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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






3. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






4. 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






5. Flute in Germany






6. Burial






7. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






8. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






11. Noria in Roman Empire






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






19. 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






20. Friction Match - John Walker






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






22. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






23. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






31. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






32. Glue in Italy






33. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






34. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






35. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






36. Crane in Ancient Greece






37. 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.






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






40. 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






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






42. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






44. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






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47. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






49. Eyeglasses in Italy






50. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain