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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. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






4. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






9. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






12. Pottery






13. 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






14. Bow






15. 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.






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






17. 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






18. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






19. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






20. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






21. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






22. Flute in Germany






23. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






25. Shelter construction






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






27. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






28. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






31. 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






32. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






40. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






42. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






43. Crane in Ancient Greece






44. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






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. Cloth woven from flax fiber






48. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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