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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






2. 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






3. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






4. 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






5. 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






6. Cloth woven from flax fiber






7. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






8. Spears in Germany






9. Twisted rope






10. Glue in Italy






11. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






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






14. 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.






15. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






16. 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.






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






18. 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






19. Pigments in Zambia






20. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






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






23. Friction Match - John Walker






24. 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.






25. Flute in Germany






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






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






28. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






30. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






32. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






34. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






35. 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






36. Burial






37. Shelter construction






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39. 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






40. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






43. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






45. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






47. Greek fire in Constantinople - Byzantine Empire- Greek fire - an incendiary weapon likely based on petroleum or naphtha - was invented by Kallinikos - a Greek refugee to Constantinople - as described by Theophanes. However - the historicity and exact






48. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






49. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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