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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






3. Eyeglasses in Italy






4. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






5. Flute in Germany






6. 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






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






8. 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






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. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






11. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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14. Noria in Roman Empire






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






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






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






18. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






19. 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






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






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






22. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






23. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






24. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






26. Twisted rope






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






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






29. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






32. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






33. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






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






36. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






38. Friction Match - John Walker






39. Fire and then cooking






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






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






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






43. 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






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. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






46. 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.






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






48. Fire and then cooking






49. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






50. Friction Match - John Walker