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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Noria in Roman Empire






3. 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






4. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






6. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






7. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






8. 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






9. 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






10. Bow






11. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






12. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






13. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






14. 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.






15. Flute in Germany






16. Noria in Roman Empire






17. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






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






24. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






25. Twisted rope






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






27. Fire and then cooking






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






34. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






35. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






36. 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






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






38. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






40. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






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






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






45. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.