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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Bow






3. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






5. 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






6. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






8. 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






9. Burial






10. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






11. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






12. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






13. 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






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






15. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






16. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






17. Noria in Roman Empire






18. Flute in Germany






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






20. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






21. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






22. Eyeglasses in Italy






23. 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






24. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






25. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






26. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






27. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






28. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






29. Spears in Germany






30. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






31. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






32. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






33. 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






34. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






35. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather






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






37. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






39. Glue in Italy






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






41. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






42. Eyeglasses in Italy






43. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






45. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






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






48. 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






49. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






50. 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