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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






3. Flute in Germany






4. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






5. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






6. Burial






7. 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.






8. 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






9. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






10. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






11. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






13. Pigments in Zambia






14. Spears in Germany






15. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






17. Flute in Germany






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






27. 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






28. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






30. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)






31. 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






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






33. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






34. 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.






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






36. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






37. 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






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






39. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






40. Burial






41. Cloth woven from flax fiber






42. 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






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






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






45. Glue in Italy






46. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






49. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






50. 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.