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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






2. Spears in Germany






3. 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






4. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






5. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






6. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






7. Noria in Roman Empire






8. 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.






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






10. 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






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






12. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






13. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






14. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. Shelter construction






19. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






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






22. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






24. 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






25. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






26. 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.






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






28. Eyeglasses in Italy






29. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






30. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






33. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






34. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






36. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






37. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






39. 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






40. Pigments in Zambia






41. Bow






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






43. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






44. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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47. 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






48. 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






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






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