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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Flute in Germany






2. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Crane in Ancient Greece






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






19. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






20. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






21. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






22. 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






23. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






25. Pigments in Zambia






26. 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.






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






28. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






29. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






30. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






31. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






33. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






34. 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.






35. Spears in Germany






36. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






37. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






38. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






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






41. 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






42. Cloth woven from flax fiber






43. Noria in Roman Empire






44. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






45. 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






46. Noria in Roman Empire






47. Flute in Germany






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






49. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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