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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. 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






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






4. Bow






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






7. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






9. 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






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






11. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






12. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






13. 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






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






15. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






16. 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






17. 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.






18. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






19. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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26. 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.






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Glue in Italy






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






33. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






35. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






38. Eyeglasses in Italy






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






44. Twisted rope






45. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






48. Pottery






49. 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






50. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221