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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Bow






2. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






3. 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.






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. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






7. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






9. Friction Match - John Walker






10. Noria in Roman Empire






11. Spears in Germany






12. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






13. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily






14. 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






15. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






17. 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






18. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






19. 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






20. Pottery






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






22. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






23. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






24. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






25. 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






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






27. Cloth woven from flax fiber






28. 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






29. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






35. Twisted rope






36. Pigments in Zambia






37. Fire and then cooking






38. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






39. 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






40. Crane in Ancient Greece






41. 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






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






43. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






44. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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