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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Twisted rope






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






4. Pottery






5. 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






6. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






9. 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






10. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






11. Pottery






12. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






14. 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






15. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






16. Bow






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






18. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






20. Fire and then cooking






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






22. 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






23. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






25. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






28. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






29. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






30. 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






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






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






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






34. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






35. Cloth woven from flax fiber






36. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






37. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






39. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






42. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






43. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






45. Crane in Ancient Greece






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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