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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






3. 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






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






5. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






9. Crane in Ancient Greece






10. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






11. 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.






12. 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






13. Cloth woven from flax fiber






14. 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






15. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






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






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






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






21. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






22. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






24. Pigments in Zambia






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






26. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






28. Eyeglasses in Italy






29. Pottery






30. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






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






33. Burial






34. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






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. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






38. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






39. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






40. 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






41. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






42. Eyeglasses in Italy






43. S






44. 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






45. 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






46. A CD-ROM (an acronym of 'Compact Disc Read-only memory') is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to - but not writable by - a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985






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






48. 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






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






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







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