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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






3. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






4. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






6. 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






7. Crane in Ancient Greece






8. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






13. Spears in Germany






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






15. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






17. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






18. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






19. Noria in Roman Empire






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






21. Bow






22. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






24. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






25. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






26. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






27. Shelter construction






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






32. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






34. Glue in Italy






35. Twisted rope






36. 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.






37. 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






38. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






39. 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






40. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






42. 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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






46. Noria in Roman Empire






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






48. Glue in Italy






49. 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.






50. Burial