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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






3. Flute in Germany






4. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






5. Crane in Ancient Greece






6. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






7. 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






8. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






9. 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






10. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






11. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






13. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






14. Fire and then cooking






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






16. Spears in Germany






17. Eyeglasses in Italy






18. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






20. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






21. Fire and then cooking






22. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






23. 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






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






25. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






26. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






29. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






30. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






31. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






32. 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.






33. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






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






36. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






37. Shelter construction






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire






42. Twisted rope






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. 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.






45. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






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






48. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






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