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2. 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.






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






7. Bow






8. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






10. 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






11. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






12. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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. Friction Match - John Walker






15. 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






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






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






18. 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.






19. Eyeglasses in Italy






20. 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






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






22. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






25. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






27. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






28. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






29. Shelter construction






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






31. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






32. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






33. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






34. 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






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






36. Twisted rope






37. 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






38. Twisted rope






39. Crane in Ancient Greece






40. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






45. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire






46. Spears in Germany






47. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






48. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






49. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






50. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire







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