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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Glue in Italy






2. 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






3. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






4. Pigments in Zambia






5. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






6. S






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






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






9. Bow






10. 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






11. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






12. Cloth woven from flax fiber






13. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






14. 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






15. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






16. 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.






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






18. Glue in Italy






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






27. Cloth woven from flax fiber






28. Burial






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






30. Pottery






31. 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






32. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






35. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






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






38. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






39. 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






40. Twisted rope






41. 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.






42. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






43. Crane in Ancient Greece






44. Fire and then cooking






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






46. 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






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






48. Noria in Roman Empire






49. Noria in Roman Empire






50. Spears in Germany