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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Spears in Germany






2. 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






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






4. Shelter construction






5. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






6. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






7. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






8. 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.






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






10. Crane in Ancient Greece






11. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






13. 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






14. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - 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. Mariner's compass (wet compass) in Ancient China - The earliest recorded use of magnetized needle for navigational purposes at sea is found in Zhu Yu's book Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 (written from 1111 to 1117). The typical Chinese navigational co






17. 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






18. 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.






19. Bow






20. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






22. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






24. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






25. 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.






26. 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






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






28. Pottery






29. 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.






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






31. Mariner's compass (wet compass) in Ancient China - The earliest recorded use of magnetized needle for navigational purposes at sea is found in Zhu Yu's book Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 (written from 1111 to 1117). The typical Chinese navigational co






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






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






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






36. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






37. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






39. Pigments in Zambia






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. Fire and then cooking






45. Flute in Germany






46. 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






47. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






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






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