethrower&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;984: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_lock" title="Pound lock"&gt;Pound lock&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_of_the_Song_Dynasty" title="Technology of the Song Dynasty"&gt;Qiao Weiyo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;953: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_pen" title="Fountain pen"&gt;Fountain pen&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muizz_Lideenillah" title="Al-Muizz Lideenillah"&gt;Al-Muizz Lideenillah&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Arab_Egypt" title="History of Arab Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Vallely_125-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Vallely-125"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;126&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-135"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-135"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;136&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-136"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-136"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;137&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;960-1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant" title="Restaurant"&gt;Restaurant&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-137"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-137"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;138&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;994: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextant_%28astronomical%29" title="Sextant (astronomical)"&gt;Astronomical sextant&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu-Mahmud_al-Khujandi" title="Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi"&gt;Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"&gt;Persia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-138"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-138"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;139&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;996: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear" title="Gear"&gt;Geared&lt;/a&gt; mechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe"&gt;astrolabe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Rayh%C4%81n_al-B%C4%ABr%C5%ABn%C4%AB" title="Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī"&gt;Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-139"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-139"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;140&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almucantar" title="Almucantar"&gt;Almucantar&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrant_%28instrument%29" title="Quadrant (instrument)"&gt;quadrant&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_astronomy" title="Islamic astronomy"&gt;Arabic astronomers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-140"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-140"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;141&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner%27s_astrolabe" title="Mariner's astrolabe"&gt;Navigational astrolabe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_astronomy" title="Islamic astronomy"&gt;Arabic astronomers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-141"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-141"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;142&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vertical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial" title="Sundial"&gt;sundial&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_astronomy" title="Islamic astronomy"&gt;Arabic astronomers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-King-Astronomy_142-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-King-Astronomy-142"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;143&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Polar &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial" title="Sundial"&gt;sundial&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_astronomy" title="Islamic astronomy"&gt;Arabic astronomers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-King-Astronomy_142-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-King-Astronomy-142"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;143&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaving_cream" title="Shaving cream"&gt;Shaving soap&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy_and_chemistry_in_Islam" title="Alchemy and chemistry in Islam"&gt;Arabic chemists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_level" title="Reed level"&gt;Reed level&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_in_the_Islamic_world" title="Inventions in the Islamic world"&gt;Arabic engineers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill-766-9_143-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill-766-9-143"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;144&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear" title="Gear"&gt;Geared&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill" title="Gristmill"&gt;gristmill&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_in_the_Islamic_world" title="Inventions in the Islamic world"&gt;Arabic engineers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-144"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-144"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;145&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light" title="Street light"&gt;Street lamp&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Garrison_145-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Garrison-145"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;146&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet" title="Sherbet"&gt;Sherbet&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Soft-Drink_146-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Soft-Drink-146"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;147&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink" title="Soft drink"&gt;Soft drink&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Soft-Drink_146-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Soft-Drink-146"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;147&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-147"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-147"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;148&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrup" title="Syrup"&gt;Syrup&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Soft-Drink_146-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Soft-Drink-146"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;147&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28element%29" title="Mercury (element)"&gt;Mercury&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escapement" title="Escapement"&gt;escapement&lt;/a&gt; mechanism in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East"&gt;Middle East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library"&gt;Public library&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Barrett_148-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Barrett-148"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;149&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lending_library" title="Lending library"&gt;Lending library&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Barrett_148-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Barrett-148"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;149&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_catalog" title="Library catalog"&gt;Library catalog&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Empire" title="Arab Empire"&gt;Arab Empire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-149"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-149"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;150&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firecracker" title="Firecracker"&gt;Firecracker&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_ladders" title="Snakes and ladders"&gt;Snakes and ladders&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=17" title="Edit section: 2nd millennium"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="2nd_millennium"&gt;2nd millennium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=18" title="Edit section: 11th century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="11th_century"&gt;11th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypodermic_needle" title="Hypodermic needle"&gt;Hypodermic needle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmology_in_medieval_Islam" title="Ophthalmology in medieval Islam"&gt;Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Syed_150-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Syed-150"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;151&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Finger_151-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Finger-151"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;152&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataract_surgery" title="Cataract surgery"&gt;Cataract extraction&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmology_in_medieval_Islam" title="Ophthalmology in medieval Islam"&gt;Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Syed_150-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Syed-150"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;151&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Finger_151-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Finger-151"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;152&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suction" title="Suction"&gt;Suction&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmology_in_medieval_Islam" title="Ophthalmology in medieval Islam"&gt;Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Syed_150-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Syed-150"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;151&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Finger_151-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Finger-151"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;152&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature_%28medicine%29" title="Ligature (medicine)"&gt;Ligature&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim_al-Zahrawi" title="Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi"&gt;Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi&lt;/a&gt; (Abulcasis) in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-152"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-152"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;153&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive_bandage" title="Adhesive bandage"&gt;Adhesive plaster&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-153"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-153"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;154&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curette" title="Curette"&gt;Curette&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hadidi_154-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hadidi-154"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;155&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retractor_%28medical%29" title="Retractor (medical)"&gt;Retractor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hadidi_154-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hadidi-154"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;155&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithotomy" title="Lithotomy"&gt;Lithotomy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalpel" title="Scalpel"&gt;scalpel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kaadan_155-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Kaadan-155"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;156&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical_instruments" title="Surgical instruments"&gt;Surgical&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catgut" title="Catgut"&gt;catgut&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: Surgical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook" title="Hook"&gt;hook&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hadidi_154-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hadidi-154"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;155&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: Surgical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod" title="Rod"&gt;rod&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hadidi_154-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hadidi-154"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;155&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: Surgical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon" title="Spoon"&gt;spoon&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hadidi_154-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hadidi-154"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;155&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhalational_anaesthetic" title="Inhalational anaesthetic"&gt;Inhalational anaesthetic&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ajram_95-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ajram-95"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;96&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hunke_156-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hunke-156"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;157&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaesthetic" title="Anaesthetic"&gt;Anaesthetic&lt;/a&gt; sponge: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ajram_95-5"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ajram-95"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;96&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hunke_156-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hunke-156"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;157&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: Oral &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaesthesia" title="Anaesthesia"&gt;anaesthesia&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ajram_95-6"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ajram-95"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;96&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hunke_156-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hunke-156"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;157&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1000: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton"&gt;Cotton&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressing_%28medical%29" title="Dressing (medical)"&gt;dressing&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim" title="Abu al-Qasim"&gt;Abu al-Qasim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Patricia_157-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Patricia-157"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;158&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000-1020: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliocentric" title="Heliocentric"&gt;Heliocentric&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe"&gt;astrolabe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Sijzi" title="Al-Sijzi"&gt;Al-Sijzi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-158"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-158"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;159&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000-1037: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermometer" title="Thermometer"&gt;Thermometer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna" title="Avicenna"&gt;Avicenna&lt;/a&gt; (Ibn Sina) in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iran" title="History of Iran"&gt;Persia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-159"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-159"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;160&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000-1037: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_oil" title="Essential oil"&gt;Essential oil&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna" title="Avicenna"&gt;Avicenna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Marlene_160-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Marlene-160"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;161&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000-1048: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_projection_%28cartography%29" title="Orthographic projection (cartography)"&gt;Orthographical&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe"&gt;astrolabe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Rayh%C4%81n_al-B%C4%ABr%C5%ABn%C4%AB" title="Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī"&gt;Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iran" title="History of Iran"&gt;Persia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Khwarizm_161-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Khwarizm-161"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;162&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000-1048: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planisphere" title="Planisphere"&gt;Planisphere&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Rayh%C4%81n_al-B%C4%ABr%C5%ABn%C4%AB" title="Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī"&gt;Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Khwarizm_161-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Khwarizm-161"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;162&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Durant_162-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Durant-162"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;163&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000-1048: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory_flask" title="Laboratory flask"&gt;Laboratory flask&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Rayh%C4%81n_al-B%C4%ABr%C5%ABn%C4%AB" title="Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī"&gt;Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hall_163-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hall-163"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;164&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000-1048: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pycnometer" title="Pycnometer"&gt;Pycnometer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Rayh%C4%81n_al-B%C4%ABr%C5%ABn%C4%AB" title="Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī"&gt;Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hall_163-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hall-163"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;164&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000-1048: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conical_measure" title="Conical measure"&gt;Conical measure&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Rayh%C4%81n_al-B%C4%ABr%C5%ABn%C4%AB" title="Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī"&gt;Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-164"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-164"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;165&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1000-1048: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear" title="Gear"&gt;Geared&lt;/a&gt; mechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar"&gt;lunisolar calendar&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer" title="Analog computer"&gt;analog computer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Rayh%C4%81n_al-B%C4%ABr%C5%ABn%C4%AB" title="Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī"&gt;Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Biruni_165-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Biruni-165"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;166&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1020: Mechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe"&gt;astrolabe&lt;/a&gt;: Ibn Samh in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-166"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-166"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;167&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1021: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnifying_glass" title="Magnifying glass"&gt;Magnifying glass&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Haytham" title="Ibn al-Haytham"&gt;Ibn al-Haytham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-167"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-167"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;168&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1021: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_camera" title="Pinhole camera"&gt;Pinhole camera&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Haytham" title="Ibn al-Haytham"&gt;Ibn al-Haytham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Wade_168-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Wade-168"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;169&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1021: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura" title="Camera obscura"&gt;Camera obscura&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Haytham" title="Ibn al-Haytham"&gt;Ibn al-Haytham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Wade_168-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Wade-168"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;169&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1021: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel" title="Novel"&gt;Novel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu" title="Murasaki Shikibu"&gt;Murasaki Shikibu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-169"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-169"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;170&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1021: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_novel" title="Historical novel"&gt;Historical novel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu" title="Murasaki Shikibu"&gt;Murasaki Shikibu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-170"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-170"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;171&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1021: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_novel" title="Psychological novel"&gt;Psychological novel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu" title="Murasaki Shikibu"&gt;Murasaki Shikibu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-171"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-171"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;172&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1025: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unproven_cancer_therapy" title="Unproven cancer therapy"&gt;Cancer therapy&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna" title="Avicenna"&gt;Avicenna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Patricia_157-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Patricia-157"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;158&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-172"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-172"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;173&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1025: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_channel_blocker" title="Calcium channel blocker"&gt;Calcium channel blocker&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna" title="Avicenna"&gt;Avicenna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-173"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-173"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;174&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1025: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacopoeia" title="Pharmacopoeia"&gt;Pharmacopoeia&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna" title="Avicenna"&gt;Avicenna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-174"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-174"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;175&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-175"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-175"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;176&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1028-1087: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorium" title="Equatorium"&gt;Equatorium&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Ish%C4%81q_Ibr%C4%81h%C4%ABm_al-Zarq%C4%81l%C4%AB" title="Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī"&gt;Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī&lt;/a&gt; (Arzachel) in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-176"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-176"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;177&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1028-1087: Universal &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe"&gt;astrolabe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Ish%C4%81q_Ibr%C4%81h%C4%ABm_al-Zarq%C4%81l%C4%AB" title="Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī"&gt;Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1031-1095: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raised-relief_map" title="Raised-relief map"&gt;Raised-relief map&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Kuo" title="Shen Kuo"&gt;Shen Kuo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sivin_III_22_177-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-sivin_III_22-177"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;178&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-178"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-178"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;179&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1038-1075: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel" title="Flywheel"&gt;Flywheel&lt;/a&gt;: Ibn Bassal in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Flywheel_179-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Flywheel-179"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;180&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1041: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movable_type" title="Movable type"&gt;Movable type&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press" title="Printing press"&gt;printing press&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng" title="Bi Sheng"&gt;Bi Sheng&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1044: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_grenade" title="Hand grenade"&gt;Hand grenade&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhen_Tian_Lei" title="Zhen Tian Lei"&gt;Zhen Tian Lei&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1087: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanac" title="Almanac"&gt;Almanac&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Ish%C4%81q_Ibr%C4%81h%C4%ABm_al-Zarq%C4%81l%C4%AB" title="Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī"&gt;Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-180"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-180"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;181&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1088: Mechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock" title="Clock"&gt;clock&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Song" title="Su Song"&gt;Su Song&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1088: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_tower" title="Clock tower"&gt;Clock tower&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Song" title="Su Song"&gt;Su Song&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1088: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic" title="Magnetic"&gt;Magnetic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass" title="Compass"&gt;compass&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Kuo" title="Shen Kuo"&gt;Shen Kuo&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1090: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_%28mechanical%29" title="Belt (mechanical)"&gt;Belt drive&lt;/a&gt;: Qin Guan in in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1090: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_drive" title="Chain drive"&gt;Chain drive&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1092: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_clock" title="Astronomical clock"&gt;Astronomical clock&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Song" title="Su Song"&gt;Su Song&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1094: Printed &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_chart" title="Star chart"&gt;star chart&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Song" title="Su Song"&gt;Su Song&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_%28textile%29" title="Calico (textile)"&gt;Calico&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eb-calico_181-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-eb-calico-181"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;182&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29" title="Coke (fuel)"&gt;Coke fuel&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Complex &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear" title="Gear"&gt;gearing&lt;/a&gt;: Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Transfer_182-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Transfer-182"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;183&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicyclic_gearing" title="Epicyclic gearing"&gt;Epicyclic gearing&lt;/a&gt;: Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Transfer_182-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Transfer-182"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;183&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Segmental &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear" title="Gear"&gt;gearing&lt;/a&gt;: Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Transfer_182-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Transfer-182"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;183&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear" title="Gear"&gt;Geared&lt;/a&gt; mechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock" title="Clock"&gt;clock&lt;/a&gt;: Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Transfer_182-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Transfer-182"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;183&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maintaining_power" title="Maintaining power"&gt;Weight-driven&lt;/a&gt; mechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock" title="Clock"&gt;clock&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_in_the_Islamic_world" title="Inventions in the Islamic world"&gt;Arabic engineers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Transfer_182-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Transfer-182"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;183&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Clear &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass" title="Glass"&gt;glass&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror" title="Mirror"&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ajram_95-7"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ajram-95"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;96&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=19" title="Edit section: 12th century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="12th_century"&gt;12th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1100: Framed bead &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus" title="Abacus"&gt;abacus&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1100-1150: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquetum" title="Torquetum"&gt;Torquetum&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabir_ibn_Aflah" title="Jabir ibn Aflah"&gt;Jabir ibn Aflah&lt;/a&gt; (Geber)&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-183"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-183"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;184&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1100-1161: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracheotomy" title="Tracheotomy"&gt;Tracheotomy&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Zuhr" title="Ibn Zuhr"&gt;Ibn Zuhr&lt;/a&gt; (Avenzoar) in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Makki_184-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Makki-184"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;185&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1119: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulkhead_%28partition%29" title="Bulkhead (partition)"&gt;Watertight hull compartment&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Yu_%28author%29" title="Zhu Yu (author)"&gt;Zhu Yu&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1126: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_arrow" title="Fire arrow"&gt;Fire arrow&lt;/a&gt;: Li Gang in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1126: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket" title="Rocket"&gt;Rocket&lt;/a&gt;: Li Gang in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1128: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon" title="Cannon"&gt;Cannon&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-185"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-185"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;186&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1135-1200: Linear &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe"&gt;astrolabe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharaf_al-D%C4%ABn_al-T%C5%ABs%C4%AB" title="Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī"&gt;Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"&gt;Persia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-186"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-186"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;187&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1150: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_pigeon" title="Homing pigeon"&gt;Homing pigeons&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" title="Syria"&gt;Syria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fbi_187-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-fbi-187"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;188&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1187: Counterweight &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet" title="Trebuchet"&gt;trebuchet&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_bin_Ali_al-Tarsusi" title="Mardi bin Ali al-Tarsusi"&gt;Mardi bin Ali al-Tarsusi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-188"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-188"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;189&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-189"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-189"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;190&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1187: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangonel" title="Mangonel"&gt;Mangonel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_bin_Ali_al-Tarsusi" title="Mardi bin Ali al-Tarsusi"&gt;Mardi bin Ali al-Tarsusi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-190"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-190"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;191&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1190: Mariner's &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass" title="Compass"&gt;compass&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-191"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-191"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;192&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe"&gt;Astrolabic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrant_%28instrument%29" title="Quadrant (instrument)"&gt;quadrant&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-192"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-192"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;193&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilation_%28architecture%29" title="Ventilation (architecture)"&gt;Ventilator&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-193"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-193"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;194&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge" title="Bridge"&gt;Bridge&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_%28grinding%29" title="Mill (grinding)"&gt;mill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lucas_194-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Lucas-194"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;195&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropower" title="Hydropower"&gt;Hydropowered&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge" title="Forge"&gt;forge&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lucas-65_115-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Lucas-65-115"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;116&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finery_forge" title="Finery forge"&gt;Finery forge&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus"&gt;Al-Andalus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lucas-65_115-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Lucas-65-115"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;116&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_heating" title="Central heating"&gt;Central heating&lt;/a&gt; through &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underfloor_heating" title="Underfloor heating"&gt;underfloor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_%28material%29" title="Pipe (material)"&gt;pipes&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" title="Syria"&gt;Syria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-195"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-195"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;196&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks" title="Fireworks"&gt;Fireworks&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunglasses" title="Sunglasses"&gt;Sunglasses&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=20" title="Edit section: 13th century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="13th_century"&gt;13th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1200: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror" title="Mirror"&gt;Glass mirror&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"&gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-5"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-196"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-196"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;197&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolted_joint" title="Bolted joint"&gt;Bolted joint&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_%28device%29" title="Lock (device)"&gt;lock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-8"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulator_%28automatic_control%29" title="Regulator (automatic control)"&gt;Flow control regulator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_clock" title="Elephant clock"&gt;Elephant clock&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_washing" title="Hand washing"&gt;Hand washing&lt;/a&gt; device: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_appliance" title="Home appliance"&gt;Kitchen appliance&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camshaft" title="Camshaft"&gt;Camshaft&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-197"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-197"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;198&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: Segmental &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear" title="Gear"&gt;gear&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-198"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-198"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;199&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: Reciprocating, double-action suction piston pump: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hassan_199-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hassan-199"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid_robot" title="Humanoid robot"&gt;Humanoid robot&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Sheffield_200-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Sheffield-200"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;201&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming" title="Computer programming"&gt;Programmable&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot" title="Robot"&gt;robot&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Sheffield_200-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Sheffield-200"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;201&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming" title="Computer programming"&gt;Programmable&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer" title="Analog computer"&gt;analog computer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-201"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-201"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;202&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_operator" title="Gate operator"&gt;Automatic gate&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Turner_202-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Turner-202"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;203&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminate" title="Laminate"&gt;Laminate&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-9"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: Mechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template" title="Template"&gt;template&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-10"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_model" title="Paper model"&gt;Paper model&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-11"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_casting" title="Sand casting"&gt;Sand casting&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-12"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emery_%28mineral%29" title="Emery (mineral)"&gt;Emery&lt;/a&gt; powder: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill2_105-13"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill2-105"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;106&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crankshaft" title="Crankshaft"&gt;Crankshaft&lt;/a&gt;-driven &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pump" title="Chain pump"&gt;chain pump&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill-776_203-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill-776-203"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;204&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropower" title="Hydropower"&gt;Hydropowered&lt;/a&gt; saqiya &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pump" title="Chain pump"&gt;chain pump&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-204"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-204"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;205&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1206: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittency" title="Intermittency"&gt;Intermittent working&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari" title="Al-Jazari"&gt;Al-Jazari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill-776_203-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill-776-203"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;204&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1232: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_launcher" title="Rocket launcher"&gt;Rocket launcher&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1235: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear" title="Gear"&gt;Geared&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe"&gt;astrolabe&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer" title="Analog computer"&gt;analog computer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar" title="Calendar"&gt;calendar&lt;/a&gt;: Abi Bakr of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isfahan" title="Isfahan"&gt;Isfahan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Bedini_205-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Bedini-205"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;206&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1259: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_institute" title="Research institute"&gt;Research institute&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas%C4%ABr_al-D%C4%ABn_al-T%C5%ABs%C4%AB" title="Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī"&gt;Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kennedy-1962_206-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Kennedy-1962-206"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;207&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1259: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observatory" title="Observatory"&gt;Observatory&lt;/a&gt; institution: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas%C4%ABr_al-D%C4%ABn_al-T%C5%ABs%C4%AB" title="Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī"&gt;Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kennedy-1962_206-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Kennedy-1962-206"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;207&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1260: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_cannon" title="Hand cannon"&gt;Hand cannon&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Chemical_90-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Chemical-90"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;91&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gunpowder_Composition_207-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Gunpowder_Composition-207"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;208&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1260: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive" title="Explosive"&gt;Explosive&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder"&gt;gunpowder&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Chemical_90-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Chemical-90"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;91&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gunpowder_Composition_207-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Gunpowder_Composition-207"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;208&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1260: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartridge_%28firearms%29" title="Cartridge (firearms)"&gt;Cartridge&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gunpowder_Composition_207-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Gunpowder_Composition-207"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;208&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1270: Pure &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_nitrate" title="Potassium nitrate"&gt;saltpetre&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hasan_al-Rammah&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Hasan al-Rammah (page does not exist)"&gt;Hasan al-Rammah&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" title="Syria"&gt;Syria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Chemical_90-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Chemical-90"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;91&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gunpowder_Composition_207-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Gunpowder_Composition-207"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;208&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1274: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_machine" title="Siege machine"&gt;Siege&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon" title="Cannon"&gt;cannon&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinid_dynasty" title="Marinid dynasty"&gt;Abu Yaqub Yusuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gunpowder_Composition_207-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Gunpowder_Composition-207"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;208&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1275: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo"&gt;Torpedo&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hasan_al-Rammah&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Hasan al-Rammah (page does not exist)"&gt;Hasan al-Rammah&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" title="Syria"&gt;Syria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1275: Restaurant &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu" title="Menu"&gt;menu&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1277: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_mine" title="Land mine"&gt;Land mine&lt;/a&gt;: Lou Qianxia in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1296: Astronomical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass" title="Compass"&gt;compass&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen"&gt;Yemeni&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan"&gt;sultan&lt;/a&gt; al-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashraf" title="Ashraf"&gt;Ashraf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-208"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-208"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;209&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1297-1298: Wooden &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movable_type" title="Movable type"&gt;movable type&lt;/a&gt; printing: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Zhen_%28official%29" title="Wang Zhen (official)"&gt;Wang Zhen&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt; &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-209"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-209"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;210&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crankshaft" title="Crankshaft"&gt;Crankshaft&lt;/a&gt;-driven &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw" title="Screw"&gt;screw&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_in_the_Islamic_world" title="Inventions in the Islamic world"&gt;Arabic engineers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill-771_210-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill-771-210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;211&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crankshaft" title="Crankshaft"&gt;Crankshaft&lt;/a&gt;-driven &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screwpump" title="Screwpump"&gt;screwpump&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_in_the_Islamic_world" title="Inventions in the Islamic world"&gt;Arabic engineers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hill-771_210-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Hill-771-210"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;211&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandpaper" title="Sandpaper"&gt;Sandpaper&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-fuel_rocket" title="Solid-fuel rocket"&gt;Solid-fuel rocket&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom" title="Condom"&gt;Condom&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Italy in the Middle Ages"&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttonhole" title="Buttonhole"&gt;Buttonhole&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-6"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_ladders" title="Snakes and ladders"&gt;Snakes and ladders&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Augustyn_211-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Augustyn-211"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;212&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=21" title="Edit section: 14th century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="14th_century"&gt;14th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1304-1375: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe" title="Astrolabe"&gt;Astrolabic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock" title="Clock"&gt;clock&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Shatir" title="Ibn al-Shatir"&gt;Ibn al-Shatir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-212"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-212"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;213&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1304-1375: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compendium" title="Compendium"&gt;Compendium&lt;/a&gt; instrument: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Shatir" title="Ibn al-Shatir"&gt;Ibn al-Shatir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-King-Astronomy_142-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-King-Astronomy-142"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;143&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1304-1375: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_dial" title="Compass dial"&gt;Compass dial&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Shatir" title="Ibn al-Shatir"&gt;Ibn al-Shatir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-King-1983_213-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-King-1983-213"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;214&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1350: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_rope_bridge" title="Inca rope bridge"&gt;Rope bridge&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" title="Peru"&gt;Peru&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1355: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombard_%28weapon%29" title="Bombard (weapon)"&gt;Bombard&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiao_Yu" title="Jiao Yu"&gt;Jiao Yu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Ji_%2814th_century%29" title="Liu Ji (14th century)"&gt;Liu Ji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1355: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_%28rocketry%29" title="Booster (rocketry)"&gt;Booster&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiao_Yu" title="Jiao Yu"&gt;Jiao Yu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Ji_%2814th_century%29" title="Liu Ji (14th century)"&gt;Liu Ji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1355: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchlock" title="Matchlock"&gt;Matchlock&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiao_Yu" title="Jiao Yu"&gt;Jiao Yu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Ji_%2814th_century%29" title="Liu Ji (14th century)"&gt;Liu Ji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1355: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multistage_rocket" title="Multistage rocket"&gt;Multistage rocket&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiao_Yu" title="Jiao Yu"&gt;Jiao Yu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Ji_%2814th_century%29" title="Liu Ji (14th century)"&gt;Liu Ji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1355: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine"&gt;Naval mine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiao_Yu" title="Jiao Yu"&gt;Jiao Yu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Ji_%2814th_century%29" title="Liu Ji (14th century)"&gt;Liu Ji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1355: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot" title="Round shot"&gt;Round shot&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiao_Yu" title="Jiao Yu"&gt;Jiao Yu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Ji_%2814th_century%29" title="Liu Ji (14th century)"&gt;Liu Ji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1355: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_%28projectile%29" title="Shell (projectile)"&gt;Shell&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiao_Yu" title="Jiao Yu"&gt;Jiao Yu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Ji_%2814th_century%29" title="Liu Ji (14th century)"&gt;Liu Ji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1355: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheellock" title="Wheellock"&gt;Wheellock&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiao_Yu" title="Jiao Yu"&gt;Jiao Yu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Ji_%2814th_century%29" title="Liu Ji (14th century)"&gt;Liu Ji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1371: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_pole" title="Geographical pole"&gt;Polar&lt;/a&gt;-axis &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial" title="Sundial"&gt;sundial&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Shatir" title="Ibn al-Shatir"&gt;Ibn al-Shatir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-214"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-214"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;215&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;32-point &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_rose" title="Compass rose"&gt;compass rose&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_world" title="Arab world"&gt;Arab world&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tibbetts_215-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Tibbetts-215"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;216&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana" title="Katana"&gt;Katana&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket" title="Musket"&gt;Musket&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_astrolabe" title="Spherical