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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






4. Burial






5. 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






6. 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






7. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






8. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Eyeglasses in Italy






14. 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






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






16. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






17. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






18. 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






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






20. Pottery






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






22. 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.






23. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






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






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






27. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






28. 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.






29. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






30. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






32. Burial






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






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






35. 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






36. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






37. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






39. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






41. 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.






42. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






44. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






47. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






48. 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.






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






50. Bow