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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. 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






3. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






4. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






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






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






8. Eyeglasses in Italy






9. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






11. 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






12. Crane in Ancient Greece






13. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






14. Flute in Germany






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






16. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






18. Pigments in Zambia






19. 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






20. Pottery






21. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






22. 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






23. Bow






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






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






26. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






27. 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






28. 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






29. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






31. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






32. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






33. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






36. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






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






39. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






40. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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42. Cloth woven from flax fiber






43. 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






44. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






46. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






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






50. 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