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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Glue in Italy






2. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






4. Paddle wheel boat (in De rebus bellicis) in Roman Empire






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






6. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






7. Pottery






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






9. Twisted rope






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






11. Fire and then cooking






12. Spears in Germany






13. 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






14. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






15. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






16. 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






17. Noria in Roman Empire






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






19. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)






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






21. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. Glue in Italy






33. 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






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






35. 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.






36. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






37. Bow






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






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






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






41. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






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






45. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






50. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt