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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Twisted rope






2. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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. 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






5. Spears in Germany






6. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






8. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






9. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






11. Fire and then cooking






12. 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






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14. Flute in Germany






15. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






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






19. Crane in Ancient Greece






20. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






22. 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






23. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






24. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






25. 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






26. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






27. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard






28. 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






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






30. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






31. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






32. 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






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






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






35. Burial






36. 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






37. Twisted rope






38. Flute in Germany






39. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






40. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






41. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






42. 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.






43. 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






44. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






45. Cloth woven from flax fiber






46. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






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






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