// Inventions of the World
// By David Doan
// Information provided by http://www.grimsbywebfind.com/sites/inventions_of_the_world_timeline.htm
105
Paper was invented
126
The dome was invented
650
The Windmill was invented
674
Napalm was invented
950
Gunpowder was invented
1280
The cannon was invented
1350
The hand cannon was invented
1411
The trigger was invented
1528
The grenade was invented
1538
The diving bell was invented
1560
The condom was invented
1565
The pencil was invented
1594
Logarithms were invented
1624
The submarine was invented
1704
The orrery (a mechanical model of the solar system) was invented
1718
The machine gun was invented
1752
The lightning conductor was invented
1780
The steel nib pen was invented
1796
Vaccinations were invented
1800
The battery was invented
1803
The railway locomotive was invented
1818
The revolver was invented
1830
The lawn mower was invented
1831
The transformer was invented
1839
The bicycle was invented
1852
The airship was invented
1853
The hypodermic syringe was invented
1854
The elevator was invented
1866
Dynamite was invented
1865
The detonator was invented
1866
The torpedo was invented
1871
The wind tunnel was invented
1872
Chewing gum was invented
1875
Gelignite (an explosive compound) was invented
1879
The electric train was invented
1885
The motor car was invented
1886
Coca-Cola was invented
1888
The disc record player was invented
1900
The zepplin was invented
1906
The jukebox was invented
1910
The sea plane was invented
1916
The tank was invented
1920
The Thompson Submachine Gun was invented
1921
The motorway was invented
1928
The color television was invented
1936
The helicopter was invented
1939
DDT insecticide was invented
1941
The aerosol can was invented
1942
The nuclear reactor was invented
1942
The missile was invented
1942
The scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) was invented
1944
Plastic artificial eyes were invented
1945
The atomic bomb was invented
1946
The computer was invented
1946
The microwave oven was invented
1947
The transistor was invented
1948
The long playing record was invented
1950
The credit card was invented
1953
The heart-lung machine was invented
1954
The transistor radio was invented
1954
The oral contraceptive was invented
1954
The atomic power station was invented
1956
The video tape was invented
1958
The heart pacemaker was invented
1957
The space satellite was invented
1957
The fiber-optic endoscope was invented
1959
The integrated circuit was invented
1959
The hovercraft was invented
1960
The laser was invented
1961
Space travel was invented
1961
The electric toothbrush was invented
1962
The communications satellite was invented
1962
The skateboard was invented
1963
The cassette tape recorder was invented
1964
The word processor was invented
1965
The scanning electron microscope was invented
1965
The hologram was invented
1965
Automatic landing was invented
1967
Satellite navigation was invented
1970
The floppy disk was invented
1971
The food processor was invented
1971
The space station was invented
1972
The home video game was invented
1972
The CT scanner was invented
1974
The wave-powered generator was invented
1976
The supersonic passenger service was invented
1978
The personal computer was invented
1979
The personal stereo was invented
1979
The catalytic converter was invented
1980
The Rubik's Cube was invented
1981
The still video camera was invented
1981
The re-useable space vehicle was invented
1981
The stealth fighter was invented
1982
The artificial heart was invented
1982
The wind farm was invented
1983
Satellite TV was invented
1984
Genetic engineering was invented
1985
Desktop publishing was invented
1987
The gene gun was invented
1989
The Game Boy was invented