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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






2. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






3. 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






4. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






5. Burial






6. 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






7. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






8. Crane in Ancient Greece






9. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






11. Twisted rope






12. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






13. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.






14. 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






15. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






16. Friction Match - John Walker






17. 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






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






19. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






21. 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






22. Eyeglasses in Italy






23. 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






24. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






25. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






26. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






28. Spears in Germany






29. S






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






31. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






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






36. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






37. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






39. Pottery






40. Glue in Italy






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






42. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






43. DVD is an optical disc storage format - invented and developed by Philips - Sony - Toshiba - and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.






44. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Twisted rope






50. Bow







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