Notable Inventions of the 13th Century
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.
c. 1200: Glass mirror in Europe
c. 1200: Combination lock: Al-Jazari in Iraq (Mesopotamia)
1206: Bolted joint lock
1206: Clock automaton: Al-Jazari
1206: Flow control regulator: Al-Jazari
1206: Closed-loop system: Al-Jazari
1206: Elephant clock: Al-Jazari
1206: Hand washing device: Al-Jazari
1206: Kitchen appliance: Al-Jazari
1206: Camshaft: Al-Jazari
1206: Connecting rod: Al-Jazari
1206: Segmental gear: Al-Jazari
1206: Suction pipe: Al-Jazari
1206: Suction piston pump: Al-Jazari
1206: Reciprocating piston motion: Al-Jazari
1206: Double-acting engine: Al-Jazari
1206: Humanoid robot: Al-Jazari
1206: Programmable robot: Al-Jazari
1206: Programmable analog computer: Al-Jazari
1206: Automatic gate: Al-Jazari
1206: Pointer: Al-Jazari
1206: Hydropowered water supply system: Al-Jazari
1206: Geared water supply system: Al-Jazari
1206: Laminate: Al-Jazari
1206: Mechanical template: Al-Jazari
1206: Paper model: Al-Jazari
1206: Calibration: Al-Jazari
1206: Sand casting: Al-Jazari
1206: Emery powder: Al-Jazari
1206: Crankshaft-driven chain pump: Al-Jazari
1206: Hydropowered saqiya chain pump: Al-Jazari
1206: Intermittent working: Al-Jazari
1206: Hour hand: Al-Jazari
1232: Rocket launcher in China
1235: Geared astrolabe with analog computer calendar: Abi Bakr of Isfahan
1259: Research institute: Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī
1259: Observatory institution: Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī
1260: Hand cannon in Egypt
1260: Explosive gunpowder in Egypt
1260: Explosive cannon in Egypt
1260: Handgun in Egypt
1260: Portable firearm in Egypt
1260: Cartridge in Egypt
1260: Dissolve talc in Egypt
1260: Fire protection in Egypt
1260: Fireproof clothing in Egypt
1270: Pure saltpetre: Hasan al-Rammah of Syria
1271-1273: Ballistic weapon: Alaaddin and Ismail in the Middle East
1271-1273: Ballistic war machine: Alaaddin and Ismail in the Middle East
1274: Siege cannon: Abu Yaqub Yusuf
1275: Torpedo: Hasan al-Rammah of Syria
1275: Restaurant menu in China
1277: Land mine: Lou Qianxia in China
c. 1296: Astronomical compass: Yemeni sultan al-Ashraf
1297-1298: Wooden movable type printing: Wang Zhen of China
Caravel in Al-Andalus
Crankshaft-driven screw: Arabic engineers
Crankshaft-driven screwpump: Arabic engineers
Sandpaper in China
Solid-fuel rocket in China
Condom in Italy
Buttonhole in Germany