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Timeline Datefinder 0 - Big Bang 3sec - Elements Form 3000000yrs - Matter Domination Era 5000bc - Copper 3500bc - Iron 450bc - Atomism 400bc - Earth, Air, Fire & Water 260bc - Archimedes 700ad - Arabic Alchemy 1020 - Arabic Medicine 1066 - Halley's Comet 1086 - Magnetic Compass 1107 - Printed Money 1155 - Printed Map 1242 - Roger Bacon 1250 - Arsenic 1332 - Distillation of Wine 1480 - Da Vinci - Parachute 1500 - Bismuth 1500 - Zinc 1510 - Copernicus 1590 - Compound Microscope 1592 - First Thermometer 1597 - Chemistry Textbook 1614 - Logarithms 1645 - Vacuums 1658 - Red Blood Cells 1662 - Boyle's Law 1665 - Newton - Annus Mirabilis 1669 - Phosphorus 1687 - Newton's Laws of Motion 1698 - Steam Powered Pump 1700 - Platinum 1737 - Longitude at Sea 1751 - Nickel 1756 - Carbon Dioxide 1766 - Hydrogen 1774 - Oxygen 1787 - Chemical Nomenclature 1798 - Vaccination 1802 - Lussac Gases 1803 - Dalton Atomic Theory 1808 - Law of Combining Volumes 1799 - Volta 1799 - Stoichiometry 1811 - Avogadros Law 1817 - Chlorophyll 1818 - Element Symbols 1823 - Dobereiner Firelighter 1828 - Organic Molecule 1833 - Electrolysis 1856 - Synthetic Dye 1859 - Evolution 1859 - Spectroscopy 1864 - Benzene 1866 - Dry Cell Battery 1867 - Dynamite 1869 - Mendeleev Periodic Table 1879 - Lightbulb 1884 - Le Chatelier 1892 - Dewar Flask 1895 - X-Rays 1897 - The Electron 1905 - Special Relativity 1908 - Helium 1911 - Atomic Theory 1911 - Polonium 1912 - Period & Luminosity 1913 - Atomic Model 1913 - Isotopes 1916 - General Relativity 1916 - Theory of Adsorption 1920 - Van Der Waals Equation 1925 - Centrifuge 1925 - Wave Mechanics 1926 - Quantum Mechanics 1927 - Lemaitre Big Bang 1927 - Uncertainty Principle 1928 - Penicillin 1935 - Nylon 1935 - Radar 1942 - Pap Stain 1945 - Nuclear Fission 1952 - Polio Vaccine 1953 - Maser 1953 - DNA 1954 - Nuclear Power Reactor 1954 - Ziegler Natta Catalysts 1955 - Vitamin B12 1956 - Synthesis of Morphine 1957 - Poly-carbonate Plastics 1958 - Superglue 1959 - Two Cultures 1960 - Laser 1960 - Contraceptive Pill 1961 - Silicon Chip 1962 - Lycra 1963 - Valium 1963 - Nuclear Shell Structure 1964 - Kevlar 1965 - NutraSweet 1966 - Synthesis of Insulin 1967 - Synthesis of DNA 1968 - Deciphering RNA 1969 - Salbutamol 1970 - Birth of String Theory 1970 - LCD 1971 - Human Growth Hormone 1972 - Butterfly Effect 1972 - Texas calculator 1972 - Synthesis of Vitamin B12 1973 - CCD Chip 1974 - Catalytic Converters 1975 - North Sea Oil 1975 - Fractals 1976 - Tagamet 1977 - Apple Computer 1977 - Conducting Polymers 1978 - p53 1978 - Genetically Engineered Insulin 1979 - Artificial Blood 1980 - RSC 1981 - STM 1982 - MRI 1983 - PCR 1984 - DNA Fingerprinting 1985 - Buckminsterfullerene 1986 - 2 in 1 Shampoo 1988 - 3D Reaction Centre 1988 - Beta Blockers 1989 - Viagra 1990 - Gene Therapy 1991 - Nuclear Fusion 1992 - Electron Transfer Theory 1993 - Taxol 1994 - Genetic Testing 1994 - Hubble 1995 - Atmospheric Chemistry 1997 - Dolly 1997 - ATP 1997 - Expansion of the Universe 1998 - Nicotine 1999 - Femtosecond Spectroscopy 2001 - Human Genome Sequenced 2001 - Gleevec 2048 - Nanotechnology 2050 - Thermonuclear Fusion
