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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Cloth woven from flax fiber






2. 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






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






4. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






5. 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.






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






7. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






10. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






11. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






14. 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






15. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






17. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






18. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






19. Fire and then cooking






20. 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






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22. 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.






23. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






26. 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.






27. Fire and then cooking






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






29. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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






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






33. Flute in Germany






34. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






36. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






37. 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






38. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






39. Flute in Germany






40. Twisted rope






41. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






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






46. Noria in Roman Empire






47. 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.






48. 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






49. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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