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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






3. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






6. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






13. 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






14. Noria in Roman Empire






15. 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






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






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






18. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






19. Twisted rope






20. Glue in Italy






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






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






23. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






25. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






30. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






31. 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






32. Bow






33. 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






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






35. Noria in Roman Empire






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






37. Flute in Germany






38. Pottery






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






40. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






41. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






42. Pigments in Zambia






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






44. 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






45. Bow






46. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






47. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






48. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






49. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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