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Paleolithic Era 
 Indeterminate: Music, Language
 2.4 Ma BP: Olduwan - struck stone tools, in East Africa
 1.65 Ma: Acheulean - struck and reworked stone tools, in Kenya
 1.4 Ma: Knife in Ethiopia
 1 Ma: Controlled fire and sterilization of food and water (cooking) in East Africa
 500 ka: Shelter construction 
 100-500 ka: Clothing
 400 ka: Pigments in Zambia 
 400 ka: Spears in Germany 
 200 ka: Burial in Africa
 100 ka: Lithic blades in Africa and the Near East
 60 ka: Ships probably used by settlers of New Guinea
 50 ka: Flute in Slovenia
 50 ka: Bow in Tunisia  
 43 ka: Mining in Swaziland and Hungary
 37 ka: Tally sticks in Swaziland 
 30 ka: Sewing needles
 26 ka: Ceramics in Moravia
 25 ka: Atlatl in Northwest Africa 
 17 ka: twisted Rope (probably much earlier)
 12 ka: Basket weaving

10th millennium BC 
 Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent
 Alcoholic beverages in the Fertile Crescent
 Adobe in the Near East
 9500 BC: Granary in the Jordan Valley

9th millennium BC 
 8700 BC: Metalworking (copper pendant) in Mesopotamia (Iraq)
 8000 BC: Wall (Jericho)

8th millennium BC 
 Animal husbandry in the Near East
 Plaster in Jericho

7th millennium BC 
 7000 BC: Bow drill in Mehrgarh (India)/(Pakistan)
 7000 BC: Dental surgery in Mehrgarh
 6200 BC: Map in Çatalhöyük
 Cloth woven from flax fiber

6th millennium BC 
 Irrigation in the Fertile Crescent
 Ploughs in Mesopotamia (Iraq)
 City in Mesopotamia (Iraq)

5th millennium BC 
 Beer and bread in Egypt
 Wheel and axle combination in Mesopotamia

4th millennium BC 
 4000 BC: Canal in Mesopotamia
 4000 BC: Stone paved street Ur Iraq
 3807/3806 BC: Timber Engineered roadway in England
 3500 BC: Plywood in Egypt
 3500 BC: Writing in Sumer
 3500 BC: Carts in Sumer
 3100 BC: Drainage in the Indus Valley Civilization (India/Pakistan)
 3000 BC: Sailing
 Bronze: Susa (Iran)
 Silk in China
 Cement in Egypt
 River boats in Egypt
 Noodle in China
 Comb in Persia (these combs were very refined, so combs themselves are probably older)

3rd millennium BC 
 2800 BC: Button in the Indus Valley Civilization
 2800 BC: Soap in Mesopotamia
 2630-2611 BC: Step pyramid: Imhotep in Egypt
 2600s BC: Papyrus: Imhotep in Egypt
 2600s BC: Suture: Imhotep in Egypt
 2600s BC: Pharmaceutical cream: Imhotep in Egypt
 2600 BC: Chariot in Mesopotamia
 2600 BC: Artificial sewage system in the Indus Valley Civilization
 2600 BC: Toilet in the Indus Valley Civilization
 2500 BC: Flush toilet in the Indus Valley Civilization
 2500 BC: Arch in Mohenjo-daro (Indus Valley Civilization)
 2400 BC: Shipyard in Lothal (Indus Valley Civilization)
 2000 BC: Currency
 Dagger in Near East
 Sickle-sword in Sumer
 Alphabet in Phoenicia
 Candles in Egypt
 Sledges in Scandinavia

2nd millennium BC 
 Perfume: Tapputi in Mesopotamia
 Bronze Age sword in Mesopotamia
 Glass in Egypt
 Rubber in Mesoamerica
 Spoked-wheel chariot: Indo-Iranians
 Water clock in Egypt
 Bells in China
 1000s BC: Coins in China

1st millennium BC 
 Catapult in Near East
 South Pointing Chariot in China
 Differential gear in China and Greek island of Antikythera
 Stupa in India
 Blowgun in India
 Iron pellet in India
 500s BC: Sugar in India
 500s BC: Dental bridge in Etruria
 500s BC: Kite in China
 500s BC: Trebuchet in China
 475 BC: Scythed Chariot: Ajatashatru in India
 500s BC: Plastic surgery: Sushruta in India
 500s BC: Cosmetic surgery: Sushruta in India
 400s BC: Football: in China
 350 BC: Water wheel in India
 350 BC: Watermill in India
 c. 300: Wootz steel in India
 300s BC: Compass in China
 300s BC: Screw: Archytas
 200s BC: Compound pulley: Archimedes
 200s BC: Odometer: Archimedes?
 150s BC: Clockwork (Antikythera mechanism)
 150s BC: Astrolabe: Hipparchus in Asia Minor
 100s BC: Big-toe stirrup in India
 100s BC: Parchment in Pergamon
 1st century BC: Glassblowing in Syria
 1st century BC: Trip hammer in China
 40 BC: Rolling-element bearing in Roman ship
 Chaturaji in India
 Chaturanga in India
 Xiangqi in China

1st millennium CE 
 50: Mouldboard plough in Gaul
 100s: Aeolipile : Egypt by Hero of Alexandria
 105: Paper: Cai Lun in China
 132: Rudimentary Seismometer: Zhang Heng in China
 200s: Kongming lantern (Hot air balloon) in China
 200s: Horseshoes in Germany
 300s: Toothpaste in Egypt
 400s: Horse collar in China
 500-1000: Spinning wheel in India
 589: Toilet paper in China
 673: Greek fire: Kallinikos of Heliopolis
 700: Quill pen
 700s: Brass astrolabe: Muhammad al-Fazari
 721-815: Alembic: Geber in Iraq
 721-815: Still: Geber
 721-815: Distilled alcohol: Geber
 721-815: Distilled wine: Geber
 721-815: Distilled beverage: Geber
 725: Clockwork escapement mechanism: Yi Xing of China
 800-873: Valve: Banū Mūsā in Iraq
 800-873: Float valve: Banū Mūsā
 800-873: Feedback controller: Banū Mūsā
 800-873: Automatic flute player: Banū Mūsā
 800-873: Programmable machine: Banū Mūsā
 810-887: Glass from stones: Abbas Ibn Firnas in al-Andalus
 810-887: Eye glasses: Abbas Ibn Firnas
 810-887: Metronome: Abbas Ibn Firnas
 852: Parachute: Abbas Ibn Firnas in al-Andalus
 875: Hang glider: Abbas Ibn Firnas
 c. 865-900: Kerosene: Al-Razi (Rhazes) in Iraq
 c. 865-900: Kerosene lamp: Al-Razi
 865-925: Hard soap: Al-Razi
 800s: Injection syringe: Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili in Iraq
 800s: Quadrant in Iraq
 800s: Windmill in Persia
 800s: Gunpowder in China
 900s: Banknote in China
 953: Fountain pen in Egypt
 994: Astronomical sextant: Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi in Persia
 Coffee: Khalid in Ethiopia
 Fore-and-aft rig in India
 Lateen in India
 Porcelain in China
 Woodblock printing in China
 Prayer wheel: Tibet
 Shatranj in Persia
 Paned window in the Arab Empire
 Street lamp in the Arab Empire
 Retort in the Arab Empire
 Sherbet in the Arab Empire
 Soft drink in the Arab Empire
 Mercury escapement mechanism in the Middle East

