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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






3. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






5. Crane in Ancient Greece






6. Twisted rope






7. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






8. 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






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






10. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






34. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






36. Crane in Ancient Greece






37. Shelter construction






38. Twisted rope






39. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Pigments in Zambia






47. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






49. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






50. 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