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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






3. Noria in Roman Empire






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






5. 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






6. Spears in Germany






7. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






8. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






9. 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






10. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






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






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






15. Spears in Germany






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






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






18. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






19. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






20. Pottery






21. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






22. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






23. Twisted rope






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






25. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






26. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






28. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






33. Bow






34. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






36. Glue in Italy






37. Shelter construction






38. Friction Match - John Walker






39. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






40. 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






41. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






42. 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.






43. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






45. 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






46. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






47. 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






48. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






50. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt