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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Noria in Roman Empire






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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






5. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Cloth woven from flax fiber






14. Burial






15. 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






16. Pigments in Zambia






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






18. Pottery






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






20. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






21. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






22. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






24. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






25. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






26. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






27. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






29. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






30. Cast iron in Ancient China - Confirmed by archaeological evidence - the earliest cast iron was developed in China by the early 5th century BC during the Zhou Dynasty (1122






31. Glue in Italy






32. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






33. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






34. 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






35. 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






36. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






37. Noria in Roman Empire






38. Bow






39. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






40. 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






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






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






43. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






44. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






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






48. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






49. Burial






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