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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. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






3. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






4. 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.






5. 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






6. Pottery






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






8. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. Noria in Roman Empire






13. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






15. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Shelter construction






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






22. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






23. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






24. 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






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






26. Noria in Roman Empire






27. Spears in Germany






28. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






29. 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






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






31. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






33. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






35. Shelter construction






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






37. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






39. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






42. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard






43. 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






44. Bow






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






46. Twisted rope






47. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






49. 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






50. 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