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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






3. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






4. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






5. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






6. Friction Match - John Walker






7. A CD-ROM (an acronym of 'Compact Disc Read-only memory') is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to - but not writable by - a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985






8. 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.






9. 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






10. Twisted rope






11. Pottery






12. Glue in Italy






13. 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






14. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






15. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






16. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






17. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






19. A CD-ROM (an acronym of 'Compact Disc Read-only memory') is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to - but not writable by - a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






26. 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






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






28. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






29. Crane in Ancient Greece






30. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






31. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






32. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






33. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






34. 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






35. Pottery






36. 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






37. Bow






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. Noria in Roman Empire






45. S






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. 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






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