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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






3. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






5. 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.






6. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






7. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






8. 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.






9. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






10. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






11. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






19. 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.






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






21. Pottery






22. 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






23. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






24. 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






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






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






27. Bow






28. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






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






32. Noria in Roman Empire






33. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert






34. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






35. 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






36. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






37. Fire and then cooking






38. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






39. 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






40. Burial






41. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






42. 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






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






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






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46. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






48. Crane in Ancient Greece






49. 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






50. 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.