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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






4. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






5. 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.






6. 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






7. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






9. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






10. Shelter construction






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






12. Noria in Roman Empire






13. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






15. Flute in Germany






16. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






17. 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






18. 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






19. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






20. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






21. Spears in Germany






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






23. 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.






24. Glue in Italy






25. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






26. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






27. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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35. 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






36. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






37. Eyeglasses in Italy






38. Pottery






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






40. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






42. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






43. Noria in Roman Empire






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






45. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. Bow






50. Burial