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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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






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






4. Cloth woven from flax fiber






5. 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.






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






7. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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. 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






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






12. Noria in Roman Empire






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






14. 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






15. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






16. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






17. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






18. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






19. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






28. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






30. Eyeglasses in Italy






31. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






32. 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






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






34. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






35. 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






36. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






37. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






41. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






42. 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.






43. Crane in Ancient Greece






44. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280






45. Friction Match - John Walker






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






47. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






48. 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






49. Shelter construction






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