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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






2. Noria in Roman Empire






3. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






5. Shelter construction






6. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






7. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Pottery






14. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






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






17. 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






18. Bow






19. Friction Match - John Walker






20. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






22. 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






23. 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






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. Cloth woven from flax fiber






26. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






27. 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






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






29. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






30. Fire and then cooking






31. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






32. 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






33. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






34. S






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






36. 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






37. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






38. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






39. 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.






40. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






41. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






43. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






44. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






45. Glue in Italy






46. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






48. 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






49. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






50. Crane in Ancient Greece