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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






3. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






4. 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






5. Pottery






6. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






7. 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.






8. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






9. 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.






10. Noria in Roman Empire






11. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






12. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






13. 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.






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






15. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Shelter construction






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






22. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283






23. Crane in Ancient Greece






24. 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






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






26. Bow






27. 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






28. 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






29. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






31. Fire and then cooking






32. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






33. Pigments in Zambia






34. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






37. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






38. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






41. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






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






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






45. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






46. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






47. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






48. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






49. 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






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