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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. S






2. 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






3. Crane in Ancient Greece






4. 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.






5. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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. 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






9. 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






10. Friction Match - John Walker






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






12. 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.






13. Pottery






14. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






15. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






16. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






17. 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.






18. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






19. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






20. Pottery






21. 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.






22. Cloth woven from flax fiber






23. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






24. 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






25. 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






26. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






28. Bow






29. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






30. Noria in Roman Empire






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






32. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






33. Flute in Germany






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






35. Spears in Germany






36. 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.






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






38. S






39. Cloth woven from flax fiber






40. Flute in Germany






41. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






43. Burial






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






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






46. 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






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






48. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






49. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






50. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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