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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






2. 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.






3. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






4. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






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






8. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






9. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






11. Crane in Ancient Greece






12. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






14. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






18. 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






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. 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






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






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






23. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






24. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






25. Fire and then cooking






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






27. Crossbow in Ancient China and Ancient Greece - In Ancient China - the earliest evidence of bronze crossbow bolts dates as early as mid-5th century BC in Yutaishan - Hubei.In Ancient Greece - the terminus ante quem of the gastraphetes is 421 BC.






28. 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






29. Pottery






30. Fire and then cooking






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






32. Noria in Roman Empire






33. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub






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






35. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






36. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






38. 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






39. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






42. Friction Match - John Walker






43. Bow






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






45. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






46. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






47. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






48. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






50. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire