PRINT ERA
Era
PRINT ERA 1450-1837 printing, Discovery, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, firearms, steam
PRINT ERA – by time represents 0.16% of human existence.
PRINT ERA – represents 10% of inventions or 208/2000 inventions.
Inventions from the Data communication Classification
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Trombone | brass instrument | 1450 AD | Italy | |
| Guitar | stringed instrument | 1450 AD | Spain | |
| Bass and cello | stringed instruments | 1530 AD | Gaudenzio Fenali | Serpano, Italy |
| Violin | stringed instrument | 1542 AD | Andrea Amati | Cremona, Italy |
| Print newspaper | new on paper | 1605 AD | Johann Carolus | Strasbourg, Germany |
| Clarinet | reed instrument | 1690 AD | Johann Christoph Denner | Nuremberg, Germany |
| Piano | percussion instrument | 1709 AD | Bartalomeo Christofori di Francesco | Italy |
Inventions from the Data storage Classification
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Printing press | with movable metal type | 1450 AD | Johannes Gutenberg | Mainz, Germany (3) |
| Mercator projection map | for plotting navigation | 1535 AD | Geraedus Mercator | Netherlands |
| Graphite pencil | 1564 AD | Conrad von Gesner | Switzerland | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1582 AD | Pope Gregory XIII | Vatican City, Italy | |
| Calculus | 1680 AD | Isaac Newton, Gottfried Leibniz | UK/Germany | |
| Binary language | computers | 1689 AD | Gottfried Leibniz | Germany |
| Rubber eraser | 1770 AD | Joseph Priestly | UK | |
| Mechanical calculator | analytic machine, later "computer" | 1821 AD | Charles Babbage | UK (7) |
| Primitive photograph | 1822 AD | Joseph Nicephore Niepce | France (36) | |
| Camera | 1826 AD | Joseph Nicephore Niepce | France (36) | |
| Negative for photography | 1835 AD | William Henry Talbot | UK |
Inventions from the Energy radiant Classification
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Rifle | grooves in barrel | 1498 AD | Gaspard Kollner | Austria (20) |
| Flintlock ignition | 1612 AD | Marin Le Boureoys | France | |
| Steam engine | pump for mines | 1698 AD | Thomas Savory | UK |
| Improved Watt compressor | steam engine | 1765 AD | James Watt | UK (16) |
| Shrapnel shell | explosive fragmentation | 1784 AD | Henry Shrapnel | UK |
| Percussion cap firearm | 1807 AD | Alexander John Forsyth | UK | |
| Internal combustion engine | engine cylinder combustion | 1807 AD | Nicephore Niepce | France |
| Breach loaded rifle | 1810 AD | John H. Hall | USA | |
| Friction match | 1826 AD | John Walker | UK | |
| Cylindrical bullet | 1830 AD | Henri-Gustave Delvigne | France | |
| Revolver | practical, functional | 1835 AD | Samuel Colt | USA |
Inventions from the Energy current Classification
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Lightning rod | electrical conductor | 1749 AD | Benjamin Franklin | USA |
| Gas turbine | for electricity | 1791 AD | John Barber | UK |
| Battery | voltaic pile zinc-silver | 1800 AD | Alessandro Volta | Italy (27) |
| Electromagnet | magnet from electric current | 1820 AD | Hans Oerstoed | UK |
| Electric DC motor | first electric motor | 1821 AD | Michael Faraday | UK |
Inventions from the Machines non-transport Classification
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Pocket watch | 1500 AD | Peter Henlein | Germany | |
| Slide rule | 1622 AD | Edmund Gunter, William Oughtred | UK | |
| Mechanical calculator | 1623 AD | Wilhelm Schickard, Blaine Pascal | Germany/UK | |
| Vernier scale calipers | 1631 AD | Pierre Vernier | France | |
| Mercury barometer | barometric pressure | 1643 AD | Evalgelista Torricelli | Italy |
| Vacuum pump | 1650 AD | Otto von Guericke | Germany/Prussia | |
| Pendulum clock | improved accuracy | 1656 AD | Christian Huygens | Netherlands |
| Pressure cooker | faster cooking | 1679 AD | Denis Papin | France |
| Flying shuttle | weaving | 1735 AD | John Kay | UK |
| Spinning Jenny | weaving | 1764 AD | James Hargreaves | UK |
| Screw cutting lathe | metal screw manufacture | 1775 AD | Jesse Ramsden | UK |
| Pile driver | foundation setting | 1791 AD | John Stone | USA |
| Paper making machine | continuous | 1799 AD | Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier | France |
| Band saw | cutting materials | 1808 AD | William Newberry | UK |
| Refrigerator | vapor compression | 1834 AD | Oliver Evans | USA (38) |
| Wrench | nuts, bolts | 1835 AD | Solomon Merrick | USA |
Inventions from the Transport Machines Classification
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Chip log | measuring knots (speed) | 1500 AD | Portugal | |
| Crosstaff | Jacob's staff | 1510 AD | Leviben Gerson | France |
| Wheelchair | for Phillip, king of Spain | 1590 | Spain | |
| Submarine | 1620 AD | Cornelius Drebbel | Netherlands (99) | |
| Sextant | for latitude determination | 1731 AD | Thomas Godfrey/John Hadby | USA/UK |
| Steam locomotive | early | 1802 AD | Richard Trevithick | UK |
| Glider flight | successful | 1804 AD | George Cayley | UK |
| Steamboat | paddlewheel | 1807 AD | Robert Fulton | USA |
| Improved locomotive | steam | 1814 AD | George Stephenson | UK |
Inventions from the Materials, metals Classification
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Metal screw | 1450 AD | Europe (65) | ||
| Insulated copper wire | for electricity | 1827 AD | Joseph Henry | USA (12) |
Inventions from the Materials, non-Metals Classification
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Latex, rubber, paint | vulcanized rubber, synthetic latex paint | 1500, 1844 | Charles Goodyear | Latin America/USA (92) |
| Microscope | compound | 1600 AD | Zacharias Jansen | Netherlands |
| Telescope | optical | 1608 AD | Hans Lippershey | Netherlands |
| Bifocals | 2 stacked lenses | 1784 AD | Benjamin Franklin | USA |
Inventions from the Domestic Biotech Classification
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Brush | toothbrush, hair brush, scrub brush | 1498 | Lyda D. Newman | China/USA |
| New World crops | tomato, potato, corn, beans, peppers | 1500 | Meso and Latin America (63) | |
| Cigarette | tobacco from New World | 1614 AD | Seville, Spain | |
| Sofa | furniture | 1690 AD | UK | |
| Mechanized seed drill | machine planting, horse drawn | 1701 AD | Jethro Tull | UK |
| Carbonated soft drink | 1767 AD | Joseph Priestly | UK | |
| Indoor flushing toilet | 1775 AD | Thomas Crapper | UK | |
| Threshing machine | mechanized agriculture | 1786 AD | Andrew Miekle | UK |
| Shoe laces | secure shoes | 1790 AD | Harvey Kennedy | UK |
| Cotton gin | removes cotton seeds | 1783 AD | Eli Whitney | USA |
| Reaping machine | mechanized agriculture | 1807 AD | Cyrus McCormack | USA |
| Vacuum sealed jars | canning | 1809 AD | Nicholas Appert | France |
| Tin canned food | tin and steel cans | 1810 AD | Peter Durand | UK |
| Combine harvester | mechanized agriculture | 1834 AD | Hiram Moore | USA |
Inventions from the Medical Biotech Classification
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Toothbrush | boar's hair | 1498 AD | China | |
| Quinine bark | for malaria treatment | 1672 AD | Jesuit missionaries, New World natives | Latin America |
| Randomized controlled clinical trial | bias free clinical testing experiment | 1747 AD | James Lind | UK (96) |
| Appendectomy | successful | 1763 AD | Claudius Aymand | France |
| Vaccination | infectious disease prevention | 1796 AD | Edward Jenner | UK (18) |
| Morphine general anesthesia | 1804 AD | Hanaoka Seishu | Japan | |
| Lighted endoscope | endoscopy | 1805 AD | Philipp Bozzini | Austria |
| Dental floss | oral hygiene | 1815 AD | Levi Spear Palmly | USA |
| Stethescope | medical listening | 1816 AD | Renae Laennec | France |