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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






2. Crane in Ancient Greece






3. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






4. 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






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






6. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






9. Burial






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






17. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






18. 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






19. 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






20. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






21. Crane in Ancient Greece






22. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






23. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






25. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






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






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






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






31. Friction Match - John Walker






32. Cloth woven from flax fiber






33. Noria in Roman Empire






34. Friction Match - John Walker






35. 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.






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






37. 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






38. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






39. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






41. 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






42. Spears in Germany






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






44. Spears in Germany






45. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






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






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






49. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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