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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






3. 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






4. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






5. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






6. 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






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






8. Eyeglasses in Italy






9. 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






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






11. Spears in Germany






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






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






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






16. Crane in Ancient Greece






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






25. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






26. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






27. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






28. 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.






29. 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






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






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






32. Pigments in Zambia






33. 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






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






35. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






36. Flute in Germany






37. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






38. 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






39. Burial






40. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






41. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






42. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Pigments in Zambia






49. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






50. 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