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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






3. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






4. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






5. Pigments in Zambia






6. 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.






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






8. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






9. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






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






12. 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.






13. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






14. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






15. Numerical zero in Ancient India - The concept of zero as a number - and not merely a symbol for separation is attributed toIndia. In India - practical calculations were carried out using zero - which was treated like any other number by the 9th centu






16. DVD is an optical disc storage format - invented and developed by Philips - Sony - Toshiba - and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.






17. 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






18. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






19. The tank was invented by Ernest Swinton - although the British Royal Commission on Awards recognised a South Australian named Lance de Mole who had submitted a proposal to the British War Office - for a 'chain-rail vehicle which could be easily stee






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






21. 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






22. Flute in Germany






23. Cloth woven from flax fiber






24. Greek fire in Constantinople - Byzantine Empire- Greek fire - an incendiary weapon likely based on petroleum or naphtha - was invented by Kallinikos - a Greek refugee to Constantinople - as described by Theophanes. However - the historicity and exact






25. Friction Match - John Walker






26. Noria in Roman Empire






27. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire






28. 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






29. Glue in Italy






30. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






31. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently






32. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






34. Bow






35. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard






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






37. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






38. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






39. 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






40. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






42. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire






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






44. Burial






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






49. Movable type in Ancient China - The first record of a movable type system is in the Dream Pool Essays written in 1088 - which attributed the invention of the movable type to Bi Sheng. In the 15th century - Johannes Gutenberg independently invented th






50. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.