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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Glue in Italy






3. Pigments in Zambia






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






9. Pigments in Zambia






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






15. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






17. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






18. Noria in Roman Empire






19. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






21. 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






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23. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






24. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






25. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






26. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






27. 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






28. 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






29. Shelter construction






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






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






33. Crane in Ancient Greece






34. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






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






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






38. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






41. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






42. Fire and then cooking






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






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






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






46. Eyeglasses in Italy






47. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






48. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






49. Cloth woven from flax fiber






50. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire