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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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.






7. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






9. Flute in Germany






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






11. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






12. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






13. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






15. 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






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






17. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






18. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






19. 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






20. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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.






27. 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






28. Noria in Roman Empire






29. Burial






30. Shelter construction






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






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






33. Bow






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






35. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






36. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






37. 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.






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39. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






41. Pottery






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






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






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






45. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






46. 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.






47. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






48. 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






49. Pottery






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