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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






2. Fire and then cooking






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. Shelter construction






7. Twisted rope






8. 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






9. Fire and then cooking






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






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






12. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






13. 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






14. 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






15. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






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






19. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






20. Cloth woven from flax fiber






21. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






22. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






23. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






24. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






25. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






26. 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.






27. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






28. 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






29. Pottery






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






31. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






34. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






35. Spears in Germany






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






37. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






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






40. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






41. Pottery






42. Cloth woven from flax fiber






43. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






44. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. Noria in Roman Empire






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