astrolabe"&gt;Spherical astrolabe&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East"&gt;Middle East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=22" title="Edit section: 15th century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="15th_century"&gt;15th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1400-1429: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_astronomy#Analog_computers" title="Islamic astronomy"&gt;Plate of conjunctions&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamsh%C4%ABd_al-K%C4%81sh%C4%AB" title="Jamshīd al-Kāshī"&gt;Jamshīd al-Kāshī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-216"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-216"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;217&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kennedy_217-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Kennedy-217"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;218&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1400-1429: Planetary &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer" title="Analog computer"&gt;analog computer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamsh%C4%ABd_al-K%C4%81sh%C4%AB" title="Jamshīd al-Kāshī"&gt;Jamshīd al-Kāshī&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kennedy_217-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Kennedy-217"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;218&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-218"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-218"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;219&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-219"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-219"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;220&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1405-1433: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troopship" title="Troopship"&gt;Troopship&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He" title="Zheng He"&gt;Zheng He&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1405-1433: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_ship" title="Treasure ship"&gt;Treasure ship&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He" title="Zheng He"&gt;Zheng He&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1441: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_gauge" title="Rain gauge"&gt;Rain gauge&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Yeong-sil" title="Jang Yeong-sil"&gt;Jang Yeong-sil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1450s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet" title="Alphabet"&gt;Alphabetic&lt;/a&gt; movable type &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press" title="Printing press"&gt;printing press&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg" title="Johannes Gutenberg"&gt;Johannes Gutenberg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1451: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_%28optics%29#Types_of_lenses" title="Lens (optics)"&gt;Concave lens&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyeglasses" title="Eyeglasses"&gt;eyeglasses&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_of_Cusa" title="Nicholas of Cusa"&gt;Nicholas of Cusa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1490-1492: Terrestrial &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe" title="Globe"&gt;globe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Behaim" title="Martin Behaim"&gt;Martin Behaim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1494: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-entry_bookkeeping_system" title="Double-entry bookkeeping system"&gt;Double-entry bookkeeping system&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Pacioli" title="Luca Pacioli"&gt;Luca Pacioli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1498: Bristle &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothbrush" title="Toothbrush"&gt;toothbrush&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongzhi_Emperor" title="Hongzhi Emperor"&gt;Hongzhi Emperor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron" title="Iron"&gt;Iron&lt;/a&gt;-chain &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_bridge" title="Suspension bridge"&gt;suspension bridge&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquebus" title="Arquebus"&gt;Arquebus&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Europe" title="History of Europe"&gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle"&gt;Rifle&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Europe" title="History of Europe"&gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=23" title="Edit section: 16th century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="16th_century"&gt;16th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1500: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_bearing" title="Ball bearing"&gt;Ball bearing&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Da_Vinci" title="Leonardo Da Vinci"&gt;Leonardo Da Vinci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1500: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors" title="Scissors"&gt;Scissors&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Da_Vinci" title="Leonardo Da Vinci"&gt;Leonardo Da Vinci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1540: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethyl_ether" title="Diethyl ether"&gt;Ether&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Cordus" title="Valerius Cordus"&gt;Valerius Cordus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1551: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine"&gt;Steam turbine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqi_al-Din_Muhammad_ibn_Ma%27ruf" title="Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf"&gt;Taqi al-Din&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Egypt" title="Ottoman Egypt"&gt;Ottoman Egypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Taqi_220-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Taqi-220"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;221&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1559: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_cylinder_engine" title="Six cylinder engine"&gt;Six-cylinder&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump" title="Pump"&gt;pump&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqi_al-Din_Muhammad_ibn_Ma%27ruf" title="Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf"&gt;Taqi al-Din&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-221"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-221"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;222&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1565: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil" title="Pencil"&gt;Pencil&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Gesner" title="Conrad Gesner"&gt;Conrad Gesner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-7"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-222"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-222"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;223&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1579: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefabricated_home" title="Prefabricated home"&gt;Prefabricated home&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_the_Great" title="Akbar the Great"&gt;Akbar the Great&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Habib_223-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Habib-223"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;224&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1579: Movable &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure" title="Structure"&gt;structure&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_the_Great" title="Akbar the Great"&gt;Akbar the Great&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Habib_223-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Habib-223"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;224&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1580: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah" title="Hookah"&gt;Hookah&lt;/a&gt;: Hakim Abul Fateh Gilani in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire"&gt;Mughal India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rousselet290_224-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Rousselet290-224"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;225&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Sivaramakrishnan4-5_225-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Sivaramakrishnan4-5-225"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;226&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Blechynden215_226-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Blechynden215-226"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;227&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1582: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocannon" title="Autocannon"&gt;Autocannon&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathullah_Shirazi" title="Fathullah Shirazi"&gt;Fathullah Shirazi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Bag_227-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Bag-227"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;228&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1582: Multi-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel"&gt;barrel&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun" title="Gun"&gt;gun&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathullah_Shirazi" title="Fathullah Shirazi"&gt;Fathullah Shirazi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Bag_227-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Bag-227"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;228&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1582: Grain-griding &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carriage" title="Carriage"&gt;carriage&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathullah_Shirazi" title="Fathullah Shirazi"&gt;Fathullah Shirazi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Amir_228-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Amir-228"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;229&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1589: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocking_frame" title="Stocking frame"&gt;Stocking frame&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lee_%28inventor%29" title="William Lee (inventor)"&gt;William Lee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1589-1590: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamlessness" title="Seamlessness"&gt;Seamless&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_globe" title="Celestial globe"&gt;celestial globe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_in_medieval_Islam" title="Astronomy in medieval Islam"&gt;Ali Kashmiri ibn Luqman&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir"&gt;Kashmir&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire"&gt;Mughal India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Emilie_229-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Emilie-229"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;230&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;c. 1590: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscope" title="Microscope"&gt;Compound microscope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacharias_Janssen" title="Zacharias Janssen"&gt;Zacharias Janssen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Janssen" title="Hans Janssen"&gt;Hans Janssen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Lippershey" title="Hans Lippershey"&gt;Hans Lippershey&lt;/a&gt; &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-230"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-230"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;231&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1592: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_Ship" title="Turtle Ship"&gt;Ironclad Warship&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Sun-sin" title="Yi Sun-sin"&gt;Yi Sun-sin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1593: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_thermometer" title="Galileo thermometer"&gt;Thermoscope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei" title="Galileo Galilei"&gt;Galileo Galilei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1596: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_closet" title="Water closet"&gt;Water closet&lt;/a&gt;: John Harrington &amp;amp; Thomas Crapper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chintz" title="Chintz"&gt;Chintz&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eb-chintz_231-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-eb-chintz-231"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;232&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket" title="Musket"&gt;Musket&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Europe" title="History of Europe"&gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil" title="Pencil"&gt;Pencil&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England"&gt;England&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-rise" title="High-rise"&gt;High-rise&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment_building" title="Apartment building"&gt;apartment buildings&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibam" title="Shibam"&gt;Shibam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UNESCO_232-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-UNESCO-232"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;233&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_block" title="Tower block"&gt;Tower blocks&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibam" title="Shibam"&gt;Shibam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-233"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-233"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;234&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vertical construction &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning" title="Urban planning"&gt;urban planning&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibam" title="Shibam"&gt;Shibam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UNESCO_232-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-UNESCO-232"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;233&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuriken" title="Shuriken"&gt;Shuriken&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_weapon" title="Concealed weapon"&gt;Concealed weapon&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=24" title="Edit section: 17th century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="17th_century"&gt;17th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1609: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope" title="Telescope"&gt;Telescope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Lippershey" title="Hans Lippershey"&gt;Hans Lippershey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacharias_Janssen" title="Zacharias Janssen"&gt;Zacharias Janssen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Metius" title="Jacob Metius"&gt;Jacob Metius&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-234"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-234"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;235&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1610: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock"&gt;Flintlock&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_le_Bourgeoys" title="Marin le Bourgeoys"&gt;Marin le Bourgeoys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1620: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule" title="Slide rule"&gt;Slide rule&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Oughtred" title="William Oughtred"&gt;William Oughtred&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1623: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_calculator" title="Automatic calculator"&gt;Automatic calculator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schickard" title="Wilhelm Schickard"&gt;Wilhelm Schickard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1624 or before: Temperature regulator: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Drebbel" title="Cornelius Drebbel"&gt;Cornelius Drebbel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-235"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-235"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;236&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1631: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernier_scale" title="Vernier scale"&gt;Vernier scale&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Vernier" title="Pierre Vernier"&gt;Pierre Vernier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1642: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adding_machine" title="Adding machine"&gt;Adding machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal" title="Blaise Pascal"&gt;Blaise Pascal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1643: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barometer" title="Barometer"&gt;Barometer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelista_Torricelli" title="Evangelista Torricelli"&gt;Evangelista Torricelli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1645: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_pump" title="Vacuum pump"&gt;Vacuum pump&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Guericke" title="Otto von Guericke"&gt;Otto von Guericke&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1657: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum_clock" title="Pendulum clock"&gt;Pendulum clock&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Huygens" title="Christiaan Huygens"&gt;Christiaan Huygens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1672: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_car" title="Steam car"&gt;Steam car&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest" title="Ferdinand Verbiest"&gt;Ferdinand Verbiest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-236"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-236"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;237&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-237"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-237"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;238&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1679: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_cooker" title="Pressure cooker"&gt;Pressure cooker&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Papin" title="Denis Papin"&gt;Denis Papin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1690: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polhem_wheel&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Polhem wheel (page does not exist)"&gt;Polhem wheel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Polhem" title="Christopher Polhem"&gt;Christopher Polhem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1698: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine"&gt;Steam engine&lt;/a&gt; powered &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_pump" title="Water pump"&gt;water pump&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Savery" title="Thomas Savery"&gt;Thomas Savery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1700: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano" title="Piano"&gt;Piano&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeo_Cristofori" title="Bartolomeo Cristofori"&gt;Bartolomeo Cristofori&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palampore" title="Palampore"&gt;Palampore&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eb-interior-design_238-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-eb-interior-design-238"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;239&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eb-crewel-work_239-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-eb-crewel-work-239"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;240&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=25" title="Edit section: 18th century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="18th_century"&gt;18th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1701: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_drill" title="Seed drill"&gt;Seed drill&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_%28agriculturist%29" title="Jethro Tull (agriculturist)"&gt;Jethro Tull&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1709: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron" title="Iron"&gt;Iron&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelting" title="Smelting"&gt;smelting&lt;/a&gt; using &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29" title="Coke (fuel)"&gt;coke&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Darby_I" title="Abraham Darby I"&gt;Abraham Darby I&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1711: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuning_fork" title="Tuning fork"&gt;Tuning fork&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore" title="John Shore"&gt;John Shore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1712: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcomen_steam_engine" title="Newcomen steam engine"&gt;Steam piston engine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Newcomen" title="Thomas Newcomen"&gt;Thomas Newcomen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1714: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_thermometer" title="Mercury thermometer"&gt;Mercury thermometer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gabriel_Fahrenheit" title="Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit"&gt;Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1731: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octant_%28instrument%29" title="Octant (instrument)"&gt;Octant&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hadley" title="John Hadley"&gt;John Hadley&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Godfrey_%28inventor%29" title="Thomas Godfrey (inventor)"&gt;Thomas Godfrey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1733: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_shuttle" title="Flying shuttle"&gt;Flying shuttle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_%28flying_shuttle%29" title="John Kay (flying shuttle)"&gt;John Kay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1737: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer" title="Marine chronometer"&gt;Marine chronometer&lt;/a&gt; (H1): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison" title="John Harrison"&gt;John Harrison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1742: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_stove" title="Franklin stove"&gt;Franklin stove&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin"&gt;Benjamin Franklin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1750: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatboat" title="Flatboat"&gt;Flatboat&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Yoder" title="Jacob Yoder"&gt;Jacob Yoder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1752: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod" title="Lightning rod"&gt;Lightning rod&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin"&gt;Benjamin Franklin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1764: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_jenny" title="Spinning jenny"&gt;Spinning jenny&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hargreaves" title="James Hargreaves"&gt;James Hargreaves&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Highs" title="Thomas Highs"&gt;Thomas Highs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1767: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonated_water" title="Carbonated water"&gt;Carbonated water&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Priestley" title="Joseph Priestley"&gt;Joseph Priestley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1769: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_frame" title="Water frame"&gt;Water frame&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Arkwright" title="Richard Arkwright"&gt;Richard Arkwright&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Highs" title="Thomas Highs"&gt;Thomas Highs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1769: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_car" title="Steam car"&gt;Steam road vehicle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot" title="Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot"&gt;Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1775: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine"&gt;Submarine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_%28submarine%29" title="Turtle (submarine)"&gt;Turtle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bushnell" title="David Bushnell"&gt;David Bushnell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1776: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat"&gt;Steamboat&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Fran%C3%A7ois-Doroth%C3%A9e,_marquis_de_Jouffroy_d%27Abbans" title="Claude-François-Dorothée, marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans"&gt;Claude de Jouffroy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1776: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt_steam_engine" title="Watt steam engine"&gt;Watt steam engine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt" title="James Watt"&gt;James Watt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1777: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carding" title="Carding"&gt;Card teeth making machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Evans" title="Oliver Evans"&gt;Oliver Evans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1777: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_saw" title="Circular saw"&gt;Circular saw&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Miller" title="Samuel Miller"&gt;Samuel Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1779: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_mule" title="Spinning mule"&gt;Spinning mule&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Crompton" title="Samuel Crompton"&gt;Samuel Crompton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1780s: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron" title="Iron"&gt;Iron&lt;/a&gt;-cased &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket" title="Rocket"&gt;rocket&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan" title="Tipu Sultan"&gt;Tipu Sultan&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Narasimha_240-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Narasimha-240"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;241&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1783: Hot air &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon" title="Balloon"&gt;balloon&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgolfier_brothers" title="Montgolfier brothers"&gt;Montgolfier brothers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1783: Hydrogen balloon&amp;nbsp;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Charles" title="Jacques Charles"&gt;Jacques Charles&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_brothers" title="Robert brothers"&gt;Les Frères Robert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1784: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifocals" title="Bifocals"&gt;Bifocals&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin"&gt;Benjamin Franklin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1784: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argand_lamp" title="Argand lamp"&gt;Argand lamp&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim%C3%A9_Argand" title="Aimé Argand"&gt;Aimé Argand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-8"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1784: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel_shell" title="Shrapnel shell"&gt;Shrapnel shell&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shrapnel" title="Henry Shrapnel"&gt;Henry Shrapnel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1785: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_loom" title="Power loom"&gt;Power loom&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Cartwright" title="Edmund Cartwright"&gt;Edmund Cartwright&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1785: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_line" title="Production line"&gt;Automatic flour mill&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Evans" title="Oliver Evans"&gt;Oliver Evans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1786: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshing_machine" title="Threshing machine"&gt;Threshing machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Meikle" title="Andrew Meikle"&gt;Andrew Meikle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1791: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_teeth" title="Artificial