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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






2. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






3. Twisted rope






4. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280






5. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






6. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






8. Noria in Roman Empire






9. 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.






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






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






12. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280






13. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






14. 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






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






16. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






17. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






19. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






21. Cast iron in Ancient China - Confirmed by archaeological evidence - the earliest cast iron was developed in China by the early 5th century BC during the Zhou Dynasty (1122






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






27. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






28. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






29. 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






30. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






31. 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






32. Crane in Ancient Greece






33. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






34. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






35. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






36. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






37. 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






38. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






39. 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






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






41. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






42. Flute in Germany






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






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






45. Cloth woven from flax fiber






46. DVD is an optical disc storage format - invented and developed by Philips - Sony - Toshiba - and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.






47. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






48. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






49. Pottery






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