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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






2. Crane in Ancient Greece






3. 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






4. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






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






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






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






9. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






10. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






11. 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.






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






13. Fire and then cooking






14. Crane in Ancient Greece






15. Twisted rope






16. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






17. 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






18. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






19. 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






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






21. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280






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






23. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. Spears in Germany






28. Burial






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






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






31. Shelter construction






32. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






33. Pigments in Zambia






34. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280






35. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






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






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






39. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






41. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






42. Friction Match - John Walker






43. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






45. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.