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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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.






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






6. 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






7. Pointed arch bridge (Karamagara Bridge) in Cappadocia - Eastern Roman Empire






8. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece






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






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






11. Pottery






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






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






14. 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






15. Bow






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






17. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






18. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






19. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC






20. Pottery






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






22. Glue in Italy






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






24. Eyeglasses in Italy






25. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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28. 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






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






30. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






40. Noria in Roman Empire






41. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






43. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






44. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






49. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






50. 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