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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






2. Friction Match - John Walker






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






4. Spears in Germany






5. 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






6. 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






7. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






8. Flute in Germany






9. 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.






10. 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






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






12. Flute in Germany






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






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






15. Pottery






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






21. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






22. 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






23. 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.






24. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






25. 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






26. Bow






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






30. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






31. Bow






32. Noria in Roman Empire






33. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






34. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






35. 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






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






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






38. Noria in Roman Empire






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






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






48. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






50. Friction Match - John Walker