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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Pottery






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






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5. Fire and then cooking






6. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






7. Flute in Germany






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. 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






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






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






12. Pottery






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






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






15. Shelter construction






16. 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






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






18. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






19. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






20. Spears in Germany






21. Glue in Italy






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






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






24. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






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






27. Pigments in Zambia






28. Glue in Italy






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






30. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






32. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






33. 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






34. Banknote in Tang Dynasty China - The banknote was first developed in China during the Tang and Song dynasties - starting in the 7th century. Its roots were in merchant receipts of deposit during the Tang Dynasty (618






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






36. Twisted rope






37. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






39. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






41. 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






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






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






44. A CD-ROM (an acronym of 'Compact Disc Read-only memory') is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to - but not writable by - a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985






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






46. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






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. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






50. 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