teeth"&gt;Artificial teeth&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Dubois_De_Chemant&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Nicholas Dubois De Chemant (page does not exist)"&gt;Nicholas Dubois De Chemant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1795: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appertization" title="Appertization"&gt;Appertization&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Appert" title="Nicolas Appert"&gt;Nicolas Appert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1798: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination" title="Vaccination"&gt;Vaccination&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenner" title="Edward Jenner"&gt;Edward Jenner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1798: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithography" title="Lithography"&gt;Lithography&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Senefelder" title="Alois Senefelder"&gt;Alois Senefelder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_clubs" title="Indian clubs"&gt;Indian clubs&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tadd95_241-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-tadd95-241"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;242&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=26" title="Edit section: 19th century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="19th_century"&gt;19th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=27" title="Edit section: 1800s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1800s"&gt;1800s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1801: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom" title="Jacquard loom"&gt;Jacquard loom&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Marie_Jacquard" title="Joseph Marie Jacquard"&gt;Joseph Marie Jacquard&lt;/a&gt; &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-242"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-242"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;243&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1802: Screw propeller &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat"&gt;steamboat&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28boat%29" title="Phoenix (boat)"&gt;Phoenix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens_%28inventor%29" title="John Stevens (inventor)"&gt;John Stevens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1802: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_stove" title="Gas stove"&gt;Gas stove&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sharp" title="James Sharp"&gt;James Sharp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1803: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine" title="Morphine"&gt;Morphine&lt;/a&gt; (first isolation from opium): &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Friedrich_W._A._Serturner&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Friedrich W. A. Serturner (page does not exist)"&gt;Friedrich W. A. Serturner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-243"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-243"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;244&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1804: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive" title="Locomotive"&gt;Locomotive&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trevithick" title="Richard Trevithick"&gt;Richard Trevithick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1805: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine"&gt;Submarine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus_%281800%29" title="Nautilus (1800)"&gt;Nautilus&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fulton" title="Robert Fulton"&gt;Robert Fulton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1807: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat"&gt;Steamboat&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clermont_%28steamboat%29" title="Clermont (steamboat)"&gt;Clermont&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fulton" title="Robert Fulton"&gt;Robert Fulton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1808: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_saw" title="Band saw"&gt;Band saw&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Newberry&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="William Newberry (page does not exist)"&gt;William Newberry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1809: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_lamp" title="Arc lamp"&gt;Arc lamp&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Davy" title="Humphry Davy"&gt;Humphry Davy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=28" title="Edit section: 1810s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1810s"&gt;1810s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1814: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive"&gt;Steam locomotive&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;(&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%BCcher_%28locomotive%29" title="Blücher (locomotive)"&gt;Blücher&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1816: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_lamp" title="Davy lamp"&gt;Miner's safety lamp&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Davy" title="Humphry Davy"&gt;Humphry Davy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1816: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine" title="Stirling engine"&gt;Stirling engine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stirling" title="Robert Stirling"&gt;Robert Stirling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1816: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stethoscope" title="Stethoscope"&gt;Stethoscope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Theophile_Hyacinthe_Laennec" title="Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec"&gt;Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1817: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draisine" title="Draisine"&gt;Draisine&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocipede" title="Velocipede"&gt;velocipede&lt;/a&gt; (two-wheeled): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Drais" title="Karl Drais"&gt;Karl Drais&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1817: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope" title="Kaleidoscope"&gt;Kaleidoscope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brewster" title="David Brewster"&gt;David Brewster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1818: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle" title="Bicycle"&gt;Bicycle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Drais" title="Karl Drais"&gt;Karl Drais&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-9"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=29" title="Edit section: 1820s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1820s"&gt;1820s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1821: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_motor" title="Electric motor"&gt;Electric motor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday" title="Michael Faraday"&gt;Michael Faraday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1823: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnet" title="Electromagnet"&gt;Electromagnet&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sturgeon" title="William Sturgeon"&gt;William Sturgeon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1823: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighter" title="Lighter"&gt;Lighter&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_D%C3%B6bereiner" title="Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner"&gt;Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1824: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_cement" title="Portland cement"&gt;Portland cement&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Aspdin" title="William Aspdin"&gt;William Aspdin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1826: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography" title="Photography"&gt;Photography&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce" title="Nicéphore Niépce"&gt;Joseph Nicéphore Niépce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1826: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine" title="Internal combustion engine"&gt;Internal combustion engine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morey" title="Samuel Morey"&gt;Samuel Morey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1827: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match" title="Match"&gt;Friction match&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_%28inventor%29" title="John Walker (inventor)"&gt;John Walker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1827: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain-pen" title="Fountain-pen"&gt;Fountain-pen&lt;/a&gt; : &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrache_Poenaru" title="Petrache Poenaru"&gt;Petrache Poenaru&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1829: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive"&gt;Steam locomotive&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson" title="George Stephenson"&gt;George Stephenson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-10"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=30" title="Edit section: 1830s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1830s"&gt;1830s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1830: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermostat" title="Thermostat"&gt;Thermostat&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ure" title="Andrew Ure"&gt;Andrew Ure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-11"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1830: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotype" title="Stenotype"&gt;Stenotype&lt;/a&gt; on punched paper strip: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Drais" title="Karl Drais"&gt;Karl Drais&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1831: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_coil_magnet" title="Multiple coil magnet"&gt;Multiple coil magnet&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry" title="Joseph Henry"&gt;Joseph Henry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1831: Magnetic acoustic &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy" title="Telegraphy"&gt;telegraph&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry" title="Joseph Henry"&gt;Joseph Henry&lt;/a&gt; (patented 1837)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1831: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaper" title="Reaper"&gt;Reaper&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_McCormick" title="Cyrus McCormick"&gt;Cyrus McCormick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1831: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_generator" title="Electrical generator"&gt;Electrical generator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday" title="Michael Faraday"&gt;Michael Faraday&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81nyos_Jedlik" title="Ányos Jedlik"&gt;Ányos Jedlik&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1832: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Motor" title="Electric Motor"&gt;Electric Motor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sturgeon" title="William Sturgeon"&gt;William Sturgeon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1834: The &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansom_cab" title="Hansom cab"&gt;Hansom cab&lt;/a&gt; is patented&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1834: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Braille" title="Louis Braille"&gt;Louis Braille&lt;/a&gt; perfects his &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille" title="Braille"&gt;Braille&lt;/a&gt; system&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1834: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator" title="Refrigerator"&gt;Refrigerator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Perkins" title="Jacob Perkins"&gt;Jacob Perkins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1834: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_harvester" title="Combine harvester"&gt;Combine harvester&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hiram_Moore&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Hiram Moore (page does not exist)"&gt;Hiram Moore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1835: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver"&gt;Revolver&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt" title="Samuel Colt"&gt;Samuel Colt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1835: Electromechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relay" title="Relay"&gt;Relay&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry" title="Joseph Henry"&gt;Joseph Henry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1835: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb" title="Incandescent light bulb"&gt;Incandescent light bulb&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_Lindsay" title="James Bowman Lindsay"&gt;James Bowman Lindsay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1836: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_machine" title="Sewing machine"&gt;Sewing machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Madersperger" title="Josef Madersperger"&gt;Josef Madersperger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1837: US electric printing press patented by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Davenport_%28inventor%29" title="Thomas Davenport (inventor)"&gt;Thomas Davenport&lt;/a&gt; (February 25)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1837: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_plow" title="Steel plow"&gt;Steel plow&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deere" title="John Deere"&gt;John Deere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1837: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_diving_dress" title="Standard diving dress"&gt;Standard diving dress&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Siebe" title="Augustus Siebe"&gt;Augustus Siebe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AcottResume_244-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-AcottResume-244"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;245&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1837: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_lens" title="Zoom lens"&gt;Camera Zoom Lens&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozef_Maximili%C3%A1n_Petzval" title="Jozef Maximilián Petzval"&gt;Jozef Maximilián Petzval&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1837: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_telegraph" title="Magnetic telegraph"&gt;Magnetic telegraph&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse" title="Samuel Morse"&gt;Samuel Morse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1838: Electric &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy" title="Telegraphy"&gt;telegraph&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wheatstone" title="Charles Wheatstone"&gt;Charles Wheatstone&lt;/a&gt; (also &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse" title="Samuel Morse"&gt;Samuel Morse&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1838: closed diving suit with a helmet: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Siebe" title="Augustus Siebe"&gt;Augustus Siebe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AcottResume_244-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-AcottResume-244"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;245&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1839: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcanization" title="Vulcanization"&gt;Vulcanization&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber" title="Rubber"&gt;rubber&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodyear" title="Charles Goodyear"&gt;Charles Goodyear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=31" title="Edit section: 1840s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1840s"&gt;1840s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1840: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_fertilizer" title="Artificial fertilizer"&gt;Artificial fertilizer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_von_Liebig" title="Justus von Liebig"&gt;Justus von Liebig&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1841: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone"&gt;Saxophone&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Sax" title="Adolphe Sax"&gt;Adolphe Sax&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1842: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superphosphate" title="Superphosphate"&gt;Superphosphate&lt;/a&gt; fertilizer: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bennett_Lawes" title="John Bennett Lawes"&gt;John Bennett Lawes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1842: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_hammer" title="Steam hammer"&gt;Steam hammer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nasmyth" title="James Nasmyth"&gt;James Nasmyth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1842: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaesthesia" title="Anaesthesia"&gt;Anaesthesia&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Long" title="Crawford Long"&gt;Crawford Long&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1843: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter" title="Typewriter"&gt;Typewriter&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Thurber" title="Charles Thurber"&gt;Charles Thurber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1843: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax" title="Fax"&gt;Fax&lt;/a&gt; machine: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bain_%28inventor%29" title="Alexander Bain (inventor)"&gt;Alexander Bain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from September 2008"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1843: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream" title="Ice cream"&gt;Ice cream&lt;/a&gt; maker: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Johnson_%28ice_cream%29" title="Nancy Johnson (ice cream)"&gt;Nancy Johnson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1843: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pile_driver" title="Pile driver"&gt;Pile driver&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nasmyth" title="James Nasmyth"&gt;James Nasmyth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1844: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match#Safety_matches" title="Match"&gt;The safety match&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaf_Erik_Pasch" title="Gustaf Erik Pasch"&gt;Gustaf Erik Pasch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1844: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pulp_wood&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Pulp wood (page does not exist)"&gt;Pulp wood&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papermaking" title="Papermaking"&gt;papermaking&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fenerty" title="Charles Fenerty"&gt;Charles Fenerty&lt;/a&gt; (Nova Scotia, Canada), and F.G. Keller (Germany)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1845: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tyre" title="Pneumatic tyre"&gt;Pneumatic tyre&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Thomson_%28inventor%29" title="Robert Thomson (inventor)"&gt;Robert Thomson (inventor)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1846: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_machine" title="Sewing machine"&gt;Sewing machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Howe" title="Elias Howe"&gt;Elias Howe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1846: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_printing_press" title="Rotary printing press"&gt;Rotary printing press&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Hoe" title="Richard M. Hoe"&gt;Richard M. Hoe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1849: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_pin" title="Safety pin"&gt;Safety pin&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hunt" title="Walter Hunt"&gt;Walter Hunt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1849: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_turbine" title="Francis turbine"&gt;Francis turbine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Francis" title="James B. Francis"&gt;James B. Francis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1849: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_telephone" title="Timeline of the telephone"&gt;Telephone&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci" title="Antonio Meucci"&gt;Antonio Meucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from September 2008"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=32" title="Edit section: 1850s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1850s"&gt;1850s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1852: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship" title="Airship"&gt;Airship&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Giffard" title="Henri Giffard"&gt;Henri Giffard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1852: Passenger &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator" title="Elevator"&gt;elevator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Otis" title="Elisha Otis"&gt;Elisha Otis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1852: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope" title="Gyroscope"&gt;Gyroscope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Foucault" title="Leon Foucault"&gt;Léon Foucault&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1855: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunsen_burner" title="Bunsen burner"&gt;Bunsen burner&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Desaga" title="Peter Desaga"&gt;Peter Desaga&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1855: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessemer_process" title="Bessemer process"&gt;Bessemer process&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bessemer" title="Henry Bessemer"&gt;Henry Bessemer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1856: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celluloid" title="Celluloid"&gt;Celluloid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Parkes" title="Alexander Parkes"&gt;Alexander Parkes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1858: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undersea_telegraph_cable" title="Undersea telegraph cable"&gt;Undersea telegraph cable&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wheatstone" title="Charles Wheatstone"&gt;Charles Wheatstone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1858: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique_fruit_jar" title="Antique fruit jar"&gt;Mason jar&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Mason" title="John L. Mason"&gt;John L. Mason&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1859: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drill" title="Oil drill"&gt;Oil drill&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_L._Drake" title="Edwin L. Drake"&gt;Edwin L. Drake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1859: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_acid_battery" title="Lead acid battery"&gt;Lead acid battery&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Plante" title="Gaston Plante"&gt;Gaston Plante&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1859: Ironclad (Battleship) &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_La_Gloire" title="French battleship La Gloire"&gt;La Gloire&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuy_de_L%C3%B4me" title="Dupuy de Lôme"&gt;Dupuy de Lôme&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton"&gt;Badminton&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OFB195_245-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-OFB195-245"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;246&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Guillain47_246-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Guillain47-246"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;247&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=33" title="Edit section: 1860s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1860s"&gt;1860s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1860: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Bulb" title="Light Bulb"&gt;Light Bulb&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Joseph_Swan" title="Sir Joseph Swan"&gt;Sir Joseph Swan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1860: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleum" title="Linoleum"&gt;Linoleum&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Walton" title="Frederick Walton"&gt;Frederick Walton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1860: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_rifle" title="Repeating rifle"&gt;Repeating rifle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_F._Winchester" title="Oliver F. Winchester"&gt;Oliver F. Winchester&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Spencer" title="Christopher Spencer"&gt;Christopher Spencer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1860: Self-propelled &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo"&gt;torpedo&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Luppis" title="Giovanni Luppis"&gt;Giovanni Luppis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1861: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_regenerative_furnace" title="Siemens regenerative furnace"&gt;Siemens regenerative furnace&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Siemens" title="Carl Wilhelm Siemens"&gt;Carl Wilhelm Siemens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1862: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatling_Gun" title="Gatling Gun"&gt;Revolving machine gun&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Gatling" title="Richard J. Gatling"&gt;Richard J. Gatling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1862: Mechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine"&gt;submarine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narc%C3%ADs_Monturiol_i_Estarriol" title="Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol"&gt;Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1862: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurization" title="Pasteurization"&gt;Pasteurization&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur" title="Louis Pasteur"&gt;Louis Pasteur&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bernard" title="Claude Bernard"&gt;Claude Bernard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1863: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_piano" title="Player piano"&gt;Player piano&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henri_Fourneaux&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Henri Fourneaux (page does not exist)"&gt;Henri Fourneaux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1863: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit"&gt;Underground railway (metro, subway)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowler_%28engineer%29" title="John Fowler (engineer)"&gt;Sir John Fowler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1865: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_Coaster" title="Roller Coaster"&gt;Roller Coaster&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaMarcus_Adna_Thompson" title="LaMarcus Adna Thompson"&gt;LaMarcus Adna Thompson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1865: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbed_wire" title="Barbed wire"&gt;Barbed wire&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_Jannin&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Louis Jannin (page does not exist)"&gt;Louis Jannin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1866: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite" title="Dynamite"&gt;Dynamite&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel" title="Alfred Nobel"&gt;Alfred Nobel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1868: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholes_and_Glidden_typewriter" title="Sholes and Glidden typewriter"&gt;Typewriter&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Sholes" title="Christopher Sholes"&gt;Christopher Sholes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Glidden" title="Carlos Glidden"&gt;Carlos Glidden&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_W._Soule" title="Samuel W. Soule"&gt;Samuel W. Soule&lt;/a&gt;, with assistance from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Densmore" title="James Densmore"&gt;James Densmore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1868: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_brake_%28rail%29" title="Air brake (rail)"&gt;Air brake (rail)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westinghouse" title="George Westinghouse"&gt;George Westinghouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1868: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleomargarine" title="Oleomargarine"&gt;Oleomargarine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mege_Mouries&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Mege Mouries (page does not exist)"&gt;Mege Mouries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1869: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_cleaner" title="Vacuum cleaner"&gt;Vacuum cleaner&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I.W._McGaffers&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="I.W. McGaffers (page does not exist)"&gt;I.W. McGaffers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=34" title="Edit section: 1870s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1870s"&gt;1870s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1870: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_gum" title="Chewing gum"&gt;Chewing gum&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Adams_%28inventor%29&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Thomas Adams (inventor) (page does not exist)"&gt;Thomas Adams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-12"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1870: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_lantern_%28projector%29" title="Magic lantern (projector)"&gt;Magic lantern projector&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_R._Heyl&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Henry R. Heyl (page does not exist)"&gt;Henry R. Heyl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1870: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_ticker" title="Stock ticker"&gt;Stock ticker&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Alva_Edison" title="Thomas Alva Edison"&gt;Thomas Alva Edison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1871: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_car_%28railway%29" title="Cable car (railway)"&gt;Cable car (railway)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_S._Hallidie" title="Andrew S. Hallidie"&gt;Andrew S. Hallidie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1873: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeans" title="Jeans"&gt;Jeans&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss" title="Levi Strauss"&gt;Levi Strauss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-13"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1873: Railway knuckle &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_%28railway%29" title="Coupling (railway)"&gt;coupler&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_H._Janney" title="Eli H. Janney"&gt;Eli H. Janney&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1873: Modern &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_current" title="Direct current"&gt;direct current&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_motor" title="Electric motor"&gt;electric motor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9nobe_Gramme" title="Zénobe Gramme"&gt;Zénobe Gramme&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1874: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbed_wire" title="Barbed wire"&gt;Barbed wire&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Glidden" title="Joseph Glidden"&gt;Joseph Glidden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-14"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1874: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin" title="Heroin"&gt;Heroin&lt;/a&gt;: First synthesized by &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._R._Alder_Wright" title="C. R. Alder Wright"&gt;C. R. Alder Wright&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-247"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-247"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;248&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1874: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_street_car" title="Electric street car"&gt;Electric street car&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Dudle_Field&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Stephen Dudle Field (page does not exist)"&gt;Stephen Dudle Field&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1874: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT" title="DDT"&gt;DDT&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othmar_Zeidler" title="Othmar Zeidler"&gt;Othmar Zeidler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-15"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1875: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamo" title="Dynamo"&gt;Dynamo&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_A._Anthony&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="William A. Anthony (page does not exist)"&gt;William A. Anthony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1875: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine_%28firearm%29" title="Magazine (firearm)"&gt;Magazine (firearm)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_B._Hotchkiss" title="Benjamin B. Hotchkiss"&gt;Benjamin B. Hotchkiss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1876: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpet_sweeper" title="Carpet sweeper"&gt;Carpet sweeper&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melville_Bissell&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Melville Bissell (page does not exist)"&gt;Melville Bissell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1876: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_carburettor" title="Gasoline carburettor"&gt;Gasoline carburettor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler" title="Gottlieb Daimler"&gt;Daimler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1876: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudspeaker" title="Loudspeaker"&gt;Loudspeaker&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell"&gt;Alexander Graham Bell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1876: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone" title="Telephone"&gt;Telephone&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell"&gt;Alexander Graham Bell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1877: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapler" title="Stapler"&gt;Stapler&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_R._Heyl&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Henry R. Heyl (page does not exist)"&gt;Henry R. Heyl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1877: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_motor" title="Induction motor"&gt;Induction motor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla"&gt;Nikola Tesla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1877: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph" title="Phonograph"&gt;Phonograph&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Alva_Edison" title="Thomas Alva Edison"&gt;Thomas Alva Edison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1877: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone" title="Microphone"&gt;Microphone&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Berliner" title="Emile Berliner"&gt;Emile Berliner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1878: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube" title="Cathode ray tube"&gt;Cathode ray tube&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crookes" title="William Crookes"&gt;William Crookes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1878: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebreather" title="Rebreather"&gt;Rebreather&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fleuss" title="Henry Fleuss"&gt;Henry Fleuss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rebreather_hx_248-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-rebreather_hx-248"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;249&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1879: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelton_turbine" title="Pelton turbine"&gt;Pelton turbine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Pelton" title="Lester Pelton"&gt;Lester Pelton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1879: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_register" title="Cash register"&gt;Cash register&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ritty" title="James Ritty"&gt;James Ritty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=35" title="Edit section: 1880s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1880s"&gt;1880s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1880: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photophone" title="Photophone"&gt;Photophone&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell"&gt;Alexander Graham Bell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1880: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_film" title="Roll film"&gt;Roll film&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastman" title="George Eastman"&gt;George Eastman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1880: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_razor" title="Safety razor"&gt;Safety razor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kampfe_Brothers&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Kampfe Brothers (page does not exist)"&gt;Kampfe Brothers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1880: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismograph" title="Seismograph"&gt;Seismograph&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milne" title="John Milne"&gt;John Milne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1881: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_detector" title="Metal detector"&gt;Metal detector&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell"&gt;Alexander Graham Bell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1882: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_fan" title="Electric fan"&gt;Electric fan&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler_Skaats_Wheeler" title="Schuyler Skaats Wheeler"&gt;Schuyler Skaats Wheeler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1882: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowtorch" title="Blowtorch"&gt;Blowtorch&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Rickard_Nyberg" title="Carl Rickard Nyberg"&gt;Carl Rickard Nyberg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1883: Two-phase (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_current" title="Alternating current"&gt;alternating current&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_motor" title="Electric motor"&gt;induction motor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla"&gt;Nikola Tesla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1884: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine" title="Linotype machine"&gt;Linotype machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottmar_Mergenthaler" title="Ottmar Mergenthaler"&gt;Ottmar Mergenthaler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1884: Recording data on a machine readable medium, the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card" title="Punched card"&gt;Punched card&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith" title="Herman Hollerith"&gt;Herman Hollerith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1884: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_car" title="Trolley car"&gt;Trolley car&lt;/a&gt;, (electric): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Sprague" title="Frank J. Sprague"&gt;Frank Sprague&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Van_Depoele" title="Charles Joseph Van Depoele"&gt;Charles Van Depoele&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1885: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile" title="Automobile"&gt;Automobile&lt;/a&gt; patent granted (internal combustion engine powered): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Benz" title="Karl Benz"&gt;Karl Benz&lt;/a&gt;, first automobile put into production&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1885: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun"&gt;Machine gun&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Stevens_Maxim" title="Hiram Stevens Maxim"&gt;Hiram Stevens Maxim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-249"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-249"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;250&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1885: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle" title="Motorcycle"&gt;Motorcycle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler" title="Gottlieb Daimler"&gt;Gottlieb Daimler&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Maybach" title="Wilhelm Maybach"&gt;Wilhelm Maybach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1885: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_current" title="Alternating current"&gt;Alternating current&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer" title="Transformer"&gt;transformer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stanley_%28physicist%29" title="William Stanley (physicist)"&gt;William Stanley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1885: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_bicycle" title="Safety bicycle"&gt;Safety bicycle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kemp_Starley" title="John Kemp Starley"&gt;John Kemp Starley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1886: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishwasher" title="Dishwasher"&gt;Dishwasher&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Cochrane" title="Josephine Cochrane"&gt;Josephine Cochrane&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1886: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_engine" title="Gasoline engine"&gt;Gasoline engine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler" title="Gottlieb Daimler"&gt;Gottlieb Daimler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1886: Improved &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph_cylinder" title="Phonograph cylinder"&gt;phonograph cylinder&lt;/a&gt;: Tainter &amp;amp; Bell&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1887: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphetamine" title="Amphetamine"&gt;Amphetamine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz%C4%83r_Edeleanu" title="Lazăr Edeleanu"&gt;Lazăr Edeleanu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-250"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-250"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;251&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1887: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotyping" title="Monotyping"&gt;Monotype machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolbert_Lanston" title="Tolbert Lanston"&gt;Tolbert Lanston&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1887: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_lens" title="Contact lens"&gt;Contact lens&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_E._Fick" title="Adolf E. Fick"&gt;Adolf E. Fick&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Kalt" title="Eugène Kalt"&gt;Eugène Kalt&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Muller" title="August Muller"&gt;August Muller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1887: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramophone_record" title="Gramophone record"&gt;Gramophone record&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Berliner" title="Emile Berliner"&gt;Emile Berliner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1887: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiling_fan" title="Ceiling fan"&gt;Ceiling fan&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Diehl_%28inventor%29" title="Philip Diehl (inventor)"&gt;Philip Diehl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1888: Polyphase AC &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power" title="Electric power"&gt;Electric power&lt;/a&gt; system: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla"&gt;Nikola Tesla&lt;/a&gt; (30 related patents.)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1888: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_hand_camera" title="Kodak hand camera"&gt;Kodak hand camera&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastman" title="George Eastman"&gt;George Eastman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-251"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-251"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;252&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1888: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballpoint_pen" title="Ballpoint pen"&gt;Ballpoint pen&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Loud&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="John Loud (page does not exist)"&gt;John Loud&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1888: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_harvester" title="Combine harvester"&gt;Harvester-thresher&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteson" title="Matteson"&gt;Matteson&lt;/a&gt; (?)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1888: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinematograph" title="Kinematograph"&gt;Kinematograph&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Le_Prince" title="Louis Le Prince"&gt;Augustin Le Prince&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1889: Northrop &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom" title="Loom"&gt;Loom&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper_Corporation" title="Draper Corporation"&gt;Draper Corporation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Northrop" title="James Henry Northrop"&gt;James Henry Northrop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takadiastase" title="Takadiastase"&gt;Takadiastase&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jokichi_Takamine" title="Jokichi Takamine"&gt;Jokichi Takamine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=36" title="Edit section: 1890s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1890s"&gt;1890s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1891: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator" title="Escalator"&gt;Escalator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W._Reno" title="Jesse W. Reno"&gt;Jesse W. Reno&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-16"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1891: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undercarriage" title="Undercarriage"&gt;Landing gear&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABhachi_Ninomiya" title="Chūhachi Ninomiya"&gt;Chūhachi Ninomiya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1891: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusher_configuration" title="Pusher configuration"&gt;Pusher propeller&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABhachi_Ninomiya" title="Chūhachi Ninomiya"&gt;Chūhachi Ninomiya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1891: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabilizer_%28aircraft%29" title="Stabilizer (aircraft)"&gt;Stabilizer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABhachi_Ninomiya" title="Chūhachi Ninomiya"&gt;Chūhachi Ninomiya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1891: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shukhov_cracking_process" title="Shukhov cracking process"&gt;Thermal cracking process&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Shukhov" title="Vladimir Shukhov"&gt;Vladimir Shukhov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1891: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipper" title="Zipper"&gt;Zipper&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitcomb_L._Judson" title="Whitcomb L. Judson"&gt;Whitcomb L. Judson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1891: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_carbide" title="Silicon carbide"&gt;Carborundum&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_G._Acheson" title="Edward G. Acheson"&gt;Edward G. Acheson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1891: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustable_spanner" title="Adjustable spanner"&gt;Modern adjustable spanner&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Petter_Johansson" title="Johan Petter Johansson"&gt;Johan Petter Johansson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1891: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil" title="Tesla coil"&gt;Tesla coil&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla"&gt;Nikola Tesla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1892: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_photography" title="Color photography"&gt;Color photography&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_E._Ives" title="Frederic E. Ives"&gt;Frederic E. Ives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1892: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange" title="Telephone exchange"&gt;Automatic telephone exchange (electromechanical)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almon_Strowger" title="Almon Strowger"&gt;Almon Strowger&lt;/a&gt; - First in commercial service.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1893: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biplane" title="Biplane"&gt;Biplane&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABhachi_Ninomiya" title="Chūhachi Ninomiya"&gt;Chūhachi Ninomiya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ninomiya_252-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ninomiya-252"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;253&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1893: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailless_aircraft" title="Tailless aircraft"&gt;Tailless aircraft&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABhachi_Ninomiya" title="Chūhachi Ninomiya"&gt;Chūhachi Ninomiya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ninomiya_252-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Ninomiya-252"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;253&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1893: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carburetor" title="Carburetor"&gt;Carburetor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%C3%A1t_B%C3%A1nki" title="Donát Bánki"&gt;Donát Bánki&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Csonka" title="János Csonka"&gt;János Csonka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1893: Tuned &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless" title="Wireless"&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_telegraphy" title="Wireless telegraphy"&gt;communication&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla"&gt;Nikola Tesla&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class="extiw" href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_True_Wireless" title="wikisource:The True Wireless"&gt;The True Wireless&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1893: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio" title="Radio"&gt;Radio&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla"&gt;Nikola Tesla&lt;/a&gt; &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-253"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-253"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;254&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1894: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_transmission" title="Radio transmission"&gt;Radio transmission&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdish_Chandra_Bose" title="Jagdish Chandra Bose"&gt;Jagdish Chandra Bose&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal"&gt;Bengal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-254"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-254"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;255&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1894: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milking_machine" title="Milking machine"&gt;Milking machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaf_de_Laval" title="Gustaf de Laval"&gt;Gustaf de Laval&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1894: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine" title="Methamphetamine"&gt;Methamphetamine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagayoshi_Nagai" title="Nagayoshi Nagai"&gt;Nagayoshi Nagai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-255"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-255"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;256&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1895: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray" title="X-ray"&gt;X-ray&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Conrad_Rontgen" title="Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen"&gt;Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1895: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine"&gt;Diesel engine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Diesel" title="Rudolf Diesel"&gt;Rudolf Diesel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1895: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotelegraph" title="Radiotelegraph"&gt;Radiotelegraph&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi" title="Guglielmo Marconi"&gt;Guglielmo Marconi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1896: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitascope" title="Vitascope"&gt;Vitascope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Armat" title="Thomas Armat"&gt;Thomas Armat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1897: Modern &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator" title="Escalator"&gt;escalator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W._Reno" title="Jesse W. Reno"&gt;Jesse W. Reno&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1898: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapered_roller_bearing" title="Tapered roller bearing"&gt;Tapered roller bearing&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Timken" title="Henry Timken"&gt;Henry Timken&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1898: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control" title="Remote control"&gt;Remote control&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla"&gt;Nikola Tesla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1898: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_coil" title="Ignition coil"&gt;ignition coil&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla"&gt;Nikola Tesla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1899: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherer#Imperfect_junction_coherer" title="Coherer"&gt;Iron-mercury coherer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdish_Chandra_Bose" title="Jagdish Chandra Bose"&gt;Jagdish Chandra Bose&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal"&gt;Bengal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1899: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_self_starter" title="Automobile self starter"&gt;Automobile self starter&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clyde_J._Coleman&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Clyde J. Coleman (page does not exist)"&gt;Clyde J. Coleman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1899: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_tape_recorder" title="Magnetic tape recorder"&gt;Magnetic tape recorder&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdemar_Poulsen" title="Valdemar Poulsen"&gt;Valdemar Poulsen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1899: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_turbine" title="Gas turbine"&gt;Gas turbine&lt;/a&gt;: Charles Curtis&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from September 2008"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=37" title="Edit section: 20th century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="20th_century"&gt;20th century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=38" title="Edit section: 1900s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1900s"&gt;1900s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1900: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephrine" title="Epinephrine"&gt;Epinephrine (adrenaline)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jokichi_Takamine" title="Jokichi Takamine"&gt;Jokichi Takamine&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; Keizo Uenaka&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1900: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin"&gt;Rigid dirigible airship&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Graf_von_Zeppelin" title="Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin"&gt;Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1900: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-heating_can" title="Self-heating can"&gt;Self-heating can&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1901: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_vapor_lamp" title="Mercury vapor lamp"&gt;Mercury vapor lamp&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_C._Hewitt&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Peter C. Hewitt (page does not exist)"&gt;Peter C. Hewitt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1901: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor#Safety_razor" title="Razor"&gt;Disposable razor blade&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_C._Gillette" title="King C. Gillette"&gt;King C. Gillette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1901: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_cleaner" title="Vacuum cleaner"&gt;Vacuum cleaner&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hubert_Booth&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Hubert Booth (page does not exist)"&gt;Hubert Booth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1901: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_blocks" title="Gauge blocks"&gt;Gauge blocks&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Edvard_Johansson" title="Carl Edvard Johansson"&gt;Carl Edvard Johansson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1902: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostwald_process" title="Ostwald process"&gt;Ostwald process&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Ostwald" title="Wilhelm Ostwald"&gt;Wilhelm Ostwald&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1902: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Conditioner" title="Air Conditioner"&gt;Air Conditioner&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Carrier" title="Willis Carrier"&gt;Willis Carrier&lt;/a&gt; &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-17"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1902: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_lamp" title="Neon lamp"&gt;Neon lamp&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Claude" title="Georges Claude"&gt;Georges Claude&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1902: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_telephone" title="Radio telephone"&gt;Radio telephone&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdemar_Poulsen" title="Valdemar Poulsen"&gt;Valdemar Poulsen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Fessenden" title="Reginald Fessenden"&gt;Reginald Fessenden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1902: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayon" title="Rayon"&gt;Rayon&lt;/a&gt; cellulose ester: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_D._Little" title="Arthur D. Little"&gt;Arthur D. Little&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1903: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocardiograph" title="Electrocardiograph"&gt;Electrocardiograph&lt;/a&gt; (EKG): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Einthoven" title="Willem Einthoven"&gt;Willem Einthoven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1903: Powered, controlled &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_flight#1900_to_1914_.28The_.22Pioneer_Era.22.29" title="History of flight"&gt;airplane&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Wright" title="Wilbur Wright"&gt;Wilbur Wright&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_Wright" title="Orville Wright"&gt;Orville Wright&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1904: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermionic_valve" title="Thermionic valve"&gt;Thermionic valve&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ambrose_Fleming" title="John Ambrose Fleming"&gt;John Ambrose Fleming&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1904: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor" title="Tractor"&gt;Tractor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Holt" title="Benjamin Holt"&gt;Benjamin Holt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1905: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode" title="Diode"&gt;Radio tube diode&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ambrose_Fleming" title="John Ambrose Fleming"&gt;John Ambrose Fleming&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1906: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar"&gt;Sonar&lt;/a&gt; (first device): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Nixon_%28naval_architect%29" title="Lewis Nixon (naval architect)"&gt;Lewis Nixon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1906: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triode_amplifier" title="Triode amplifier"&gt;Triode amplifier&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_DeForest" title="Lee DeForest"&gt;Lee DeForest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1907: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter"&gt;Helicopter&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cornu" title="Paul Cornu"&gt;Paul Cornu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1907: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate" title="Monosodium glutamate"&gt;Monosodium glutamate&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikunae_Ikeda" title="Kikunae Ikeda"&gt;Kikunae Ikeda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-256"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-256"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;257&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1907: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_tube_triode" title="Radio tube triode"&gt;Radio tube triode&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_DeForest" title="Lee DeForest"&gt;Lee DeForest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1907: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing_machine" title="Washing machine"&gt;Washing machine&lt;/a&gt;, (electric): &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alva_Fisher&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Alva Fisher (page does not exist)"&gt;Alva Fisher&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hurley_Corporation&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Hurley Corporation (page does not exist)"&gt;Hurley Corporation&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1908: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane" title="Cellophane"&gt;Cellophane&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_E._Brandenberger" title="Jacques E. Brandenberger"&gt;Jacques E. Brandenberger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1908: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiger_counter" title="Geiger counter"&gt;Geiger counter&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Geiger" title="Hans Geiger"&gt;Hans Geiger&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Rutherford" title="Ernest Rutherford"&gt;Ernest Rutherford&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1908: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrocompass" title="Gyrocompass"&gt;Gyrocompass&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Ansch%C3%BCtz-Kaempfe" title="Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe"&gt;Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1908: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process" title="Haber process"&gt;Haber process&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber" title="Fritz Haber"&gt;Fritz Haber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1908: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami" title="Umami"&gt;Umami&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikunae_Ikeda" title="Kikunae Ikeda"&gt;Kikunae Ikeda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ikeda02_257-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-ikeda02-257"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;258&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1909: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite" title="Bakelite"&gt;Bakelite&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Baekeland" title="Leo Baekeland"&gt;Leo Baekeland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1909: Gun &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressor" title="Suppressor"&gt;suppressor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Percy_Maxim" title="Hiram Percy Maxim"&gt;Hiram Percy Maxim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave" title="Microwave"&gt;Microwave&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optics" title="Optics"&gt;optics&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdish_Chandra_Bose" title="Jagdish Chandra Bose"&gt;Jagdish Chandra Bose&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal"&gt;Bengal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescograph" title="Crescograph"&gt;Crescograph&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdish_Chandra_Bose" title="Jagdish Chandra Bose"&gt;Jagdish Chandra Bose&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal"&gt;Bengal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-258"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-258"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;259&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=39" title="Edit section: 1910s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1910s"&gt;1910s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1910: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberic_acid" title="Aberic acid"&gt;Aberic acid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umetaro_Suzuki" title="Umetaro Suzuki"&gt;Umetaro Suzuki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1910: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamine" title="Thiamine"&gt;Thiamine (Vitamin B&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umetaro_Suzuki" title="Umetaro Suzuki"&gt;Umetaro Suzuki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-259"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-259"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;260&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1910: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin" title="Vitamin"&gt;Vitamin&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_vitamins" title="B vitamins"&gt;B vitamin&lt;/a&gt;): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umetaro_Suzuki" title="Umetaro Suzuki"&gt;Umetaro Suzuki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1910: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Braces_on_teeth&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Braces on teeth (page does not exist)"&gt;Braces on teeth&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Clyde&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Joseph Clyde (page does not exist)"&gt;Joseph Clyde&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1910: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_lighting" title="Neon lighting"&gt;Neon lighting&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Claude" title="Georges Claude"&gt;Georges Claude&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1910: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermojet" title="Thermojet"&gt;Thermojet&lt;/a&gt; engine: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Coand%C4%83" title="Henri Coandă"&gt;Henri Coandă&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1911: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrocompass" title="Gyrocompass"&gt;Gyrocompass&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_A._Sperry" title="Elmer A. Sperry"&gt;Elmer A. Sperry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1911: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_self_starter" title="Automobile self starter"&gt;Automobile self starter&lt;/a&gt; (perfected): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Kettering" title="Charles F. Kettering"&gt;Charles F. Kettering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1911: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroplaning" title="Hydroplaning"&gt;Hydroplane&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Curtiss" title="Glenn Curtiss"&gt;Glenn Curtiss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1913: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassiere" title="Brassiere"&gt;Bra&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Phelps_Jacob" title="Mary Phelps Jacob"&gt;Mary Phelps Jacob&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1913: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword" title="Crossword"&gt;Crossword&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wynne" title="Arthur Wynne"&gt;Arthur Wynne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1913: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute" title="Parachute"&gt;Parachute&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0tefan_Bani%C4%8D" title="Štefan Banič"&gt;Štefan Banič&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1913: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_receiver" title="Radio receiver"&gt;Radio receiver&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Alexanderson" title="Ernst Alexanderson"&gt;Ernst Alexanderson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Fessenden" title="Reginald Fessenden"&gt;Reginald Fessenden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1913: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel" title="Stainless steel"&gt;Stainless steel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Brearley" title="Harry Brearley"&gt;Harry Brearley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1913: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray" title="X-Ray"&gt;X-Ray&lt;/a&gt; (coolidge tube): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Coolidge" title="William D. Coolidge"&gt;William D. Coolidge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-260"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-260"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;261&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1914: Radio &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmitter" title="Transmitter"&gt;transmitter&lt;/a&gt; triode mod.: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Alexanderson" title="Ernst Alexanderson"&gt;Ernst Alexanderson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1914: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_fuel_rocket" title="Liquid fuel rocket"&gt;Liquid fuel rocket&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Goddard_%28scientist%29" title="Robert Goddard (scientist)"&gt;Robert Goddard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1914: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank" title="Tank"&gt;Tank&lt;/a&gt;, military: Sir &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tritton" title="William Tritton"&gt;William Ashbee Tritton&lt;/a&gt; and Major &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Gordon_Wilson" title="Walter Gordon Wilson"&gt;Walter Gordon Wilson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-261"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-261"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;262&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1915: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten" title="Tungsten"&gt;Tungsten&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_filament" title="Electrical filament"&gt;Filament&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Langmuir" title="Irving Langmuir"&gt;Irving Langmuir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1915: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrex" title="Pyrex"&gt;Pyrex&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corning_Inc." title="Corning Inc."&gt;Corning Inc.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1916: Browning &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun" title="Gun"&gt;Gun&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Browning" title="John Browning"&gt;John Browning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1916: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_pearl" title="Cultured pearl"&gt;Cultured pearl&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikimoto_K%C5%8Dkichi" title="Mikimoto Kōkichi"&gt;Mikimoto Kōkichi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1916: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun" title="Thompson submachine gun"&gt;Thompson submachine gun&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Thompson" title="John T. Thompson"&gt;John T. Thompson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1917: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar"&gt;Sonar&lt;/a&gt; echolocation: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Langevin" title="Paul Langevin"&gt;Paul Langevin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1917: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missile" title="Cruise missile"&gt;Cruise missile&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kettering" title="Charles Kettering"&gt;Charles Kettering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1918: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupter_gear" title="Interrupter gear"&gt;Interrupter gear&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fokker" title="Anton Fokker"&gt;Anton Fokker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1918: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_crystal_oscillator" title="Radio crystal oscillator"&gt;Radio crystal oscillator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.M._Nicolson&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="A.M. Nicolson (page does not exist)"&gt;A.M. Nicolson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1919: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-flop_%28electronics%29" title="Flip-flop (electronics)"&gt;Flip-flop circuit&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Eccles" title="William Eccles"&gt;William Eccles&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._Jordan" title="F. W. Jordan"&gt;F. W. Jordan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1919: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin" title="Theremin"&gt;Theremin&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Theremin" title="Léon Theremin"&gt;Leon Theremin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=40" title="Edit section: 1920s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1920s"&gt;1920s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1920: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saha_ionization_equation" title="Saha ionization equation"&gt;Saha ionization equation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghnad_Saha" title="Meghnad Saha"&gt;Meghnad Saha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-262"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-262"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;263&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1921: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph" title="Polygraph"&gt;Polygraph&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_A._Larson&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="John A. Larson (page does not exist)"&gt;John A. Larson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1922: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar" title="Radar"&gt;Radar&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Watson-Watt" title="Robert Watson-Watt"&gt;Robert Watson-Watt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._H._Taylor" title="A. H. Taylor"&gt;A. H. Taylor&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._C._Young" title="L. C. Young"&gt;L. C. Young&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Breit" title="Gregory Breit"&gt;Gregory Breit&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Antony_Tuve" title="Merle Antony Tuve"&gt;Merle Antony Tuve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1922: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator" title="Absorption refrigerator"&gt;The absorption refrigerator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltzar_von_Platen_%28inventor%29" title="Baltzar von Platen (inventor)"&gt;Baltzar von Platen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1923: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_film" title="Sound film"&gt;Sound film&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_DeForest" title="Lee DeForest"&gt;Lee DeForest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1923: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television"&gt;Television&lt;/a&gt; Electronic: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth" title="Philo Farnsworth"&gt;Philo Farnsworth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1923: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_tunnel" title="Wind tunnel"&gt;Wind tunnel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Max_Munk" title="Michael Max Munk"&gt;Michael Max Munk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1923: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro" title="Autogyro"&gt;Autogyro&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_la_Cierva" title="Juan de la Cierva"&gt;Juan de la Cierva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1923: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon_flash_lamp" title="Xenon flash lamp"&gt;Xenon flash lamp&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Edgerton" title="Harold Edgerton"&gt;Harold Edgerton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1924: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_loom" title="Power loom"&gt;Automatic power loom&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakichi_Toyoda" title="Sakichi Toyoda"&gt;Sakichi Toyoda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Toyoda_263-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Toyoda-263"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;264&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1924: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomation" title="Autonomation"&gt;Autonomation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakichi_Toyoda" title="Sakichi Toyoda"&gt;Sakichi Toyoda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Toyoda_263-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Toyoda-263"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;264&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1924: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_automation" title="Autonomous automation"&gt;Autonomous automation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakichi_Toyoda" title="Sakichi Toyoda"&gt;Sakichi Toyoda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Toyoda_263-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Toyoda-263"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;264&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1925: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-centrifuge" title="Ultra-centrifuge"&gt;Ultra-centrifuge&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Svedberg" title="Theodor Svedberg"&gt;Theodor Svedberg&lt;/a&gt; - used to determine &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_weight" title="Molecular weight"&gt;molecular weights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1925: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television"&gt;Television&lt;/a&gt; Nipkow System: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Francis_Jenkins" title="C. Francis Jenkins"&gt;C. Francis Jenkins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1926: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television"&gt;Television&lt;/a&gt; Mechanical Scanner: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Logie_Baird" title="John Logie Baird"&gt;John Logie Baird&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1926: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosol_spray" title="Aerosol spray"&gt;Aerosol spray&lt;/a&gt;: Rotheim&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1926: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagi_antenna" title="Yagi antenna"&gt;Yagi antenna&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidetsugu_Yagi" title="Hidetsugu Yagi"&gt;Hidetsugu Yagi&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintaro_Uda" title="Shintaro Uda"&gt;Shintaro Uda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1926: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directional_antenna" title="Directional antenna"&gt;Directional antenna&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidetsugu_Yagi" title="Hidetsugu Yagi"&gt;Hidetsugu Yagi&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintaro_Uda" title="Shintaro Uda"&gt;Shintaro Uda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1926: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-gain_antenna" title="High-gain antenna"&gt;High-gain antenna&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidetsugu_Yagi" title="Hidetsugu Yagi"&gt;Hidetsugu Yagi&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintaro_Uda" title="Shintaro Uda"&gt;Shintaro Uda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1927: Mechanical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_picker" title="Cotton picker"&gt;cotton picker&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Rust&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="John Rust (page does not exist)"&gt;John Rust&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1928: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliced_bread" title="Sliced bread"&gt;Sliced bread&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Frederick_Rohwedder" title="Otto Frederick Rohwedder"&gt;Otto Frederick Rohwedder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1928: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_dry_shaver" title="Electric dry shaver"&gt;Electric dry shaver&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Schick" title="Jacob Schick"&gt;Jacob Schick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1928: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic" title="Antibiotic"&gt;Antibiotics&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming" title="Alexander Fleming"&gt;Alexander Fleming&lt;/a&gt; (initial discovery of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin" title="Penicillin"&gt;penicillin&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1928: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preselector_gearbox" title="Preselector gearbox"&gt;Preselector gearbox&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Gordon_Wilson" title="Walter Gordon Wilson"&gt;Walter Gordon Wilson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1928: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raman_effect" title="Raman effect"&gt;Raman effect&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Chandrasekhara_Venkata_Raman" title="Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman"&gt;Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-264"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-264"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;265&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1928: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetism" title="Magnetism"&gt;Magnetic interference balance&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanti_Swarup_Bhatnagar" title="Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar"&gt;Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; K. N. Mathur&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Vigyan_prasar_Shanti_Swaryp_265-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Vigyan_prasar_Shanti_Swaryp-265"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;266&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1929: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroencephalogram" title="Electroencephalogram"&gt;Electroencephelograph&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroencephalography" title="Electroencephalography"&gt;EEG&lt;/a&gt;): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Berger" title="Hans Berger"&gt;Hans Berger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1929: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinescope" title="Kinescope"&gt;Kinescope&lt;/a&gt; (CRT):&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Zworykin" title="Vladimir Zworykin"&gt;Vladimir Zworykin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-Aid" title="Band-Aid"&gt;Band aid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Dickson" title="Earle Dickson"&gt;Earle Dickson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Man-made &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin" title="Insulin"&gt;Insulin&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Langerhans" title="Paul Langerhans"&gt;Paul Langerhans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mechanical &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_peeler" title="Potato peeler"&gt;potato peeler&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Lay" title="Herman Lay"&gt;Herman Lay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phototelegraphic_transmission&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Phototelegraphic transmission (page does not exist)"&gt;Phototelegraphic transmission&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasujiro_Niwa" title="Yasujiro Niwa"&gt;Yasujiro Niwa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_television" title="Mechanical television"&gt;Mechanical television&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasujiro_Niwa" title="Yasujiro Niwa"&gt;Yasujiro Niwa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=41" title="Edit section: 1930s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1930s"&gt;1930s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1930: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoprene" title="Neoprene"&gt;Neoprene&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Carothers" title="Wallace Carothers"&gt;Wallace Carothers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1931: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetism" title="Magnetism"&gt;Magnetic&lt;/a&gt;-resistant &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel" title="Steel"&gt;steel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotaro_Honda" title="Kotaro Honda"&gt;Kotaro Honda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1931: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet" title="Magnet"&gt;Magnetic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel" title="Steel"&gt;steel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotaro_Honda" title="Kotaro Honda"&gt;Kotaro Honda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1931: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnico" title="Alnico"&gt;Alnico&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokuhichi_Mishima" title="Tokuhichi Mishima"&gt;Tokuhichi Mishima&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1931: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKM_steel" title="MKM steel"&gt;MKM steel&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokuhichi_Mishima" title="Tokuhichi Mishima"&gt;Tokuhichi Mishima&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1931: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_telescope" title="Radio telescope"&gt;Radio telescope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jansky" title="Karl Jansky"&gt;Karl Jansky&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Reber" title="Grote Reber"&gt;Grote Reber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1931: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoscope" title="Iconoscope"&gt;Iconoscope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Zworykin" title="Vladimir Zworykin"&gt;Vladimir Zworykin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1934: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_Organ" title="Hammond Organ"&gt;Hammond Organ&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Hammond" title="Laurens Hammond"&gt;Laurens Hammond&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1935: Microwave &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADAR" title="RADAR"&gt;RADAR&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Watson-Watt" title="Robert Watson-Watt"&gt;Robert Watson-Watt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1935: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon" title="Nylon"&gt;Nylon&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Carothers" title="Wallace Carothers"&gt;Wallace Carothers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1935: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrophotometer" title="Spectrophotometer"&gt;Spectrophotometer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Hardy" title="Arthur C. Hardy"&gt;Arthur C. Hardy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1935: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casein" title="Casein"&gt;Casein&lt;/a&gt; fiber: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earl_Whittier_Stephen&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Earl Whittier Stephen (page does not exist)"&gt;Earl Whittier Stephen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1937: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboprop" title="Turboprop"&gt;Turboprop engine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Jendrassik" title="György Jendrassik"&gt;György Jendrassik&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1937: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine" title="Jet engine"&gt;Jet engine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Whittle" title="Frank Whittle"&gt;Frank Whittle&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Ohain" title="Hans von Ohain"&gt;Hans von Ohain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1937: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-ring" title="O-ring"&gt;O-ring&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Christensen" title="Niels Christensen"&gt;Niels Christensen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1937: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon" title="Nylon"&gt;Nylon&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_H._Carothers" title="Wallace H. Carothers"&gt;Wallace H. Carothers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-18"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1937: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocardiography" title="Electrocardiography"&gt;Portable electrocardiograph&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Takemi" title="Taro Takemi"&gt;Taro Takemi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1937: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff%E2%80%93Berry_Computer" title="Atanasoff–Berry Computer"&gt;Atanasoff–Berry Computer&lt;/a&gt;, the first &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic" title="Automatic"&gt;automatic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics" title="Electronics"&gt;electronic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital" title="Digital"&gt;digital&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer" title="Computer"&gt;computer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vincent_Atanasoff" title="John Vincent Atanasoff"&gt;John Vincent Atanasoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1938: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballpoint_pen" title="Ballpoint pen"&gt;Ballpoint pen&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laszlo_Biro" title="Laszlo Biro"&gt;Laszlo Biro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1938: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerography" title="Xerography"&gt;xerography&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Carlson" title="Chester Carlson"&gt;Chester Carlson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1938: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiberglass" title="Fiberglass"&gt;Fiberglass&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Games_Slayter" title="Russell Games Slayter"&gt;Russell Games Slayter&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Thomas" title="John H. Thomas"&gt;John H. Thomas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1938: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD" title="LSD"&gt;LSD&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann" title="Albert Hofmann"&gt;Albert Hofmann&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1939: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter"&gt;Helicopter&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky" title="Igor Sikorsky"&gt;Igor Sikorsky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1939: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View-master" title="View-master"&gt;View-master&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Gruber&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="William Gruber (page does not exist)"&gt;William Gruber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1939: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_teller_machine" title="Automated teller machine"&gt;Automated teller machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_George_Simjian" title="Luther George Simjian"&gt;Luther George Simjian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1939: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectorcardiography" title="Vectorcardiography"&gt;Vectorcardiography&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Takemi" title="Taro Takemi"&gt;Taro Takemi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_medicine" title="Nuclear medicine"&gt;Nuclear medicine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Joliot-Curie" title="Frederic Joliot-Curie"&gt;Frederic Joliot-Curie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Joliot-Curie" title="Irene Joliot-Curie"&gt;Irene Joliot-Curie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Takemi" title="Taro Takemi"&gt;Taro Takemi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=42" title="Edit section: 1940s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1940s"&gt;1940s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1940: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-n_junction" title="P-n junction"&gt;p-n junction&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Ohl" title="Russell Ohl"&gt;Russell Ohl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-266"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-266"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;267&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1941: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer" title="Computer"&gt;Computer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse" title="Konrad Zuse"&gt;Konrad Zuse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from September 2008"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1941: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro" title="Velcro"&gt;Velcro&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Mestral" title="George de Mestral"&gt;George de Mestral&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1942: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazooka" title="Bazooka"&gt;Bazooka&lt;/a&gt; Rocket Gun: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leslie_A._Skinner&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Leslie A. Skinner (page does not exist)"&gt;Leslie A. Skinner&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=C._N._Hickman&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="C. N. Hickman (page does not exist)"&gt;C. N. Hickman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1942: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor" title="Nuclear reactor"&gt;Nuclear reactor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi" title="Enrico Fermi"&gt;Enrico Fermi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-19"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1942: Undersea &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipeline_transport" title="Pipeline transport"&gt;oil pipeline&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pluto" title="Operation Pluto"&gt;Hartley, Anglo-Iranian, Siemens in Operation Pluto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1943: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua-Lung" title="Aqua-Lung"&gt;Aqua-Lung&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Yves_Cousteau" title="Jacques-Yves Cousteau"&gt;Jacques-Yves Cousteau&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Gagnan" title="Emile Gagnan"&gt;Emile Gagnan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1944: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrometer" title="Spectrometer"&gt;Electron spectrometer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deutsch_Elliot_Evans&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Deutsch Elliot Evans (page does not exist)"&gt;Deutsch Elliot Evans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1945: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slinky" title="Slinky"&gt;Slinky&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._James" title="Richard T. James"&gt;Richard James&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_James" title="Betty James"&gt;Betty James&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1945: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven" title="Microwave oven"&gt;Microwave oven&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_L._Spencer" title="Percy L. Spencer"&gt;Percy L. Spencer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-20"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1945: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon"&gt;Nuclear weapons&lt;/a&gt; (note: chain reaction theory was made in 1933):&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project"&gt;Manhattan Project&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1946: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven" title="Microwave oven"&gt;Microwave oven&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Spencer" title="Percy Spencer"&gt;Percy Spencer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1946: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Telephone_Service" title="Mobile Telephone Service"&gt;Mobile Telephone Service&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&amp;amp;T"&gt;AT&amp;amp;T&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_Bell" title="Southwestern Bell"&gt;Southwestern Bell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1946: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini" title="Bikini"&gt;Bikini&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_R%C3%A9ard" title="Louis Réard"&gt;Louis Réard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-21"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1947: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_calculator" title="Pocket calculator"&gt;Pocket calculator&lt;/a&gt; (four-function, mechanical): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Herzstark" title="Curt Herzstark"&gt;Curt Herzstark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-267"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-267"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;268&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-268"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-268"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;269&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1947: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor" title="Transistor"&gt;Transistor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley" title="William Shockley"&gt;William Shockley&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Brattain" title="Walter Brattain"&gt;Walter Brattain&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen" title="John Bardeen"&gt;John Bardeen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1947: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_camera" title="Polaroid camera"&gt;Polaroid camera&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Land" title="Edwin Land"&gt;Edwin Land&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1948: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_record" title="Vinyl record"&gt;Long Playing Record&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Carl_Goldmark" title="Peter Carl Goldmark"&gt;Peter Carl Goldmark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1948: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holography" title="Holography"&gt;Holography&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Gabor" title="Dennis Gabor"&gt;Dennis Gabor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-22"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1949: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_clock" title="Atomic clock"&gt;Atomic clocks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1949: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating" title="Radiocarbon dating"&gt;Radiocarbon dating&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Libby" title="Willard Libby"&gt;Willard Libby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1949: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car" title="Kei car"&gt;Kei car&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker" title="Rice cooker"&gt;Electric rice cooker&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Electric" title="Mitsubishi Electric"&gt;Mitsubishi Electric&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=43" title="Edit section: 1950s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1950s"&gt;1950s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1950: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card" title="Credit card"&gt;Credit card&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_X._McNamara" title="Frank X. McNamara"&gt;Frank X. McNamara&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1950: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steadicam" title="Steadicam"&gt;Steadicam&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracking_shot" title="Tracking shot"&gt;tracking shot&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa" title="Akira Kurosawa"&gt;Akira Kurosawa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1951: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill" title="Combined oral contraceptive pill"&gt;Combined oral contraceptive pill&lt;/a&gt;: Djerassi, Miramontes, and Rosenkranz &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-269"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-269"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;270&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1951: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Paper" title="Liquid Paper"&gt;Liquid Paper&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Nesmith_Graham" title="Bette Nesmith Graham"&gt;Bette Nesmith Graham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1951: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I" title="Experimental Breeder Reactor I"&gt;Nuclear power reactor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Zinn" title="Walter Zinn"&gt;Walter Zinn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1952: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk" title="Floppy disk"&gt;Floppy disk&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiro_Nakamatsu" title="Yoshiro Nakamatsu"&gt;Yoshiro Nakamatsu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-270"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-270"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;271&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1952: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber" title="Optical fiber"&gt;Optical fiber&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narinder_Singh_Kapany" title="Narinder Singh Kapany"&gt;Narinder Singh Kapany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-271"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-271"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;272&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-272"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-272"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;273&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1952: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_nuclear_weapons#The_first_thermonuclear_weapons" title="History of nuclear weapons"&gt;Fusion bomb&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Teller" title="Edward Teller"&gt;Edward Teller&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaw_Ulam" title="Stanislaw Ulam"&gt;Stanislaw Ulam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1952: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercraft" title="Hovercraft"&gt;Hovercraft&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Cockerell" title="Christopher Cockerell"&gt;Christopher Cockerell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1953: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MASER" title="MASER"&gt;MASER&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Townes" title="Charles Townes"&gt;Charles Townes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1953: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_ultrasonography" title="Medical ultrasonography"&gt;Medical ultrasonography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1954: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_gun" title="Radar gun"&gt;Radar gun&lt;/a&gt;: Bryce K. Brown&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1954: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond" title="Synthetic diamond"&gt;Synthetic diamond&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Hall" title="Tracy Hall"&gt;Tracy Hall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1954: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_dome" title="Geodesic dome"&gt;Geodesic dome&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller" title="Buckminster Fuller"&gt;Buckminster Fuller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1955: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Drive" title="Hard Drive"&gt;Hard Drive&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynold_Johnson" title="Reynold Johnson"&gt;Reynold Johnson&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM" title="IBM"&gt;IBM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1955: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_phone" title="Video phone"&gt;Video phone&lt;/a&gt;: Gregorio Y. Zara in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"&gt;Philippines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1955: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflector_%28photography%29#Bounce_lighting" title="Reflector (photography)"&gt;Bounce lighting&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrata_Mitra" title="Subrata Mitra"&gt;Subrata Mitra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cinematographers_273-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-cinematographers-273"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;274&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Cardullo_274-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Cardullo-274"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;275&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1956: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_clock" title="Digital clock"&gt;Digital clock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1956: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_recorder" title="Videocassette recorder"&gt;Videotape recorder&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampex" title="Ampex"&gt;Ampex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1957: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator#The_development_of_electronic_calculators" title="Calculator"&gt;Electric compact calculator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio" title="Casio"&gt;Casio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1957: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Boat" title="Jet Boat"&gt;Jet Boat&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hamilton_%28engineer%29" title="Bill Hamilton (engineer)"&gt;William Hamilton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1958: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit"&gt;Integrated circuit&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kilby" title="Jack Kilby"&gt;Jack Kilby&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments"&gt;Texas Instruments&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Noyce" title="Robert Noyce"&gt;Robert Noyce&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Semiconductor" title="Fairchild Semiconductor"&gt;Fairchild Semiconductor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1958: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite"&gt;Communications satellite&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Masterman-Smith&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Kenneth Masterman-Smith (page does not exist)"&gt;Kenneth Masterman-Smith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1958: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_pacemaker" title="Artificial pacemaker"&gt;Implantable pacemaker&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_Elmqvist" title="Rune Elmqvist"&gt;Rune Elmqvist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1959: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen"&gt;Bullet train&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industries" title="Kawasaki Heavy Industries"&gt;Kawasaki Heavy Industries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail" title="High-speed rail"&gt;Dedicated high-speed rail lines&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail" title="High-speed rail"&gt;High-speed&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway" title="Railway"&gt;railway&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen"&gt;Shinkansen&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=44" title="Edit section: 1960s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1960s"&gt;1960s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1960: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser" title="Laser"&gt;Laser&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Harold_Maiman" title="Theodore Harold Maiman"&gt;Theodore Harold Maiman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1961: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc" title="Optical disc"&gt;Optical disc&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paul_Gregg" title="David Paul Gregg"&gt;David Paul Gregg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1961: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant" title="Cochlear implant"&gt;Cochlear implant&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_House" title="William House"&gt;William House&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1961: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_spaceflight" title="Human spaceflight"&gt;Human spaceflight&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin" title="Yuri Gagarin"&gt;Yuri Gagarin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Korolyov" title="Sergey Korolyov"&gt;Sergey Korolyov&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerim_Kerimov" title="Kerim Kerimov"&gt;Kerim Kerimov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Bond_275-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Bond-275"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;276&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1961: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin-film_transistor" title="Thin-film transistor"&gt;Thin-film transistor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P._K._Weimer&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="P. K. Weimer (page does not exist)"&gt;P. K. Weimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-276"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-276"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;277&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1962: Sea Solar Power &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-277"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-277"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;278&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; J. Hilbert Anderson &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-278"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-278"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;279&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1962: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode" title="Light-emitting diode"&gt;Light-emitting diode&lt;/a&gt; (LED): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Holonyak" title="Nick Holonyak"&gt;Nick Holonyak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1962: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_observatory" title="Space observatory"&gt;Space observatory&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_Brothers_Aerospace_Corporation" title="Ball Brothers Aerospace Corporation"&gt;Ball Brothers Aerospace Corporation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nasm.edu/spacecraft/SS-OSO1.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1963: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_%28computing%29" title="Mouse (computing)"&gt;Computer mouse&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart" title="Douglas Engelbart"&gt;Douglas Engelbart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1964: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_state_%28electronics%29" title="Solid state (electronics)"&gt;Solid-state electronic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator" title="Calculator"&gt;calculator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friden,_Inc." title="Friden, Inc."&gt;Friden, Inc.