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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






2. Flute in Germany






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






11. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






12. Friction Match - John Walker






13. Glue in Italy






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






15. Pigments in Zambia






16. 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






17. 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.






18. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






20. 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






21. Wind power in an open air stream is thus proportional to the third power of the wind speed; the available power increases eightfold when the wind speed doubles. Wind turbines for grid electricity therefore need to be especially efficient at greater w






22. 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






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






24. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






26. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






28. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






29. Eyeglasses in Italy






30. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






31. 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






32. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






34. Flute in Germany






35. Cloth woven from flax fiber






36. 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.






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






38. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






39. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. Spears in Germany






48. Bow






49. 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






50. Shelter construction