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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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.






2. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






3. Glue in Italy






4. 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






5. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






6. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






7. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






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






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






12. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






13. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






14. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






15. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






17. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






19. Crossbow in Ancient China and Ancient Greece - In Ancient China - the earliest evidence of bronze crossbow bolts dates as early as mid-5th century BC in Yutaishan - Hubei.In Ancient Greece - the terminus ante quem of the gastraphetes is 421 BC.






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






26. 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






27. Fire and then cooking






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






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






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






31. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






32. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






33. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






35. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






36. Burial






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






38. Pigments in Zambia






39. Friction Match - John Walker






40. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






41. 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






42. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






44. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






46. Twisted rope






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






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






49. 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






50. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain