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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






2. Pottery






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






4. 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






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






6. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






7. Eyeglasses in Italy






8. 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.






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






10. 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






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






12. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






13. 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






14. Friction Match - John Walker






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






16. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






17. S






18. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






20. Glue in Italy






21. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






22. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






23. 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






24. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






26. Twisted rope






27. Eyeglasses in Italy






28. 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






29. 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






30. Noria in Roman Empire






31. 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






32. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






34. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






40. Bow






41. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






42. Pigments in Zambia






43. 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






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






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






46. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






49. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






50. Cloth woven from flax fiber