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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






3. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






4. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






6. Flute in Germany






7. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






15. 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






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






17. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






20. 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






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






22. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






24. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






25. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






27. Burial






28. 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.






29. Glue in Italy






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






31. Bow






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






40. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






41. 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.






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






46. Bow






47. 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






48. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






49. 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






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