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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






3. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






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






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






7. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






8. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






10. Cloth woven from flax fiber






11. 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.






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






13. Cloth woven from flax fiber






14. Flute in Germany






15. 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






16. Cast iron in Ancient China - Confirmed by archaeological evidence - the earliest cast iron was developed in China by the early 5th century BC during the Zhou Dynasty (1122






17. Fire and then cooking






18. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






19. Shelter construction






20. Glue in Italy






21. 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.






22. Pottery






23. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire






24. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






31. Noria in Roman Empire






32. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






33. Twisted rope






34. 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






35. Pigments in Zambia






36. 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






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






38. Pigments in Zambia






39. Wind power in an open air stream is thus proportional to the third power of the wind speed; the available power increases eightfold when the wind speed doubles. Wind turbines for grid electricity therefore need to be especially efficient at greater w






40. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






41. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert






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






43. Printing press in Mainz - Germany - The printing press was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 - based on existing screw presses. The first confirmed record of a press appeared in a 1439 lawsuit against Gutenberg.






44. 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






45. Burial






46. Friction Match - John Walker






47. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






48. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






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