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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






2. 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






3. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






4. 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.






5. Glue in Italy






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






7. Pottery






8. 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






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






11. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






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






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






15. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






17. Glue in Italy






18. Cloth woven from flax fiber






19. Flute in Germany






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






21. Crane in Ancient Greece






22. 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






23. Flute in Germany






24. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






26. Fire and then cooking






27. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






28. 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.






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






30. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






31. Pottery






32. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






33. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






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






37. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






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






40. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






41. Shelter construction






42. 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






43. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






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






46. 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






47. 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.






48. 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






49. 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






50. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece