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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. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






3. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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. 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






6. 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






7. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






15. Spears in Germany






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






17. Twisted rope






18. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






24. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






25. 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






26. Pottery






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






28. 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






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30. 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.






31. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub






32. Cloth woven from flax fiber






33. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






35. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






36. Flute in Germany






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






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






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






40. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






42. 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.






43. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






45. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






46. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard






47. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






48. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






49. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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