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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Twisted rope






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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






6. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






7. Pigments in Zambia






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






9. Twisted rope






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






11. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






12. Pigments in Zambia






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






19. 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






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






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






22. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






24. 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.






25. Noria in Roman Empire






26. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






27. Bow






28. Shelter construction






29. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






30. 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.






31. Glue in Italy






32. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






33. Burial






34. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






37. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






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






41. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






43. Bow






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






45. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






47. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






50. 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.