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378 BCE
Alarm clock
In 378 BC, Plato builds an alarm clock and installs it in the olive grove of his academy, to awaken his disciples.
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3 BCE
The clepsydra
In the third century BC, Ktesibios invented another clepsydra or water clock Also in this century, Philo of Byzantium builds an automatic system for regulating the oil level of a lamp.
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1 CE
A wine dispenser, an odometer, automatic mechanism to open the doors of a temple, eolipila, steam machine
Towards the middle of the first century AD, Herón de Alejandría
designed several automatic devices: a wine dispenser, an odometer (to measure the distance traveled by an object) or an automatic mechanism to open the doors of a temple. It also builds eolipila, a steam engine prototype.
https://www.muyhistoria.es/curiosidades/preguntas-respuestas/icomo-funcionaba-el-primer-cuentakilometros
https://www.taringa.net/+info/el-invento-de-heron-que-convertia-el-vino-en-agua_g79zd -
830
First automaton
In 830 Theophilus of Byzantium builds the first automaton: an object
that moves by itself.
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1240
Artificial eagle capable of moving the wings and the beak.
In 1240 Willard de Honnecourt collects in his book Builders Guild the
design of an artificial eagle capable of moving the wings and the beak.
https://sites.google.com/site/anonymousspynet/cronologia?tmpl=%2Fsystem%2Fapp%2Ftemplates%2Fprint%2F&showPrintDialog=1 -
1352
Strasbourg Rooster
In 1352 theis built Strasbourg Rooster, an automaton that runs until
1752, and is still preserved as part of the cathedral of this city. https://pgalvisvera.wordpress.com/la-electricidad/ -
First calculating machine
In 1642 Blaise Pascal invented the first calculating machine.
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First automatism in History programmed with punch cards
In 1737 Vaucanson performs “The Pied Piper”, the first automatism in History programmed with punch cards, and that was able to interpret up to 12 different melodies.
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"The duck''
The following year, create another automaton:
"The duck." In 1845, Vaucanson applied the perforated card to direct
looms, creating the first automatic loom.
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Spinning machine
In 1767 the Englishman Richard Arkwright patents the continuous
spinning machine.
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Automatic flour mill
In 1785, miller Oliver Evans designed and built an automatic flour mill in the American city of Delaware. Forklifts and conveyor belts raised the wheat to the top of the mill and then made it easier to sift and put the flour into sacks. With only two millers, the whole process of obtaining and packing the flour was controlled.
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/grandes-invenciones-del-siglo-xviii-y-xix-1760-1840 -
The centrifugal regulator
In 1789 James Watt patented the centrifugal regulator, a device that allowed to control the speed of the steam engine, improving its safety. It is the first example of feedback. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulador_centr%C3%ADfugo -
Automatic loom
In 1801 Joseph Marie Jacquard invented an automatic loom that used punch cards.
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Pulleys with a machine built by them
In 1808 English engineers Maudslay and Brunel serially manufactured 130,000 pulleys with a machine built by them. With it, only 10 unskilled operators were needed, compared to the 110 they would have needed before.
https://angelmicelti.github.io/4ESO/CYR/1_historia_de_la_automtica.html
