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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






5. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






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






9. Pottery






10. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






11. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






13. Glue in Italy






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






15. Spears in Germany






16. Twisted rope






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






18. Pigments in Zambia






19. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






21. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






23. 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






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






25. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






26. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






28. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






29. 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.






30. Friction Match - John Walker






31. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






32. 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.






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






34. Glue in Italy






35. 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






36. 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






37. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






38. 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






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






40. Flute in Germany






41. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






48. Friction Match - John Walker






49. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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