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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. 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.






3. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






4. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






6. Twisted rope






7. 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






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






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






10. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






11. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






12. Burial






13. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






14. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






16. Shelter construction






17. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






18. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






19. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






21. 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






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






23. 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.






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






26. Pigments in Zambia






27. Glue in Italy






28. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






29. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






30. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






35. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






36. 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






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






38. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)






39. Friction Match - John Walker






40. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






41. 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






42. 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.






43. Twisted rope






44. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






45. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






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






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






49. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






50. 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