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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






2. 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






3. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






5. Pigments in Zambia






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






13. Eyeglasses in Italy






14. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






15. Crane in Ancient Greece






16. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






17. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






18. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






19. Pigments in Zambia






20. 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






21. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






22. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






24. 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






25. Spears in Germany






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






27. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






28. Fire and then cooking






29. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






30. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






31. 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






32. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






40. Crane in Ancient Greece






41. Noria in Roman Empire






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






46. Noria in Roman Empire






47. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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49. Shelter construction






50. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli