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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Pottery






2. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283






3. S






4. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






5. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece






6. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.






7. Banknote in Tang Dynasty China - The banknote was first developed in China during the Tang and Song dynasties - starting in the 7th century. Its roots were in merchant receipts of deposit during the Tang Dynasty (618






8. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.






9. Eyeglasses in Italy






10. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather






11. Mariner's compass (wet compass) in Ancient China - The earliest recorded use of magnetized needle for navigational purposes at sea is found in Zhu Yu's book Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 (written from 1111 to 1117). The typical Chinese navigational co






12. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)






13. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.






14. The electric light bulb was first patented in England by 1878 by Joseph Swan after having experimented since about 1850. Thomas Edison in the U.S. was working on improving the bulb patented by Swan and was granted a U.S. patent in 1879.






15. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283






16. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily






17. Crossbow in Ancient China and Ancient Greece - In Ancient China - the earliest evidence of bronze crossbow bolts dates as early as mid-5th century BC in Yutaishan - Hubei.In Ancient Greece - the terminus ante quem of the gastraphetes is 421 BC.






18. Friction Match - John Walker






19. The pattern-tracing lathe (actually more like a shaper) is completed by Thomas Blanchard for the U.S. Ordnance Dept. The lathe could copy symmetrical shapes and was used for making gun stocks - and later - ax handles. The lathe's patent was in force






20. A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device (a television - monitor - etc.) to display a video game. The term 'video game con






21. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho






22. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic






23. Mariner's compass (wet compass) in Ancient China - The earliest recorded use of magnetized needle for navigational purposes at sea is found in Zhu Yu's book Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 (written from 1111 to 1117). The typical Chinese navigational co






24. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire






25. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC






26. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






27. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire






28. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire






29. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






30. A CD-ROM (an acronym of 'Compact Disc Read-only memory') is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to - but not writable by - a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985






31. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire






32. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)






33. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280






34. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)






35. Gunpowder in Ancient China - Gunpowder was - according to prevailing academic consensus - discovered in the 9th century by Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of immortality. Evidence of gunpowder's first use in China comes from the Five Dynas






36. Bow






37. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






38. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






39. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)






40. Noria in Roman Empire






41. Cloth woven from flax fiber






42. Eyeglasses in Italy






43. Glue in Italy






44. Burial






45. Bow






46. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire






47. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






48. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)






49. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub






50. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt