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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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.






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






3. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






6. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






8. Twisted rope






9. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






10. 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






11. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






12. Papyrus paper invented by ancient Egyptians by interlocking the stems of the Papyrus plant in the lower Nile.






13. Pigments in Zambia






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






15. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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17. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283






18. 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






19. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






20. 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






21. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in 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. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283






24. Pottery






25. Pottery






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






28. Pigments in Zambia






29. Spears in Germany






30. Spears in Germany






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






32. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






33. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






35. Noria in Roman Empire






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






37. 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






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






39. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






40. Friction Match - John Walker






41. 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






42. Shelter construction






43. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






45. 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






46. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






47. 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






48. 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






49. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






50. 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