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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






8. 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






9. Pottery






10. 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






11. Burial






12. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






15. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






18. Spears in Germany






19. 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.






20. 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






21. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






23. Shelter construction






24. 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.






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






26. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






29. Cloth woven from flax fiber






30. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






33. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






43. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






44. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






50. Eyeglasses in Italy