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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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.






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






3. Spears in Germany






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






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






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






7. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






9. 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






10. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






11. Cloth woven from flax fiber






12. Friction Match - John Walker






13. Fire and then cooking






14. Shelter construction






15. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






16. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






17. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






18. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






19. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






24. 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






25. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






26. 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






27. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






34. Pottery






35. Pottery






36. Burial






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. Bow






41. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






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






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. 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






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






47. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






50. 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