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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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






3. Shelter construction






4. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






5. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






7. 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






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. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






11. Pottery






12. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






14. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






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






18. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






19. Pigments in Zambia






20. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






21. 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






22. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






23. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






24. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






26. 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






27. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






28. 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.






29. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






30. Burial






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






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






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






34. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






36. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






37. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






38. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






39. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






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






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






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






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






45. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






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49. 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






50. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt