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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Twisted rope






3. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






4. Pigments in Zambia






5. Fire and then cooking






6. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






7. 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






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






9. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






11. Spears in Germany






12. 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






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






14. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






15. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






16. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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18. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






20. Pigments in Zambia






21. Burial






22. Eyeglasses in Italy






23. Flute in Germany






24. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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.






30. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert






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






32. Flute in Germany






33. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert






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






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






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






37. Shelter construction






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






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






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






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






42. Noria in Roman Empire






43. Cloth woven from flax fiber






44. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






45. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






46. Burial






47. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






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