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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






4. 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.






5. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






6. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






7. 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






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






9. Noria in Roman Empire






10. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






11. 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






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. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






14. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






15. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






16. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






17. Cloth woven from flax fiber






18. 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






19. Pottery






20. Flute in Germany






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






22. 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.






23. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






24. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






25. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






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






28. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






29. Shelter construction






30. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






31. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






32. 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






33. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






34. 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






35. 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






36. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






37. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






38. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






39. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






40. Burial






41. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. Spears in Germany






50. Pottery