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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






5. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






6. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






7. Pottery






8. 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






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






10. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






12. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. Burial






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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






24. S






25. Cloth woven from flax fiber






26. Spears in Germany






27. Fire and then cooking






28. Burial






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






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






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






32. Twisted rope






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Shelter construction






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






44. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






45. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






46. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






48. 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.






49. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






50. Glue in Italy