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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. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






3. 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






4. Spears in Germany






5. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






6. Bow






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






8. 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






9. Crane in Ancient Greece






10. 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.






11. Fire and then cooking






12. 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.






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






14. Fire and then cooking






15. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






16. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






17. 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






18. Glue in Italy






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






20. 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






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






22. Flute in Germany






23. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






24. Bow






25. 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






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






27. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC






28. S






29. Twisted rope






30. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






32. Shelter construction






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






34. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






35. Friction Match - John Walker






36. 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






37. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






38. Pottery






39. 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.






40. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






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






43. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






44. 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






45. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






47. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283






48. Crane in Ancient Greece






49. Burial






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