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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. Bow






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






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






5. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






6. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






7. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






8. 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






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10. Pottery






11. Cloth woven from flax fiber






12. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






13. Friction Match - John Walker






14. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






15. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






17. Bow






18. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






19. Crane in Ancient Greece






20. 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






21. Glue in Italy






22. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






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






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






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






28. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






30. Twisted rope






31. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






34. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






36. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






37. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






39. Flute in Germany






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






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






42. Crossbow in Ancient China and Ancient Greece - In Ancient China - the earliest evidence of bronze crossbow bolts dates as early as mid-5th century BC in Yutaishan - Hubei.In Ancient Greece - the terminus ante quem of the gastraphetes is 421 BC.






43. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






45. Eyeglasses in Italy






46. Flute in Germany






47. 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






48. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






49. Shelter construction






50. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa