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Jâbir ibn Hayyân: Contribution à l'histoire des idées scientifiques dans l'Islam. I. Le corpus des écrits jâbiriens. II. Jâbir et la science grecque
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Mason, Robert B. (1995). "New Looks at Old Pots: Results of Recent Multidisciplinary Studies of Glazed Ceramics from the Islamic World".
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300 – Greek alchemist Zomius, summarizing the work of Egyptian alchemists, describes arsenic and lead acetate
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system developed by Charles Lewton-Brain to produce complex three dimensional forms rapidly from sheet metal
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900 – First systematic classification of chemical substances appears in the works attributed to
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900 – Abū Bakr al-Rāzī describes the preparation of plaster of Paris and metallic antimony
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1664 – In the pipes supplying water to the gardens at Versailles, cast iron is used
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described in the works attributed to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (Latin: Geber)
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are developed in the Netherlands and used for the first time in
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is the oldest surviving example of corrosion-resistant steel
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is invented and copper is used for ornamentation (see
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28,000 BC – People wear beads, bracelets, and pendants
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superconducting quantum interference device invented
1247:(4th ed.). University of Pennsylvania Press. 959:invented a fibre that would later become known as 1294: 1866: 1136:Muqarnas: Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture 1242: 1178: 201:describes low-water-content method for mixing 1280: 998:developed which resist oxidation in chlorides 923:(AOD) refining invented by scientists at the 185:50s BC – Glassblowing techniques flourish in 1179:Karpenko, Vladimír; Norris, John A. (2002). 354:, a clear soda-based glass, is invented by 1287: 1273: 1201: 417:makes iron with coke, a derivative of coal 168:introduce dyes made from the purple murex. 1211:Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 588:for mass production of steel patented by 460:Johann Gottlieb Gahn discovers manganese 1129: 1127: 463:Karl Wilhelm Scheele discovers chlorine 1867: 887:which greatly improve the strength of 827:– Dislocations in metals confirmed by 329:1000 – Gunpowder is developed in China 1268: 1181:"Vitriol in the History of Chemistry" 1133: 1112: 1067:List of inventions named after people 1018:molecule discovered by scientists at 624:developed and soon used to weld rails 1739:Noisy intermediate-scale quantum era 1124: 1110: 1108: 1106: 1104: 1102: 1100: 1098: 1096: 1094: 1092: 849:– First commercial application of a 597:– Color photography demonstrated by 26: 1142:. Brill Academic Publishers: 1–10. 367:publishes first systematic book on 13: 1057:Timeline of scientific discoveries 874:seen for the first time using the 804:coating of glass was developed by 158:beginning to be used in China and 14: 1891: 1120:. The Southwestern Company. 2009. 1089: 457:Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen 323: 208: 1849: 1848: 751:coefficient of thermal expansion 30: 1062:Timeline of historic inventions 1037:high temperature superconductor 628: 502: 407: 126:13th century BC – Invention of 1236: 1195: 1172: 1: 1245:Ten thousand years of pottery 1082: 291: 1027:Timeline of carbon nanotubes 921:Argon oxygen decarburization 713:– Method for growing single 7: 1661:Cosmic microwave background 1050: 910:with 6% efficiency made at 10: 1896: 749:, a glass with a very low 745:invented by scientists at 727:1919 – The merchant ship 1844: 1783: 1747: 1704: 1653: 1617: 1461: 1307: 925:Union Carbide Corporation 495:made from copper/zinc by 435:and charcoal patented by 1243:Emmanuel Cooper (2000). 936:process patented by the 841:point-contact transistor 663:Jacques E. 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Index

materials technology
incomplete
adding missing items
pottery
Jōmon
6th millennium BC
Copper
metallurgy
Pločnik
2nd millennium BC
Bronze
weapons
armor
Hittites
iron metallurgy
steel
iron
charcoal
Glass
ancient Near East
1st millennium BC
Pewter
Egypt
Phoenicians
Wootz steel
crucible steel
ancient India
Phoenicia
Roman
architect

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