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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Crane in Ancient Greece






2. 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






3. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






6. Glue in Italy






7. 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






8. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






10. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






11. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






12. 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.






13. 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






14. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






15. Pottery






16. 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






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






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






19. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






20. Spears in Germany






21. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






22. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






23. 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.






24. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






26. Greek fire in Constantinople - Byzantine Empire- Greek fire - an incendiary weapon likely based on petroleum or naphtha - was invented by Kallinikos - a Greek refugee to Constantinople - as described by Theophanes. However - the historicity and exact






27. 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.






28. Fire and then cooking






29. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






30. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






31. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






32. Burial






33. Pottery






34. 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






35. 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.






36. Flute in Germany






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






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






39. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






40. 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






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






42. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






43. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






44. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






45. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






47. Bow






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






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






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