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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Shelter construction






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






3. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






4. 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






5. 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.






6. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






8. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






9. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






10. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






15. Glue in Italy






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






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






18. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






20. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






21. 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






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






24. Twisted rope






25. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






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






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






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






30. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.






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






32. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






33. 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






34. 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






35. Bow






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






37. 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






38. Crane in Ancient Greece






39. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






40. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






41. Pottery






42. Crane in Ancient Greece






43. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






45. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






47. S






48. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






50. Lateen sail in Roman Empire