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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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. 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






4. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






5. Pottery






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. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






9. 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






10. 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.






11. Burial






12. Spears in Germany






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






18. Eyeglasses in Italy






19. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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






22. Fire and then cooking






23. Cloth woven from flax fiber






24. 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






25. 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.






26. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






31. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






32. Shelter construction






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






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






35. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






36. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






37. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






39. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






41. Flute in Germany






42. Twisted rope






43. Pigments in Zambia






44. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






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






47. Glue in Italy






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






49. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.






50. Fire and then cooking