Notable Inventions of the 9th and 10th Centuries
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.
700-1000: Spinning wheel in India
800-850: Quadrant: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (Algorismi)
800-850: Mural instrument: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
800-850: Sine quadrant: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
800-850: Horary quadrant: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
800-850: Alhidade: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
800-857: Under-arm deodorant: Ziryab
800-857: Beauty parlour: Ziryab
800-857: Bangs: Ziryab
800-857: Chemical depilatory: Ziryab
800-873: Valve: Banu Musa in Iraq
800-873: Float valve: Banu Musa
800-873: Feedback controller: Banu Musa
800-873: Float chamber: Banu Musa
800-873: Automatic control: Banu Musa
800-873: Automatic flute player: Banu Musa
800-873: Programmable machine: Banu Musa
800-873: Trick drinking vessels: Banu Musa
800-873: Gas mask: Banu Musa
800-873: Grab: Banu Musa
800-873: Clamshell grab: Banu Musa
800-873: Fail-safe system: Banu Musa
800-873: Mechanical musical instrument: Banu Musa
800-873: Hydropowered organ: Banu Musa
800-873: Hurricane lamp: Banu Musa
800-873: Self-feeding oil lamp: Banu Musa
800-873: Self-trimming oil lamp: Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Shakir
800-1000: Wind powered gristmills in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
800-1000: Sugar refinery in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
800-1000: Metal block printing in Egypt
c. 800-1000: Switch: Arabic engineers
800s: Stonepaste ceramics in Iraq
800s: Black powder in China
800s: Gunpowder in China
800s: Water turbine in the Arab Empire
800s: Universal sundial in Baghdad
800s: Universal horary dial in Baghdad
800s: Vertical-axle windmill in Afghanistan
800s: Naphtha in Azerbaijan
800s: Oil well in Azerbaijan
801-873: Pure alcohol: Al-Kindi (Alkindus)
801-1000: Municipal solid waste handling: Al-Kindi, Qusta ibn Luqa, Muhammad ibn Zakariya Razi, Ibn Al-Jazzar, al-Masihi
810-887: Glass from stones: Abbas Ibn Firnas in al-Andalus
810-887: Eye glasses: Abbas Ibn Firnas
810-887: Clear colourless high-purity glass: Abbas Ibn Firnas
810-887: Metronome: Abbas Ibn Firnas
810-887: Artificial weather simulation: Abbas Ibn Firnas
813-833: Medical school: Al-Ma'mun
827: Mechanical singing bird automaton: Al-Ma'mun
836-1000: Erectile dysfunction treatment: Muhammad ibn Zakariya Razi, Thabit bin Qurra (Thebit), Ibn Al-Jazzar
853-929: Observation tube: Muhammad ibn Jabir al-Harrani al-Battani (Albatenius)
852: Parachute: Abbas Ibn Firnas in al-Andalus
859: University: Princess Fatima al-Fihri
875: Hang glider: Abbas Ibn Firnas
875: Artificial wing: Abbas Ibn Firnas
875: Flight control frame: Abbas Ibn Firnas
c. 865-900: Kerosene: Muhammad ibn Zakariya Razi (Rhazes) in Iraq
865-925: Hard soap: Muhammad ibn Zakariya Razi
865-925: Chemotherapy: Muhammad ibn Zakariya Razi
865-925: Antiseptic: Muhammad ibn Zakariya Razi
900s: Banknote in China
900s: Fire lance in China
900s: Gun in China
900s: Milling factory in Baghdad
900s: Cartographic grid in Baghdad
900s: Graph paper in the Arab Empire
900s: Horizontal-axle windmill in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
903-986: Timekeeping astrolabe: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi)
904: Fire Arrow in China
919: Double-piston flamethrower in China
984: Pound lock: Qiao Weiyo
953: Fountain pen: Al-Muizz Lideenillah of Egypt
960-1000: Restaurant in China and Arab Empire
994: Astronomical sextant: Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi in Persia
996: Geared mechanical astrolabe: Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
Almucantar quadrant: Arabic astronomers
Navigational astrolabe: Arabic astronomers
Vertical sundial: Arabic astronomers
Polar sundial: Arabic astronomers
Coffee: Khalid in Ethiopia
Shaving soap: Arabic chemists
Plumb line: Arabic engineers
Reed level: Arabic engineers
Triangulation: Arabic engineers
Geared gristmill: Arabic engineers
Shatranj in Persia
Paned window in the Arab Empire
Street lamp in the Arab Empire
Sherbet in the Arab Empire
Soft drink in the Arab Empire
Syrup in the Arab Empire
Mercury escapement mechanism in the Middle East
Bridge dam in Iran
Milling dam in Iran
Diversion dam in Iraq
Public library in the Arab Empire
Lending library in the Arab Empire
Library catalog in the Arab Empire
Firecracker in China
Snakes and ladders in India