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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. 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






3. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






5. Friction Match - John Walker






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






7. Pottery






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






9. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






12. Friction Match - John Walker






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






14. 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






15. Eyeglasses in Italy






16. Glue in Italy






17. 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






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






19. Flute in Germany






20. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






21. 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






22. 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.






23. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






24. 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






25. Noria in Roman Empire






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






30. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






31. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






32. Spears in Germany






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






34. Fire and then cooking






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






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






37. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






39. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






41. Pottery






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






43. Bow






44. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






46. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






48. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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







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