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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






3. 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.






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






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. Pottery






10. 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






11. Friction Match - John Walker






12. 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






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






14. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






16. 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.






17. Friction Match - John Walker






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






19. Noria in Roman Empire






20. 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






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






22. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






24. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






27. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






28. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






31. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






40. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






41. 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






42. 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






43. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






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






46. Flute in Germany






47. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






48. Glue in Italy






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






50. Spears in Germany