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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






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






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






5. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






6. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






7. Crane in Ancient Greece






8. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






9. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






10. Glue in Italy






11. 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.






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






13. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






14. Burial






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






16. 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






17. Cloth woven from flax fiber






18. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






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






21. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






22. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






23. 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.






24. Bow






25. 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.






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






27. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. Bow






36. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






37. Flute in Germany






38. Twisted rope






39. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






40. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






41. 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






42. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






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






45. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






46. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






48. Pottery






49. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






50. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.