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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






3. Friction Match - John Walker






4. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






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






7. Noria in Roman Empire






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






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10. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub






11. Bow






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






13. Pottery






14. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






15. 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






16. Spears in Germany






17. 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






18. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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20. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






22. Fire and then cooking






23. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






24. 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






25. Eyeglasses in Italy






26. Fire and then cooking






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






28. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






29. 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






30. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






32. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






33. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






34. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






39. Pottery






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






41. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






42. 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






43. Flute in Germany






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






45. Crane in Ancient Greece






46. Pigments in Zambia






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






48. 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






49. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






50. Buttress dam in Roman Empire







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