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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






7. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






8. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






9. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






18. 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.






19. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






20. 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






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






22. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






23. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






24. 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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Fire and then cooking






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






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






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






32. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






33. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Cloth woven from flax fiber






39. Glue in Italy






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






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






42. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






44. Fire and then cooking






45. Pottery






46. Shelter construction






47. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






48. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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