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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






3. Wind power in an open air stream is thus proportional to the third power of the wind speed; the available power increases eightfold when the wind speed doubles. Wind turbines for grid electricity therefore need to be especially efficient at greater w






4. 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






5. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






7. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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.






11. 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






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13. 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






14. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






15. Fire and then cooking






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






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






18. 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






19. Friction Match - John Walker






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






21. 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






22. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






23. 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






24. 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






25. Crane in Ancient Greece






26. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






28. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






33. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






35. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






38. Shelter construction






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






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






41. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






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






45. Pottery






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






47. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






48. 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.






49. Shelter construction






50. Glue in Italy