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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Fire and then cooking






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






4. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






6. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






7. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Pigments in Zambia






13. Twisted rope






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






15. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






17. 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






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






19. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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21. Friction Match - John Walker






22. Wind power in an open air stream is thus proportional to the third power of the wind speed; the available power increases eightfold when the wind speed doubles. Wind turbines for grid electricity therefore need to be especially efficient at greater w






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






24. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






25. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






26. 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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






35. Cloth woven from flax fiber






36. Cloth woven from flax fiber






37. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






39. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






40. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






41. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






43. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






50. Burial