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






3. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






4. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






5. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






14. Shelter construction






15. Bow






16. Shelter construction






17. Burial






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. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






21. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






22. 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






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






24. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






27. Flute in Germany






28. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






29. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






31. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






33. 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






34. Noria in Roman Empire






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






36. 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.






37. Burial






38. Twisted rope






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283






43. 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






44. Eyeglasses in Italy






45. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221