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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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.






2. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






3. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






4. Flute in Germany






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






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






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






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






9. Glue in Italy






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






11. 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






12. Glue in Italy






13. 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.






14. Pottery






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






16. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






17. Bow






18. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






20. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






21. 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






22. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert






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






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






25. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






27. 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






28. Eyeglasses in Italy






29. Pottery






30. Shelter construction






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






32. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






33. 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






34. 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.






35. Crane in Ancient Greece






36. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






37. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






38. Bow






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






40. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub






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. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






43. Friction Match - John Walker






44. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






46. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






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






49. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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