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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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.






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






3. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






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






7. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






8. Shelter construction






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






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






11. Pottery






12. 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






13. Spears in Germany






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






15. Noria in Roman Empire






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






17. Eyeglasses in Italy






18. 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.






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






20. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






21. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






22. 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.






23. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






25. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






27. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






28. Shelter construction






29. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






32. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






34. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






36. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






37. Cloth woven from flax fiber






38. Spears in Germany






39. Twisted rope






40. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






41. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






43. Eyeglasses in Italy






44. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Glue in Italy






50. 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