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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. 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.






3. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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5. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






6. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






8. 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






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






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. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






12. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






14. 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






15. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






16. 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






17. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






26. 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






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






28. Shelter construction






29. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






31. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






32. 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






33. Noria in Roman Empire






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






35. Burial






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






41. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






43. 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.






44. 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






45. Twisted rope






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






47. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






49. Pigments in Zambia






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