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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic






2. 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






3. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






4. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






5. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






6. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






7. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






8. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






11. 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






12. 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.






13. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic






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






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16. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






18. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






20. Flute in Germany






21. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






23. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)






28. 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.






29. Glue in Italy






30. 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






31. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






33. Friction Match - John Walker






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






41. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






43. Spears in Germany






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)






49. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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