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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






3. Multiple arch buttress dam (Esparragalejo Dam) in Hispania - Roman Empire






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. Spears in Germany






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






11. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






12. 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.






13. Friction Match - John Walker






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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






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






19. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






20. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






21. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






22. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






24. 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






25. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






26. Noria in Roman Empire






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






28. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






29. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






30. 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






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






32. Mariner's compass (wet compass) in Ancient China - The earliest recorded use of magnetized needle for navigational purposes at sea is found in Zhu Yu's book Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 (written from 1111 to 1117). The typical Chinese navigational co






33. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






34. Glue in Italy






35. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






38. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






39. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






40. Friction Match - John Walker






41. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






42. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






44. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






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






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






48. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






50. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)