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-279"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-279"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;280&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1966: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_docking" title="Space docking"&gt;Space docking&lt;/a&gt;: between &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_8" title="Gemini 8"&gt;Gemini 8&lt;/a&gt; and an unmanned Agena stage&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-280"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-280"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;281&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1967: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Teller_Machine" title="Automatic Teller Machine"&gt;Automatic Teller Machine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shepherd-Barron" title="John Shepherd-Barron"&gt;John Shepherd-Barron&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1967: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext" title="Hypertext"&gt;Hypertext&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andries_van_Dam" title="Andries van Dam"&gt;Andries van Dam&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson" title="Ted Nelson"&gt;Ted Nelson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1967: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_clock" title="Quartz clock"&gt;Quartz&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch" title="Watch"&gt;wristwatch&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiko" title="Seiko"&gt;Seiko&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-IEEE_281-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-IEEE-281"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;282&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1968: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey" title="Magnavox Odyssey"&gt;Video game console&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_H._Baer" title="Ralph H. Baer"&gt;Ralph H. Baer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1969: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET" title="ARPANET"&gt;ARPANET&lt;/a&gt; (first wide-area packet switching network): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense"&gt;United States Department of Defense&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-23"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1969: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Photography" title="Digital Photography"&gt;Digital Photography&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_coupled_device" title="Charge coupled device"&gt;charge coupled device&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Boyle" title="Willard Boyle"&gt;Willard Boyle&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Smith" title="George E. Smith"&gt;George E. Smith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-282"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-282"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;283&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1969: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_cassette" title="Video cassette"&gt;Video cassette&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_grille" title="Aperture grille"&gt;Aperture grille&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_switching" title="Packet switching"&gt;Packet switching&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Baran" title="Paul Baran"&gt;Paul Baran&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davies" title="Donald Davies"&gt;Donald Davies&lt;/a&gt;, independently&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=45" title="Edit section: 1970s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1970s"&gt;1970s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1970: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_calculator" title="Pocket calculator"&gt;Pocket calculator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanyo" title="Sanyo"&gt;Sanyo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_%28company%29" title="Canon (company)"&gt;Canon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Corporation" title="Sharp Corporation"&gt;Sharp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1970: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database_management_system" title="Relational database management system"&gt;Relational database management system&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_F._Codd" title="Edgar F. Codd"&gt;Edgar F. Codd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1970: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_noodles" title="Cup noodles"&gt;Cup noodles&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissin_Foods" title="Nissin Foods"&gt;Nissin Foods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1971: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_noodles" title="Instant noodles"&gt;Instant noodles&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momofuku_Ando" title="Momofuku Ando"&gt;Momofuku Ando&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1971: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_station" title="Space station"&gt;Space station&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerim_Kerimov" title="Kerim Kerimov"&gt;Kerim Kerimov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Bond_275-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Bond-275"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;276&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Blair_283-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Blair-283"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;284&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1971: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail" title="E-mail"&gt;E-mail&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Tomlinson" title="Ray Tomlinson"&gt;Ray Tomlinson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-284"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-284"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;285&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1971: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke" title="Karaoke"&gt;Karaoke&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Inoue" title="Daisuke Inoue"&gt;Daisuke Inoue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1971: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Crystal_Display" title="Liquid Crystal Display"&gt;Liquid Crystal Display&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fergason" title="James Fergason"&gt;James Fergason&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1971: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor" title="Microprocessor"&gt;Microprocessor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masatoshi_Shima" title="Masatoshi Shima"&gt;Masatoshi Shima&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Faggin" title="Federico Faggin"&gt;Federico Faggin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian_Hoff" title="Marcian Hoff"&gt;Ted Hoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1971: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_calculator" title="Pocket calculator"&gt;Pocket calculator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Corporation" title="Sharp Corporation"&gt;Sharp Corporation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1971: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging" title="Magnetic resonance imaging"&gt;Magnetic resonance imaging&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_V._Damadian" title="Raymond V. Damadian"&gt;Raymond V. Damadian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1971: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil" title="Oil"&gt;Oil&lt;/a&gt;-eating &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria" title="Bacteria"&gt;bacteria&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Mohan_Chakrabarty" title="Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty"&gt;Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1971: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_recorder" title="Videocassette recorder"&gt;Videocassette recorder&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1972: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computed_tomography" title="Computed tomography"&gt;Computed tomography&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Newbold_Hounsfield" title="Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield"&gt;Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1973: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_rice" title="Hybrid rice"&gt;Hybrid rice&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-china_daily_modern_inventions_285-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-china_daily_modern_inventions-285"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;286&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1973: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet" title="Ethernet"&gt;Ethernet&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Metcalfe" title="Bob Metcalfe"&gt;Bob Metcalfe&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boggs" title="David Boggs"&gt;David Boggs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1973: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_organism" title="Genetically modified organism"&gt;Genetically modified organism&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Norman_Cohen" title="Stanley Norman Cohen"&gt;Stanley Norman Cohen&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Boyer" title="Herbert Boyer"&gt;Herbert Boyer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1973: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto" title="Xerox Alto"&gt;Personal computer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_PARC" title="Xerox PARC"&gt;Xerox PARC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1974: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfinance" title="Microfinance"&gt;Microfinance&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus" title="Muhammad Yunus"&gt;Muhammad Yunus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1974: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube" title="Rubik's Cube"&gt;Rubik's Cube&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern%C5%91_Rubik" title="Ernő Rubik"&gt;Ernő Rubik&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1974: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_vehicle" title="Hybrid vehicle"&gt;Hybrid vehicle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wouk" title="Victor Wouk"&gt;Victor Wouk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="external autonumber" href="http://www.hybridcars.com/hybrid-coverup-1974.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1975: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_sequencing" title="DNA sequencing"&gt;DNA sequencing&lt;/a&gt; by chain termination &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Sanger" title="Frederick Sanger"&gt;Frederick Sanger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1975: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera" title="Digital camera"&gt;Digital camera&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sasson" title="Steven Sasson"&gt;Steven Sasson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1976: [[Molecular Vaporizer(tires to crude oil)]: [Inventor Floyd D. Wallace,Leslie, Michigan]]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1976: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore-Tex" title="Gore-Tex"&gt;Gore-Tex&lt;/a&gt; fabric: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._L._Gore" title="W. L. Gore"&gt;W. L. Gore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1976: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular_recording" title="Perpendicular recording"&gt;Perpendicular recording&lt;/a&gt;: Shun-ichi Iwasaki at &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tohoku_University" title="Tohoku University"&gt;Tohoku University&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1976: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphony_%28instrument%29" title="Polyphony (instrument)"&gt;Polyphony&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha" title="Yamaha"&gt;Yamaha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1977: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_stereo" title="Personal stereo"&gt;Personal stereo&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Pavel" title="Andreas Pavel"&gt;Andreas Pavel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1977: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_network" title="Cellular network"&gt;Mobile phone&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs" title="Bell Labs"&gt;Bell Labs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="external autonumber" href="http://affordablephones.net/HistoryCellular.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1978: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator#Technical_improvements" title="Calculator"&gt;Credit-card-sized calculator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio" title="Casio"&gt;Casio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1978: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator#Technical_improvements" title="Calculator"&gt;Solar-powered calculator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Corporation" title="Sharp Corporation"&gt;Sharp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1978: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreadsheet" title="Spreadsheet"&gt;Spreadsheet&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bricklin" title="Dan Bricklin"&gt;Dan Bricklin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1979: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman" title="Walkman"&gt;Walkman&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1979: Solid state &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_player" title="Digital audio player"&gt;digital audio player&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_Kramer" title="Kane Kramer"&gt;Kane Kramer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio" title="Digital audio"&gt;Digital audio&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denon" title="Denon"&gt;Denon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from November 2009"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=46" title="Edit section: 1980s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1980s"&gt;1980s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1980: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc" title="Compact Disc"&gt;Compact Disc&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp" title="Sony Corp"&gt;Sony Corp&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_Electronics" title="Philips Electronics"&gt;Philips Electronics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-24"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1980: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory" title="Flash memory"&gt;Flash memory&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujio_Masuoka" title="Fujio Masuoka"&gt;Fujio Masuoka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-286"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-286"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;287&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-287"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-287"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;288&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1981: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIMP_%28computing%29" title="WIMP (computing)"&gt;WIMP&lt;/a&gt; graphical User Interface (&lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUI" title="GUI"&gt;GUI&lt;/a&gt;): &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_PARC" title="Xerox PARC"&gt;Xerox PARC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1981: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera#Analog_electronic_cameras" title="Digital camera"&gt;Handheld electronic camera&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1981: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_tunneling_microscope" title="Scanning tunneling microscope"&gt;Scanning tunneling microscope&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerd_Karl_Binnig&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Gerd Karl Binnig (page does not exist)"&gt;Gerd Karl Binnig&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Rohrer" title="Heinrich Rohrer"&gt;Heinrich Rohrer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1981: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Floppy" title="Video Floppy"&gt;Video Floppy&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1982: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_player" title="Compact Disc player"&gt;Compact Disc player&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-288"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-288"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;289&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1982: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulated_gate_bipolar_transistor" title="Insulated gate bipolar transistor"&gt;Insulated gate bipolar transistor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Becke&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Hans Becke (page does not exist)"&gt;Hans Becke&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl_Wheatley&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Carl Wheatley (page does not exist)"&gt;Carl Wheatley&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA" title="RCA"&gt;RCA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1982: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACE_inhibitor" title="ACE inhibitor"&gt;ACE inhibitor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Vane" title="John R. Vane"&gt;John R. Vane&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1982: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_heart" title="Artificial heart"&gt;Artificial heart&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jarvik" title="Robert Jarvik"&gt;Robert Jarvik&lt;/a&gt;, incorporating modifications to earlier experimental designs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1982: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camcorder" title="Camcorder"&gt;Camcorder&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1982: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-pad" title="D-pad"&gt;D-pad&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi" title="Gunpei Yokoi"&gt;Gunpei Yokoi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1982 (date of first marketing): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handheld_television" title="Handheld television"&gt;Pocket television&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-289"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-289"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;290&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1982: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_panel_display" title="Flat panel display"&gt;Flat panel display&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1982: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_scrolling" title="Parallax scrolling"&gt;Parallax scrolling&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irem" title="Irem"&gt;Irem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-290"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-290"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;291&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1983: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant" title="Personal digital assistant"&gt;Personal digital assistant&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio" title="Casio"&gt;Casio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1983: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" title="Internet"&gt;Internet&lt;/a&gt;: first &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP" title="TCP/IP"&gt;TCP/IP&lt;/a&gt; network by &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Kahn" title="Robert E. Kahn"&gt;Robert E. Kahn&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf" title="Vint Cerf"&gt;Vint Cerf&lt;/a&gt; and others&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1983: Color &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display" title="Liquid-crystal display"&gt;LCD&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television"&gt;television&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiko" title="Seiko"&gt;Seiko&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-291"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-291"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;292&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-292"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-292"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;293&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1984: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_synthesizer" title="Digital synthesizer"&gt;Digital synthesizer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha" title="Yamaha"&gt;Yamaha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1984: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_CD_player" title="Portable CD player"&gt;Portable CD player&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1984: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_distortion_synthesis" title="Phase distortion synthesis"&gt;Phase distortion synthesis&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio" title="Casio"&gt;Casio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1984: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithotripsy" title="Lithotripsy"&gt;Lithotripsy&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Dornier" title="Claude Dornier"&gt;Claude Dornier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1985: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphing_calculator" title="Graphing calculator"&gt;Graphing calculator&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio" title="Casio"&gt;Casio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1985: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction" title="Polymerase chain reaction"&gt;Polymerase chain reaction&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kary_Mullis" title="Kary Mullis"&gt;Kary Mullis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1985: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_fingerprinting" title="DNA fingerprinting"&gt;DNA fingerprinting&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Jeffreys" title="Alec Jeffreys"&gt;Alec Jeffreys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1987: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statin" title="Statin"&gt;Statin&lt;/a&gt;, cholesterol drug: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hoffman" title="Carl Hoffman"&gt;Carl Hoffman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1987: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Light_Processing" title="Digital Light Processing"&gt;Digital Light Processing&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dr._Larry_Hornbeck&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Dr. Larry Hornbeck (page does not exist)"&gt;Dr. Larry Hornbeck&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments"&gt;Texas Instruments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1987: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuously_variable_transmission" title="Continuously variable transmission"&gt;Electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru" title="Subaru"&gt;Subaru&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1988: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera" title="Digital camera"&gt;Digital camera&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujifilm" title="Fujifilm"&gt;Fuji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1989: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_laser" title="Blue laser"&gt;Blue laser&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isamu_Akasaki" title="Isamu Akasaki"&gt;Isamu Akasaki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1989: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_waveguide_synthesis" title="Digital waveguide synthesis"&gt;Digital waveguide synthesis&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha" title="Yamaha"&gt;Yamaha&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University"&gt;Stanford University&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1989: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sildenafil" title="Sildenafil"&gt;Sildenafil&lt;/a&gt; (Viagra): &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer" title="Pfizer"&gt;Pfizer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-293"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-293"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;294&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Tape" title="Digital Audio Tape"&gt;Digital Audio Tape&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCM_adaptor" title="PCM adaptor"&gt;PCM adaptor&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel-Consonant_synthesis" title="Vowel-Consonant synthesis"&gt;Vowel-Consonant synthesis&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio" title="Casio"&gt;Casio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=47" title="Edit section: 1990s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="1990s"&gt;1990s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1990: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web" title="World Wide Web"&gt;World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee" title="Tim Berners-Lee"&gt;Tim Berners-Lee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-25"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-Britannica-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-294"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-294"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;295&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1991: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_card" title="Memory card"&gt;Memory card&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Electronic_Industries_Development_Association" title="Japan Electronic Industries Development Association"&gt;Japan Electronic Industries Development Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1992: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_display" title="Plasma display"&gt;Plasma colour display&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu"&gt;Fujitsu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1993: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System"&gt;Global Positioning System&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense"&gt;United States Department of Defense&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1993: &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_LED" title="Blue LED"&gt;Blue LED&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuji_Nakamura" title="Shuji Nakamura"&gt;Shuji Nakamura&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1996: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic_technology" title="Haptic technology"&gt;Force feedback&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo"&gt;Nintendo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1997: Non-mechanical &lt;a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3" title="Mp3"&gt;mp3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_player" title="Digital audio player"&gt;digital audio player&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SaeHan_Information_Systems" title="SaeHan Information Systems"&gt;SaeHan Information Systems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-295"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#cite_note-295"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;296&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1997: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_display" title="Plasma display"&gt;Plasma television&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Corporation" title="Pioneer Corporation"&gt;Pioneer Corporation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_modeling_synthesizer" title="Analog modeling synthesizer"&gt;Analog modeling synthesizer&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korg" title="Korg"&gt;Korg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indium_gallium_nitride" title="Indium gallium nitride"&gt;Indium gallium nitride&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuji_Nakamura" title="Shuji Nakamura"&gt;Shuji Nakamura&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id="3rd_millennium"&gt;3rd millennium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=49" title="Edit section: 21st century"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="21st_century"&gt;21st century&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_historic_inventions&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=50" title="Edit section: 2000s"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="2000s"&gt;2000s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;div class="rellink"&gt;Further information: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_in_science_and_technology" title="2000s in science and technology"&gt;2000s in science and technology&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies" title="List of emerging technologies"&gt;List of emerging technologies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;2001: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank" title="PageRank"&gt;PageRank&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin" title="Sergey Brin"&gt;Sergey Brin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page" title="Larry Page"&gt;Larry Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2001: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_genome" title="Human genome"&gt;Human genome&lt;/a&gt; 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