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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. Eyeglasses in Italy






11. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






12. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






13. Flute in Germany






14. Flute in Germany






15. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






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






19. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






20. 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






21. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






22. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






24. 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






25. 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






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. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






29. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






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






32. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)






33. Crane in Ancient Greece






34. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






35. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






36. Bow






37. Pottery






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






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






44. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






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






48. Spears in Germany






49. 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






50. Glue in Italy