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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Twisted rope






2. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






4. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






5. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






7. 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.






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






9. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






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






12. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






14. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






15. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






16. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






18. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






19. Fire and then cooking






20. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






21. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






22. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






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






25. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






26. Bow






27. Crane in Ancient Greece






28. Twisted rope






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. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






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






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






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






40. Burial






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






42. 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






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






44. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






45. 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






46. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






48. Fire and then cooking






49. Eyeglasses in Italy






50. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy