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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. 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






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






4. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






5. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






6. Pigments in Zambia






7. 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






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9. Cloth woven from flax fiber






10. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






12. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






13. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






19. 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.






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






21. Spiral stairs (Temple A) in Selinunte - Sicily (see also List of ancient spiral stairs)






22. 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






23. 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






24. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






26. Flute in Germany






27. 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.






28. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






29. Burial






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






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






32. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






33. Cloth woven from flax fiber






34. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






35. Shelter construction






36. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






37. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






38. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






40. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






41. Twisted rope






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. Friction Match - John Walker