2nd millennium

11th century 
 c. 1000: Pendulum: Ibn Yunus in Egypt
 1000: Ligature: Abu al-Qasim (Abulcasis) in al-Andalus
 1000: Forceps: Abu al-Qasim
 1000: Plaster: Abu al-Qasim
 1000: Curette: Abu al-Qasim
 1000: Retractor: Abu al-Qasim
 1000: Scalpel: Abu al-Qasim
 1000: Sound: Abu al-Qasim
 1000: Surgical needle: Abu al-Qasim
 1000: Surgical catgut: Abu al-Qasim
 1000: Surgical hook: Abu al-Qasim
 1000: Surgical rod: Abu al-Qasim
 1000: Surgical spoon: Abu al-Qasim
 c. 1000-1037: Thermometer: Avicenna (Ibn Sina) in Persia
 c. 1000-1037: Steam distillation: Avicenna
 c. 1000-1037: Essential oil: Avicenna
 c. 1000-1048: Orthographical astrolabe: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī in Persia
 c. 1000-1048: Planisphere: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī
 c. 1000-1048: Laboratory flask: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī
 c. 1000-1048: Pycnometer: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī
 c. 1000-1048: Conical measure: Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī
 1011-1021: Parabolic mirror: Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen) in Iraq
 1011-1021: Pinhole camera: Ibn al-Haytham
 1011-1021: Camera obscura: Ibn al-Haytham
 1028-1087: Equatorium: Arzachel (Al-Zarqali) in al-Andalus
 1028-1087: Saphaea: Arzachel
 1038-1075: Noria with flywheel: Ibn Bassal in al-Andalus
 1041: Movable type printing press: Bi Sheng in China
 1088: Mechanical clock: Su Song
 1088: Clock tower: Su Song
 1088: Magnetic compass described by Shen Kuo in China
 Mechanical astrolabe: Ibn Samh in al-Andalus
 Glass mirror in al-Andalus

12th century 
 c. 1100: Framed bead abacus in China
 1100-1161: Tracheotomy: Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) in al-Andalus
 1119: Watertight hull compartment: Zhu Yu in China
 1121: Steelyard: Al-Khazini in Persia
 1121: Hydrostatic balance: Al-Khazini
 1126: Fire arrow: Li Gang in China
 1126: Rocket: Li Gang
 1128: Cannon in China 
 1135-1200: Linear astrolabe: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī in Persia
 1154: Striking clock: Al-Kaysarani in Syria

13th century 
 c. 1200: Combination lock: Al-Jazari in Iraq (Mesopotamia)<ref name=Vallely>Paul Vallely, How Islamic Inventors Changed the World , The Independent, 11 Mar 2006.</ref>
 1206: Clock automaton: Al-Jazari
 1206: Flow control regulator: Al-Jazari
 1206: Closed-loop system: Al-Jazari
 1206: Elephant clock: Al-Jazari
 1206: Weight-driven mechanical clock: Al-Jazari
 1206: Hand washing device: Al-Jazari
 1206: Kitchen appliance: Al-Jazari
 1206: Cam: Al-Jazari
 1206: Camshaft: Al-Jazari
 1206: Crankshaft: Al-Jazari
 1206: Crank mechanism: Al-Jazari
 1206: Connecting rod: Al-Jazari
 1206: Segmental gear: Al-Jazari
 1206: Suction pipe: Al-Jazari
 1206: Suction piston pump: Al-Jazari
 1206: Reciprocating piston engine: Al-Jazari
 1206: Double-acting engine: Al-Jazari
 1206: Humanoid robot: Al-Jazari
 1206: Programmable robot: Al-Jazari
 1275: Torpedo: Hasan al-Rammah of Syria
 1297-1298: Wooden movable type printing: Wang Zhen of China
 Sandpaper in China
 Solid-fuel rocket in China
 Condom in Italy

 14th century 
 1350: Suspension bridges in Peru
 Spherical astrolabe in the Middle East

 15th century 
 Arquebus and Rifle in Europe
 1441: Rain gauge: Jang Yeong-sil
 1450s: Alphabetic movable type printing press: Johann Gutenberg
 1451: Concave lens for eyeglasses: Nicholas of Cusa
 1490 - 1492: Globe "Nürnberg Terrestrial Globe" by German mapmaker Martin Behaim

 16th century 
 c. 1500: Ball bearing: Leonardo Da Vinci
 c. 1500: Scissors: Leonardo Da Vinci
 1510: Pocket watch: Peter Henlein
 1540: Ether: Valerius Cordus
 1551: Steam turbine: Taqi al-Din in Egypt
 1576: Ironclad warship: Oda Nobunaga
 1582: Gregorian calendar: multiple inventors
 1589: Stocking frame: William Lee
 1593: Thermoscope: Galileo Galilei
 Musket in Europe
 Pencil in England

 17th century 
 1608: Telescope: Hans Lippershey
 1609: Microscope: Hans Lippershey, Hans Janssen, Zacharias Janssen
 1620: Slide rule: William Oughtred
 1623: Automatic calculator: Wilhelm Schickard
 1630-1632: Artificial wings: Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi in Turkey
 1631: Vernier scale: Pierre Vernier
 1633: Manned rocket: Lagari Hasan Çelebi in Turkey
 1642: Adding machine: Blaise Pascal
 1643: Barometer: Evangelista Torricelli
 1645: Vacuum pump: Otto von Guericke
 1657: Pendulum clock: Christiaan Huygens
 1672: Steam car: Ferdinand Verbiest
 1679: Pressure cooker: Denis Papin
 1698: Steam engine: Thomas Savery
 1700: Piano: Bartolomeo Cristofori

 18th century 
 1701: Seed drill: Jethro Tull
 1709: Iron smelting using coke: Abraham Darby I
 1712: Steam piston engine: Thomas Newcomen
 1711: Tuning fork: John Shore
 1714: Mercury thermometer: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
 1731: Octant: John Hadley, Thomas Godfrey
 1733: Flying shuttle: John Kay
 1737: Marine chronometer (H1): John Harrison
 1742: Franklin stove: Benjamin Franklin
 1750: Flatboat: Jacob Yoder
 1752: Lightning rod: Benjamin Franklin
 1759: Shampoo: Sake Dean Mahomet of Bengal
 1764: Spinning jenny: James Hargreaves/Thomas Highs
 1767: Carbonated water: Joseph Priestley
 1769: Water frame: Richard Arkwright/Thomas Highs
 1769: Steam car: Nicolas Cugnot
 1775: Submarine Turtle: David Bushnell
 1776: Steamboat: Claude de Jouffroy
 1776: Watt steam engine: James Watt
 1777: Card teeth making machine: Oliver Evans
 1777: Circular saw: Samuel Miller
 1779: Spinning mule: Samuel Crompton
 1780s: Iron rocket: Tipu Sultan of India
 1783: Parachute: Jean Pierre Blanchard
 1783: Hot air balloon: Montgolfier brothers
 1784: Bifocals: Benjamin Franklin
 1784: Argand lamp: Ami Argand
 1784: Shrapnel shell: Henry Shrapnel
 1785: Power loom: Edmund Cartwright
 1785: Automatic flour mill: Oliver Evans
 1786: Threshing machine: Andrew Meikle
 1791: Artificial teeth: Nicholas Dubois De Chemant
 1793: Cotton gin: Eli Whitney
 1798: Vaccination: Edward Jenner
 1798: Lithography: Alois Senefelder

 19th century 
 1800s 
 1801: Jacquard loom: Joseph Marie Jacquard
 1802: Screw propeller steamboat Phoenix: John Stevens
 1802: Gas stove: Zachäus Andreas Winzler
 1804: Locomotive: Richard Trevithick
 1805: Submarine Nautilus: Robert Fulton
 1807: Steamboat Clermont: Robert Fulton
 1808: Band saw: William Newberry
 1809: Arc lamp: Humphry Davy

 1810s 
 1814: Steam Locomotive (Blücher)'': George Stephenson
 1816: Miner's safety lamp: Humphry Davy
 1816: Stirling engine: Robert Stirling
 1816: Stethoscope: Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec
 1816: The Bicycle
 1817: Draisine or velocipede (two-wheeled): Karl Drais
 1817: Kaleidoscope: David Brewster

1820s 
 1821: Electric motor: Michael Faraday
 1823: Electromagnet: William Sturgeon
 1824: Portland cement: William Aspdin
 1826: Photography: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
 1826: Internal combustion engine: Samuel Morey
 1827: Friction match: John Walker

1830s 
 1830: Lawn mower: Edwin Beard Budding
 1830: Stenotype on punched paper strip: Karl Drais
 1831: Multiple coil magnet: Joseph Henry
 1831: Magnetic acoustic telegraph: Joseph Henry (patented 1837)
 1831: Reaper: Cyrus McCormick
 1831: Electrical generator: Michael Faraday, Ányos Jedlik
 1834: The Hansom cab is patented
 1834: Louis Braille perfects his Braille system
 1834: Refrigerator: Jacob Perkins
 1834: Combine harvester: Hiram Moore
 1835: Revolver: Samuel Colt
 1835: Electromechanical Relay: Joseph Henry
 1835: Incandescent light bulb: James Bowman Lindsay
 1836: Sewing machine: Josef Madersberger
 1837: US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport (February 25)
 1837: Steel plow: John Deere
 1837: Standard diving dress: Augustus Siebe
 1837: Camera Zoom Lens: Jozef Maximilián Petzval
 1837: Magnetic telegraph: Samuel Morse
 1838: Electric telegraph: Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)
 1838: closed diving suit with a helmet: Augustus Siebe
 1839: Vulcanization of rubber: Charles Goodyear

1840s 
 1840: Artificial fertilizer: Justus von Liebig
 1842 Superphosphate fertilizer: John Bennett Lawes
 1842: Anaesthesia: Crawford Long
 1843: Typewriter: Charles Thurber
 1843: Fax machine: Alexander Bain
 1843: Ice cream maker: Nancy Johnson
 1845: Pneumatic tire: Robert Thomson (inventor)
 1846: Sewing machine: Elias Howe
 1846: Rotary printing press: Richard M. Hoe
 1849: Safety pin: Walter Hunt
 1849: Francis turbine: James B. Francis
 1849: Telephone: Antonio Meucci

1850s 
 1852: Airship: Henri Giffard
 1852: Passenger elevator: Elisha Otis
 1852: Gyroscope: Léon Foucault
 1855: Bunsen burner: Robert Bunsen
 1855: Bessemer process: Henry Bessemer
 1856: Celluloid: Alexander Parkes
 1858: Undersea telegraph cable: Fredrick Newton Gisborne
 1858: Mason jar: John L. Mason
 1859: Oil drill: Edwin L. Drake
 1859: Lead acid battery: Gaston Plante

1860s 
 1860: Linoleum: Fredrick Walton
 1860: Repeating rifle: Oliver F. Winchester, Christopher Spencer
 1860: Self-propelled torpedo: Giovanni Luppis
 1861: Ironclad USS Monitor: John Ericsson
 1861: Siemens regenerative furnace: Carl Wilhelm Siemens
 1862: Revolving machine gun: Richard J. Gatling
 1862: Mechanical submarine: Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
 1862: Pasteurization: Louis Pasteur, Claude Bernard
 1863: Player piano: Henri Fourneaux
 1865: Roller Coaster: LaMarcus Adna Thompson
 1865: Barbed wire: Louis Jannin
 1866: Dynamite: Alfred Nobel
 1868: Practical typewriter: Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule, with assistance from James Densmore
 1868: [[Air brakes

 (rail)]]: [[George

 Westinghouse]]
 1868: Oleomargarine: Mege Mouries
 1869: Vacuum cleaner: I.W. McGaffers

1870s 
 1870: Magic Lantern projector: Henry R. Heyl
 1870: Stock ticker: Thomas Alva Edison
 1871: Cable car (railway): Andrew S. Hallidie
 1872: Adding machine: Edmund D. Barbour
 1873: Railway knuckle coupler: Eli H. Janney
 1873: Modern direct current electric motor: Zénobe Gramme
 1874: Electric street car: Stephen Dudle Field
 1875: Dynamo: William A. Anthony
 1875: Magazine (firearm): Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
 1876: Carpet sweeper: Melville Bissell
 1876: Gasoline carburettor: Daimler
 1876: Loudspeaker: Alexander Graham Bell
 1877: Stapler: Henry R. Heyl
 1877: Induction motor: Nikola Tesla
 1877: Phonograph: Thomas Alva Edison
 1877: Microphone: Emile Berliner
 1878: Cathode ray tube: William Crookes
 1878: Rebreather: Henry Fleuss
 1879: Pelton turbine: Lester Pelton
 1879: Cash register: James Ritty

