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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






2. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






3. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






4. Twisted rope






5. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






6. 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






7. 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






8. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






9. 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






10. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






11. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






12. Crane in Ancient Greece






13. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






14. Pottery






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






22. Cloth woven from flax fiber






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






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28. Spears in Germany






29. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






30. Burial






31. Pigments in Zambia






32. 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






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






34. Eyeglasses in Italy






35. Glue in Italy






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






37. Noria in Roman Empire






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Friction Match - John Walker






43. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






45. 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.






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47. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






48. 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






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






50. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison