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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Fire and then cooking






2. Bow






3. Twisted rope






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






5. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






6. Burial






7. Pigments in Zambia






8. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






9. 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






10. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






11. 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






12. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






13. Friction Match - John Walker






14. 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






15. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






17. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






18. 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.






19. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






20. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






21. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






22. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






24. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






26. 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






27. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






28. Glue in Italy






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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. Flute in Germany






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






36. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






37. 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






38. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






40. 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






41. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






42. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






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






45. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






48. S






49. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






50. Flute in Germany