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====1st century AD==== * '''1st century AD:''' The [[aeolipile]], a simple [[steam turbine]] is recorded by Hero of Alexandria.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-45691|title=turbine |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=2007 |access-date=18 July 2007}}</ref> * '''1st century AD:''' The first use of [[respiratory protective equipment]] is documented by [[Pliny the Elder]] ({{circa|23 AD}}–79) using animal bladder skins to protect workers in Roman mines from red lead oxide dust.<ref>{{cite wikisource | title=Naturalis_Historia/Liber_XXXIII#XL|wslanguage=la}}</ref> * '''1st century AD:''' Oldest surviving [[wine]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cosano |first1=Daniel |last2=Manuel Román |first2=Juan |last3=Esquivel |first3=Dolores |last4=Lafont |first4=Fernando |last5=Ruiz Arrebola |first5=José Rafael |date=2024-09-01 |title=New archaeochemical insights into Roman wine from Baetica |journal=Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports |volume=57 |pages=104636 |doi=10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104636 |bibcode=2024JArSR..57j4636C |issn=2352-409X|doi-access=free }}</ref> * '''1st century AD:''' [[Vending machine]]s invented by [[Hero of Alexandria]]. * '''By the 1st century AD:''' The [[double-entry bookkeeping|double-entry bookkeeping system]] in the Roman Empire.<ref>{{cite book|author=J. R. Edwards|title=A History of Financial Accounting (RLE Accounting)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pd1JAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA46|date=4 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-67881-5|page=46}}</ref>
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