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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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






3. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






5. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






6. 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






7. Glue in Italy






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






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






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






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






13. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






14. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283






15. 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






16. 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






17. Eyeglasses in Italy






18. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






19. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






21. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






22. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






23. Crane in Ancient Greece






24. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






25. Flute in Germany






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






27. 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






28. Eyeglasses in Italy






29. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






30. 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






31. Crane in Ancient Greece






32. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






33. Pottery






34. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






36. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






38. The pattern-tracing lathe (actually more like a shaper) is completed by Thomas Blanchard for the U.S. Ordnance Dept. The lathe could copy symmetrical shapes and was used for making gun stocks - and later - ax handles. The lathe's patent was in force






39. Friction Match - John Walker






40. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






41. 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






42. Noria in Roman Empire






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






44. 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.






45. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






46. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






47. 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.






48. 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






49. 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






50. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain







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