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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






2. Pigments in Zambia






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






4. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






5. 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






6. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






7. 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.






8. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






9. 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






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






11. Burial






12. 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






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. Twisted rope






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16. 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






17. 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






18. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






20. Flute in Germany






21. 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






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






23. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






24. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






25. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






26. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






28. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






29. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






30. 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






31. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






32. Spears in Germany






33. Bow






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






35. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






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






38. 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.






39. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






40. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






42. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






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






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






47. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






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






50. Twisted rope