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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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






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






4. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






5. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






6. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






7. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






12. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






14. Pottery






15. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






16. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






19. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






20. 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






21. Burial






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






23. 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






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






25. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






27. Fire and then cooking






28. 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






29. 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






30. Bow






31. 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






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






33. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






35. 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.






36. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






37. Noria in Roman Empire






38. Eyeglasses in Italy






39. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.






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






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






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






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






44. Friction Match - John Walker






45. Pigments in Zambia






46. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






49. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






50. Spears in Germany