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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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






3. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






5. Cloth woven from flax fiber






6. 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.






7. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






10. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






11. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






12. Pigments in Zambia






13. 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.






14. 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






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






16. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






17. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






18. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






19. Cloth woven from flax fiber






20. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






21. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






22. 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






23. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






25. Pottery






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






27. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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






30. Fire and then cooking






31. 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






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






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






34. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






35. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






37. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






38. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






39. 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.






40. Noria in Roman Empire






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






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






43. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






44. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






45. 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






46. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






47. Spears in Germany






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






49. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






50. Bow