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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






2. 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






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






4. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)






5. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






7. 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






8. Noria in Roman Empire






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






10. Twisted rope






11. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






19. Pigments in Zambia






20. Burial






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






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






23. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






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






27. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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29. Pottery






30. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






37. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






38. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






39. Burial






40. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






42. 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






43. Friction Match - John Walker






44. 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






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






46. Flute in Germany






47. 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






48. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






50. Glue in Italy