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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






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






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






9. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






10. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






11. Pottery






12. Fire and then cooking






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






14. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






15. Shelter construction






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






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






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






19. Pottery






20. 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






21. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






27. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. Cloth woven from flax fiber






32. Flute in Germany






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






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






35. Spears in Germany






36. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






37. 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






38. Eyeglasses in Italy






39. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






40. 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






41. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






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






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. Noria in Roman Empire






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






47. Pigments in Zambia






48. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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