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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






3. S






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






11. Shelter construction






12. Pottery






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






14. Burial






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






16. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






18. 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






19. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)






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






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






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






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






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






25. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






26. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






28. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






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






31. Twisted rope






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






36. Glue in Italy






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






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






39. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






40. 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






41. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)






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






43. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






44. 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






45. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






47. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






49. 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






50. Bow