Notable Inventions of the 14th Century

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Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several inventors around the same time, or may be invented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first working version of the invention is used here.

1304-1375: Astrolabic clock: Ibn al-Shatir

1304-1375: Compendium instrument: Ibn al-Shatir

1304-1375: Compass dial: Ibn al-Shatir

1350: Rope bridge in Peru

1355: Bombard: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji

1355: Booster: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji

1355: Matchlock: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji

1355: Multistage rocket: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji

1355: Naval mine: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji

1355: Round shot: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji

1355: Shell: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji

1355: Wheellock: Jiao Yu and Liu Ji

1371: Polar-axis sundial: Ibn al-Shatir

32-point compass rose in the Arab world

Musket in China

Spherical astrolabe in the Middle East