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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. 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.






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






4. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






5. 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






6. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






8. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






9. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






10. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






11. Cloth woven from flax fiber






12. 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






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






14. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






15. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






16. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






18. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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






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






24. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






25. 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.






26. 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






27. Friction Match - John Walker






28. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






29. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC






30. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






32. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






33. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






34. Bow






35. Fire and then cooking






36. Spears in Germany






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






38. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






39. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






40. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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






43. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






44. 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






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






46. Bow






47. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC






48. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






49. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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