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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






2. Flute in Germany






3. 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






4. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






5. Spears in Germany






6. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






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






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






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






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






12. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






13. Cloth woven from flax fiber






14. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






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






18. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






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






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






22. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






23. Glue in Italy






24. Twisted rope






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






26. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






27. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






28. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






29. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






30. 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






31. 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






32. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






35. Spears in Germany






36. Friction Match - John Walker






37. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






38. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






39. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






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






43. Pottery






44. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






45. 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






46. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






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






49. Bow






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