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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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






13. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






14. 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.






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






16. Friction Match - John Walker






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






18. Fire and then cooking






19. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






20. 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






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






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






23. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






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






26. Noria in Roman Empire






27. Movable type in Ancient China - The first record of a movable type system is in the Dream Pool Essays written in 1088 - which attributed the invention of the movable type to Bi Sheng. In the 15th century - Johannes Gutenberg independently invented th






28. Eyeglasses in Italy






29. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






30. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






32. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






33. 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






34. Flute in Germany






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






36. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






37. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






38. 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.






39. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






40. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






41. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






42. 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






43. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






44. 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






45. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






46. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






47. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






49. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






50. 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