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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






3. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






5. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






6. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






7. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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. 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






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






11. 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






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






21. 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






22. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






23. Flute in Germany






24. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






25. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






27. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






29. 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






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






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






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. Eyeglasses in Italy






34. 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






35. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert






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






37. 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






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






39. Twisted rope






40. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






41. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






42. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






43. Spears in Germany






44. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






45. 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






46. Glue in Italy






47. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






48. 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






49. Friction Match - John Walker






50. 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.






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