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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Bow






3. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






4. 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






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






6. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






7. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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. Twisted rope






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






11. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






12. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






13. 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






14. Crane in Ancient Greece






15. Eyeglasses in Italy






16. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






17. 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






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






19. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






20. Glue in Italy






21. 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






22. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






23. Shelter construction






24. Burial






25. S






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Spears in Germany






31. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






33. Pottery






34. 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






35. 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.






36. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






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






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






41. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






42. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






44. 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






45. 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.






46. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Cloth woven from flax fiber