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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






3. 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






4. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






5. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






6. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






14. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






15. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






16. 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






17. Fire and then cooking






18. Eyeglasses in Italy






19. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire






20. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






21. Spears in Germany






22. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






23. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283






24. Crane in Ancient Greece






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. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






28. 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






29. Pottery






30. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






31. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






45. Friction Match - John Walker






46. Friction Match - John Walker






47. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






48. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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