A Timeline of Science History 0 AD - 1900

By chyatthuey
  • 150

    Ptolemy proposed the earth is the center of the solar system

    Ptolemy studied mathematics, science and geography.
  • 271

    Chinese mathematicians invented the magnetic compass

  • Nov 1, 1232

    Rockets invented in China to defend against Mongol invaders

  • Jan 1, 1508

    Leonardo da Vinci wrote notebooks on mechanics, astronomy, and his inventions.

    1508-1510
  • Jan 1, 1543

    Coperniucus formed the hypothesis that the planets revolve around the sun

  • Galileo build a 20X telescope.

    Galileo discovered craters and mountains on the moon.

  • Galileo discovered sunspots

  • Galileo called to Rome and ordered to stop supporting the Copernican theory

  • Galileo was called to Rome and told to stop supporting the Copernican theory

  • Kepler announced his 1st and 2nd Laws

  • Kepler announced his 3rd Law

  • Galileo published "Discourses Concerning Two New Sciences"

  • Pascal discovered laws of fluid pressure

  • Newton invented calculus

  • Newton published "Principia" describing the laws of motion

  • Newton published "Opticks"

  • Bernoulli proposed laws of fluid mechanics

  • Linnaeus developed taxonomy of species (bionomial nomenclature)

  • Watt invented the modern steam engine

  • Lavoiseier proposed that compounds are made of elements

  • Jenner discovered smallpox vaccine

  • Volta invented the battery

  • Ampere discovered that magnetic fields are produced by electric current

  • Dalton composed the law of definite proportions

  • Faraday and Henry discovered current is produced in a wire when moved near a magnet

  • Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber

  • Morse sent the first telegraph message

  • Darwin published "On the Origin of Species"

  • Mendel wrote a paper on heredity in plants

  • Mendeleev used a periodic table of known elements to predict properties of undiscovered elements

  • Edison invented the phonograph

  • Edison invented the electri light bulb

  • Edlison created the first large power station in NYC

  • Eastman invented the box camera

  • Hertz discovered radio waves

  • Curie and Curie announced thier discovery of radium and polonium

  • Mendel's findings in genetics were found

  • Planck proposed that energy can only be absorbed or emitted by quanta