1880s 
 1880: Photophone: Alexander Graham Bell
 1880: Roll film: George Eastman
 1880: Safety razor: Kampfe Brothers
 1880: Seismograph: John Milne
 1881: Metal detector: Alexander Graham Bell
 1882: Electric fan: Schuyler Skaats Wheeler
 1883: two-phase (alternating current) induction motor: Nikola Tesla
 1884: Linotype machine: Ottmar Mergenthaler
 1884: Fountain pen: Lewis Waterman
 1884: Punched card accounting: Herman Hollerith
 1884: Trolley car, (electric): Frank Sprague, Charles Van Depoele
 1885: Automobile patent granted (internal combustion engine powered): Karl Benz, first automobile put into production
 1885: Maxim gun: Hiram Stevens Maxim
 1885: Motorcycle: Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
 1885: Alternating current transformer: William Stanley
 1885: Safety bicycle: John Kemp Starley
 1886: Dishwasher: Josephine Cochrane
 1886: Gasoline engine: Gottlieb Daimler
 1886: Improved phonograph cylinder: Tainter & Bell
 1887: Monotype machine: Tolbert Lanston
 1887: Contact lens: Adolf E. Fick, Eugène Kalt and August Muller
 1887: Gramophone record: Emile Berliner
 1887: Ceiling fan: Philip Diehl
 1888: Polyphase AC Electric power system: Nikola Tesla (30 related patents.)
 1888: Kodak hand camera: George Eastman
 1888: Ballpoint pen: John Loud
 1888: Harvester-thresher: Matteson (?)
 1888: Kinematograph: Augustin Le Prince

1890s 
 1891: escalator: Jesse W. Reno
 1891: Thermal cracking process: Vladimir Shukhov
 1891: Zipper: Whitcomb L. Judson
 1891: Carborundum: Edward G. Acheson
 1892: Color photography: Frederic E. Ives
 1892: Automatic telephone exchange (electromechanical): Almon Strowger - First in commercial service.
 1893: Carburetor: Donát Bánki and János Csonka
 1893: Wireless communication: Nikola Tesla
 1893: Radio: Nikola Tesla
 1894: Radio transmission: जगदीश चन्द्र बोस in Bengal
 1895: Diesel engine: Rudolf Diesel
 1895: Radiotelegraph: Guglielmo Marconi
 1896: Vitascope: Thomas Armat
 1897: Modern escalator: Jesse W. Reno
 1898: Tapered roller bearing: Henry Timken
 1898: Remote control: Nikola Tesla
 1899: Iron-Mercury coherer with telephone detector: जगदीश चन्द्र बोस in Bengal
 1899: Automobile self starter: Clyde J. Coleman
 1899: Magnetic tape recorder: Valdemar Poulsen
 1899: Gas turbine: Charles Curtis

20th century

1900s 
 1900: Rigid dirigible airship: Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin
 1900: Self-heating can
 1900s: Microwave optics: जगदीश चन्द्र बोस in Bengal
 1901: Mercury vapor lamp: Peter C. Hewitt
 1901: Disposable razor blade: King C. Gillette
 1901: Vacuum cleaner: Hubert Booth
 1902: Ostwald process: Wilhelm Ostwald
 1902: Air Conditioner: Willis Carrier
 1902: Neon lamp: Georges Claude
 1902: Radio telephone: Poulsen Reginald Fessenden
 1902: Rayon cellulose ester: Arthur D. Little
 1903: Electrocardiograph (EKG): Willem Einthoven
 1903: Powered, controlled airplane: Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright
 1904: Thermionic valve: John Ambrose Fleming
 1904: Tractor: Benjamin Holt
 1905: Radio tube diode: John Ambrose Fleming
 1906: Sonar (first device): Lewis Nixon
 1906: Triode amplifier: Lee DeForest
 1907: Helicopter: Paul Cornu
 1907: Radio tube triode: Lee DeForest
 1907: Washing machine, (electric): Alva Fisher (Hurley Corporation)
 1908: Cellophane: Jacques E. Brandenberger
 1908: Geiger counter: Hans Geiger and Ernest Rutherford
 1908: Gyrocompass: Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe
 1908: Haber process: Fritz Haber
 1909: Bakelite: Leo Baekeland
 1909: Gun silencer: Hiram Percy Maxim

1910s 
 1910: Thermojet engine: Henri Coandă
 1911: Gyrocompass: Elmer A. Sperry
 1911: Automobile self starter (perfected): Charles F. Kettering
 1911: Hydroplane: Glenn Curtiss
 1913: Crossword: Arthur Wynne
 1913: Parachute: Štefan Banič
 1913: Radio receiver: Ernst Alexanderson, Reginald Fessenden
 1913: Stainless steel: Harry Brearley
 1913: X-Ray (coolidge tube): William D. Coolidge
 1914: Radio transmitter triode mod.: Ernst Alexanderson
 1914: Liquid fuel rocket: Robert Goddard
 1914: Tank, military: Sir William Ashbee Tritton and Major Walter Gordon Wilson
 1915: Tungsten Filament: Irving Langmuir
 1915: Pyrex: Corning Inc.
 1916: Browning Gun: John Browning
 1916: Thompson submachine gun: John T. Thompson
 1917: Sonar echolocation: Paul Langevin
 1917: Cruise missile: Charles Kettering
 1918: Interrupter gear: Anton Fokker
 1918: Radio crystal oscillator: A.M. Nicolson
 1919: Flip-flop circuit: William Eccles and F. W. Jordan
 1919: Theremin: Leon Theremin

1920s 
 1921: Polygraph: John A. Larson
 1922: Radar: Robert Watson-Watt, A. H. Taylor, L. C. Young, Gregory Breit, Merle Antony Tuve
 1923: Sound film: Lee DeForest
 1923: Television Electronic: Philo Farnsworth
 1923: Wind tunnel: Max Munk
 1923: Autogyro: Juan de la Cierva
 1923: Xenon flash lamp: Harold Edgerton
 1925: Ultra-centrifuge: Theodor Svedberg - used to determine molecular weights
 1925: Television Nipkow System: C. Francis Jenkins
 1926: Television Mechanical Scanner: John Logie Baird
 1926: Aerosol spray: Rotheim
 1927: Mechanical cotton picker: John Rust
 1928: Sliced bread: Otto Frederick Rohwedder
 1928: Electric dry shaver: Jacob Schick
 1928: Antibiotics: Alexander Fleming (initial discovery of penicillin)
 1928: Preselector gearbox: Walter Gordon Wilson
 1929: Electroencephelograph (EEG): Hans Berger
 1929: Kinescope (CRT):Vladimir Zworykin
 1920s: Band aid: Earle Dickson
 1920s: Man-made Insulin: Paul Langerhans
 1920s: Mechanical potato peeler: Herman Lay

1930s 
 1930: Neoprene: Wallace Carothers
 1931: Radio telescope: Karl Jansky Grote Reber
 1931: Iconoscope: Vladimir Zworykin
 1935: Microwave RADAR: Robert Watson-Watt
 1935: Nylon: Wallace Carothers
 1935: Spectrophotometer: Arthur C. Hardy
 1935: Casein fiber: Earl Whittier Stephen
 1935: Hammond Organ: Laurens Hammond
 1937: Turboprop engine: György Jendrassik
 1937: Jet engine: Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain
 1937: O-ring: Niels Christensen
 1938: Ballpoint pen: Laszlo Biro
 1938: xerography: Chester Carlson
 1938: Fiberglass: Russell Games Slayter John H. Thomas
 1939: Helicopter: Igor Sikorsky
 1939: View-master: William Gruber
 1939: Automated teller machine: Luther George Simjian

1940s 
 1941: Computer: Konrad Zuse
 1942: Bazooka Rocket Gun: Leslie A. Skinner C. N. Hickman
 1942: Undersea oil pipeline: Hartley, Anglo-Iranian, Siemens in Operation Pluto
 1943: Aqua-Lung: Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan
 1944: Electron spectrometer: Deutsch Elliot Evans
 1945: Slinky: Richard James and Betty James
 1945: Nuclear weapons (note: chain reaction theory was made in 1933)
 1946: Microwave oven: Percy Spencer
 1946: Mobile Telephone Service: AT&T and Southwestern Bell
 1947: Transistor: William Shockley, Walter Brattain, John Bardeen
 1947: Polaroid camera: Edwin Land
 1948: Long Playing Record: Peter Carl Goldmark
 1948: Holography: Dennis Gabor
 1949: Atomic clocks

