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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






3. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






5. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






6. 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






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






8. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






9. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






10. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






13. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






15. Friction Match - John Walker






16. 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






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






18. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






19. Twisted rope






20. Fire and then cooking






21. Noria in Roman Empire






22. 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






23. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






24. 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






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






26. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






28. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






29. Cloth woven from flax fiber






30. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






31. Bow






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33. Spears in Germany






34. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently






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. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






37. 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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






42. Spears in Germany






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






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






45. 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






46. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






47. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






48. Pottery






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






50. Fire and then cooking