Science Fiction Timeline

From Technovelgy, we have this spiffy Science Fiction Timeline, which charts the first mention of SF ideas.

Here’s the list to 1869, just to get you started.

1638 Weightlessness (Godwin) – first discovery of concept (from The Man in the Moone by Francis Godwin)
1726 Geometric Modeling – eighteenth century NURBS (from Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)
1726 Knowledge Engine – machine-made expertise (from Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)
1726 Bio-Energy – produce electricity from organic material (from Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)
1867 Launching Facility – in Florida (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne)
1867 Water-Springs (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne)
1867 Light Pressure Propulsion – first use of this idea (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne)
‘1867 Communicate with Extraterrestrials – first use of concept (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne)
1867 Retro-Rockets – Verne invented them! (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne)
1867 Weightlessness – true science fiction discovery (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne)
1867 Projectile-Vehicle – Verne’s spacecraft (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne)
1867 Free Return Trajectory – first mention (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne)
1867 Spashdown – the original idea (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne)
1867 Columbiad – 900 foot cannon (from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne)
1869 Flywheel Launcher (from The Brick Moon by Edward Everett Hale)