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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Spears in Germany






2. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






3. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






4. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






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






7. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






15. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






16. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






18. Pottery






19. 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






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






21. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






23. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






24. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






25. 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.






26. Twisted rope






27. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






28. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






30. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






44. Friction Match - John Walker






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






46. 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






47. Bow






48. 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






49. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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