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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






2. Twisted rope






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






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






5. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






12. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






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






20. Glue in Italy






21. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Pottery






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






29. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






30. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






31. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






32. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






33. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






34. 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






35. Gunpowder in Ancient China - Gunpowder was - according to prevailing academic consensus - discovered in the 9th century by Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of immortality. Evidence of gunpowder's first use in China comes from the Five Dynas






36. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire






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






38. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






39. Spears in Germany






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. 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






42. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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.






47. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






48. 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






49. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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