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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






4. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






5. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






7. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






8. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






9. Noria in Roman Empire






10. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






18. 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






19. 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.






20. Pottery






21. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






22. Spears in Germany






23. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






24. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. Twisted rope






31. Pottery






32. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






34. 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.






35. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






37. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






38. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






39. Spears in Germany






40. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






42. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






44. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






45. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






46. 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






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






48. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






50. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick