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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






4. 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.






5. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






6. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






8. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






9. Friction Match - John Walker






10. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






11. 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






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






13. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






14. 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






15. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






17. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






18. Bow






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






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






21. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






22. 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.






23. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






24. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






25. 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






26. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






28. Crane in Ancient Greece






29. Friction Match - John Walker






30. Pigments in Zambia






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






32. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






33. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






35. 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






36. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






43. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






44. S






45. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






50. 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