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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Noria in Roman Empire






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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.






11. Eyeglasses in Italy






12. 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






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






14. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






15. 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






16. Pottery






17. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily






18. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






19. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






20. 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






21. 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






22. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






23. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






24. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






25. 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






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27. Fire and then cooking






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






29. Twisted rope






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






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






32. Crane in Ancient Greece






33. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






36. Noria in Roman Empire






37. 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






38. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






39. 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.






40. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






42. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






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






46. Cloth woven from flax fiber






47. 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






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






49. 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






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