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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






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






4. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






6. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






8. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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. 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.






11. Shelter construction






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






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






15. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






18. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






19. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






21. Cloth woven from flax fiber






22. Spears in Germany






23. 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






24. 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






25. Crane in Ancient Greece






26. Glue in Italy






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






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






29. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






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






32. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






37. 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






38. Pottery






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






40. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






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






45. Fire and then cooking






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






50. Shelter construction