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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. 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






3. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






5. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






6. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






9. Pottery






10. Noria in Roman Empire






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






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






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






14. Pigments in Zambia






15. 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






16. 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






17. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Spears in Germany






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






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






25. Pottery






26. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






27. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






29. Shelter construction






30. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






32. 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






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






34. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






35. 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






36. Fire and then cooking






37. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






39. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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41. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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