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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






3. 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.






4. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. Crane in Ancient Greece






9. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






10. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






11. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






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






15. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






17. Noria in Roman Empire






18. Pottery






19. Flute in Germany






20. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






22. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






24. Bow






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






26. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






27. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






28. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






30. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






31. Glue in Italy






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






33. 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






34. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






37. Shelter construction






38. Spears in Germany






39. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






40. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






41. 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






42. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






43. S






44. Cloth woven from flax fiber






45. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






48. 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






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






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






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