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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






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






4. Bow






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






6. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)






7. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






8. 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






9. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






10. 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.






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






12. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






13. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






15. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






16. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






17. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






18. 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.






19. 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






20. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






21. Spears in Germany






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






23. Pigments in Zambia






24. Cloth woven from flax fiber






25. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






27. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






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






30. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






31. 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






32. 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






33. Twisted rope






34. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






35. Friction Match - John Walker






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. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






38. Glue in Italy






39. Pottery






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






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






42. Fire and then cooking






43. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






44. Twisted rope






45. Burial






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






47. Spears in Germany






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






49. 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






50. 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.