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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. 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






3. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






4. 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.






5. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






6. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






8. Fire and then cooking






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






10. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






11. 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






12. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






14. S






15. Shelter construction






16. Glue in Italy






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






21. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






24. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






26. Fire and then cooking






27. 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






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






29. Eyeglasses in Italy






30. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






31. Bow






32. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






36. Flute in Germany






37. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






40. Spears in Germany






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






42. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






43. Twisted rope






44. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






45. 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






46. 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.






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






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






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







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