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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






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






4. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






5. Noria in Roman Empire






6. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






10. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






11. Flute in Germany






12. Cloth woven from flax fiber






13. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






14. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






15. 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






16. Cloth woven from flax fiber






17. Shelter construction






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






19. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






22. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






23. 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






24. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






27. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






28. 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.






29. Twisted rope






30. Burial






31. 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






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. 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






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






35. Fire and then cooking






36. 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






37. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






40. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






41. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






44. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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46. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






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






50. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic