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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






4. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






6. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. 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






11. Shelter construction






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. 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.






14. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






16. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






17. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






18. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






19. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






20. 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






21. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






23. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






26. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






27. 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.






28. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






29. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






31. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






36. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub






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






38. Pigments in Zambia






39. 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






40. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






41. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






43. Shelter construction






44. Glue in Italy






45. Bow






46. Fire and then cooking






47. 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.






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






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






50. Friction Match - John Walker