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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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






3. Flute in Germany






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Shelter construction






9. Glue in Italy






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






11. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






12. 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






13. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






15. Burial






16. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






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






19. 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






20. Burial






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






22. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






25. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






26. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






27. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






28. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






30. 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






31. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






32. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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34. Flute in Germany






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






36. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






37. 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.






38. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






39. 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






40. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire






41. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






42. Eyeglasses in Italy






43. Eyeglasses in Italy






44. Bow






45. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






46. 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






47. Noria in Roman Empire






48. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






49. 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






50. Bow