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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Eyeglasses in Italy






2. 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






3. Cloth woven from flax fiber






4. 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






5. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






7. 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






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






9. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






10. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






11. 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






12. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






15. Glue in Italy






16. 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.






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






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






19. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






20. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






21. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






22. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






25. 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






26. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






27. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






28. 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






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






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






31. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






39. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






41. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






43. 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.






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






45. Fire and then cooking






46. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






47. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






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






50. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy