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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Flute in Germany






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






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






6. 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






7. 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.






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






9. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






10. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






11. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






12. 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






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






14. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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. 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






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. Pigments in Zambia






19. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






21. 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.






22. Glue in Italy






23. Fire and then cooking






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






25. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






26. 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






27. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






28. Bow






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






30. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Crane in Ancient Greece






39. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






40. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






41. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






42. Pigments in Zambia






43. 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






44. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






45. 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






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






47. Flute in Germany






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






49. Burial






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