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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






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






4. Spears in Germany






5. Flute in Germany






6. Flute in Germany






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






12. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






13. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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15. 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






16. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






17. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






18. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






19. Cloth woven from flax fiber






20. Shelter construction






21. Pottery






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






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






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. Crane in Ancient Greece






27. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






28. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






29. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






30. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






32. Noria in Roman Empire






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






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






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






36. Burial






37. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






38. Fire and then cooking






39. 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






40. 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






41. Pigments in Zambia






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






45. 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






46. Glue in Italy






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






48. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






49. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






50. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire