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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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






3. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






4. 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






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






6. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






7. Twisted rope






8. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






9. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






10. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






11. 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






12. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






13. Burial






14. Shelter construction






15. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






17. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






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






20. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






21. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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






26. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






27. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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29. 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






30. 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.






31. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






32. 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






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






34. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






35. Flute in Germany






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






37. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






38. 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






39. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






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






42. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






43. Shelter construction






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






45. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






46. 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






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






48. Bow






49. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






50. 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