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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






6. Crane in Ancient Greece






7. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






9. Bow






10. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






12. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






13. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






14. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






15. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






17. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






18. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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20. Flute in Germany






21. 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






22. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






23. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






26. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






28. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






29. 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






30. Eyeglasses in Italy






31. Twisted rope






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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






37. Twisted rope






38. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






39. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






40. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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42. 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






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






44. 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






45. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






46. Burial






47. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






48. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






49. 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.






50. Pottery