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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






4. Spears in Germany






5. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






6. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






7. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






9. 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






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






11. 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.






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






13. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






14. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






15. 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






16. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






17. Fire and then cooking






18. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






19. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






20. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily






21. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






22. Pigments in Zambia






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Twisted rope






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






30. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






35. 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






36. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






37. Pigments in Zambia






38. 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






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






40. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






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






43. Cloth woven from flax fiber






44. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






46. 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.






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






48. Burial






49. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






50. Crane in Ancient Greece