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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. 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






3. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






5. 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.






6. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






7. Friction Match - John Walker






8. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






9. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






10. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






11. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






12. 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






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






14. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






15. 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.






16. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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. Twisted rope






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






20. Shelter construction






21. Spears in Germany






22. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






25. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






26. 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






27. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire






28. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






39. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






42. Glue in Italy






43. Crane in Ancient Greece






44. 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.






45. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






47. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






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






50. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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