1950s 
 1951: Combined oral contraceptive pill: Djerassi, Miramontes, and Rosenkranz
 1951: Liquid Paper: Bette Nesmith Graham
 1951: Nuclear power reactor: Walter Zinn
 1952: Floppy disk: Yoshiro Nakamatsu
 1952: Optical fiber: Narinder Singh Kapany
 1952: Fusion bomb: Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam
 1952: Hovercraft: Christopher Cockerell
 1953: MASER: Charles Townes
 1953: Medical ultrasonography
 1954: Radar gun: Bryce K. Brown
 1954: Synthetic diamond: Tracy Hall
 1954: Geodesic dome: Buckminster Fuller
 1955: Velcro: George de Mestral
 1955: Hard Drive: Reynold Johnson with IBM
 1956: Digital clock
 1956: Videocassette recorder: Ampex
 1957: Jet Boat: William Hamilton
 1958: Integrated circuit: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments, Robert Noyce at Fairchild Semiconductor
 1958: Communications satellite: Kenneth Masterman-Smith

1960s 
 1960: Laser: Theodore Harold Maiman
 1961: Optical disc: David Paul Gregg
 1961: Cochlear implant: William House
 1962: Light-emitting diode: Nick Holonyak
 1962: Space observatory: Ball Brothers Aerospace Corporation 
 1963: Computer mouse: Douglas Engelbart
 1967: Automatic Teller Machine: John Shepherd-Barron
 1967: Hypertext: Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson
 1968: Video game console: Ralph H. Baer
 1960s: Packet switching: Paul Baran and Donald Davies, independently
 1969: ARPANET (first wide-area packet switching network): United States Department of Defense

1970s 
 1971: E-mail: Ray Tomlinson
 1971: Liquid Crystal Display: James Fergason
 1971: Microprocessor: Federico Faggin and Marcian Hoff
 1971: Pocket calculator: Sharp Corporation
 1971: Magnetic resonance imaging: Raymond V. Damadian
 1972: Computed tomography: Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
 1973: Ethernet: Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
 1973: Genetically modified organism: Stanley Norman Cohen and Herbert Boyer
 1973: Personal computer: Xerox PARC
 1974: Microcredit: Muhammad Yunus
 1974: Rubik's Cube: Ernő Rubik
 1974: Hybrid vehicle: Victor Wouk 
 1975: DNA sequencing by chain termination Frederick Sanger
 1975: Digital camera: Steven Sasson
 1976: Gore-Tex fabric: W. L. Gore
 1977: Personal stereo: Andreas Pavel
 1977: Cellular mobile phone: Bell Labs 
 1978: Spreadsheet: Dan Bricklin

1980s 
 1981: Scanning tunneling microscope: Gerd Karl Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer
 1982: Insulated gate bipolar transistor: Hans Becke and Carl Wheatley RCA
 1982: ACE inhibitor: John R. Vane
 1983: Camcorder: Sony
 1983: Internet: first TCP/IP network: Robert E. Kahn, Vint Cerf and others
 1984: Lithotripsy: Claude Dornier
 1985: Polymerase chain reaction: Kary Mullis
 1985: DNA fingerprinting: Alec Jeffreys
 1987: Statin: Carl Hoffman
 1987: Digital Light Processing: Dr. Larry Hornbeck, Texas Instruments

1990s 
 1990: World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee
 1993: Global Positioning System: United States Department of Defense
 1993: Blue LED: Shuji Nakamura
 1997: Non-mechanical Digital Audio Player: SaeHan Information Systems

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2000 
 2001: Self-contained कृत्रिम हृदय
 2002: स्क्रैमजेट : क्विन्सलैण्ड विश्वविद्यालय

इन्हें भी देखें 
 प्रौद्योगिकी का इतिहास
 नवाचार
 List of technology timelines
 प्राचीन भारत में विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी

सन्दर्भ 
 Asimov, Isaac, "Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery", Harper & Row, 1989. ISBN 0-06-015612-0
 De Bono, Edward, "Eureka! An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer", Thames & Hudson, 1974.
 Gowlett, John, "Ascent to Civilization", McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1992. ISBN 0-07-544312-0
 Platt, Richard, "Eureka!: Great Inventions and How They Happened", 2003.

बाहरी कड़ियाँ 
 History of Human Technology
 KryssTal History and Geography of Inventions

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