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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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






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






4. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






5. Bow






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






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






8. 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






9. Crane in Ancient Greece






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Crane in Ancient Greece






13. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






21. S






22. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






23. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






24. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






25. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






26. Noria in Roman Empire






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Fire and then cooking






34. 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






35. Friction Match - John Walker






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






37. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






38. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






39. 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






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






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






42. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






43. Glue in Italy






44. 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






45. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






48. 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






49. Shelter construction






50. 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.