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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






4. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






5. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






6. Crane in Ancient Greece






7. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






8. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






9. Twisted rope






10. 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.






11. Pigments in Zambia






12. 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.






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






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






15. Spears in Germany






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






17. 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






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19. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






21. Bow






22. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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. 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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






31. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






32. Spears in Germany






33. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






35. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






36. Friction Match - John Walker






37. Pottery






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






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






40. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






42. Printing press in Mainz - Germany - The printing press was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 - based on existing screw presses. The first confirmed record of a press appeared in a 1439 lawsuit against Gutenberg.






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






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






45. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






46. 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






47. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






49. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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