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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Cloth woven from flax fiber






2. 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






3. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






4. Shelter construction






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






6. 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






7. Glue in Italy






8. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






9. 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






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






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






12. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily






13. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






14. 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






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






16. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Noria in Roman Empire






26. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






28. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






29. 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






30. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






31. Bow






32. 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






33. 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






34. Pigments in Zambia






35. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






38. Crane in Ancient Greece






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40. 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






41. 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.






42. 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






43. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






46. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






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






49. 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






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