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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






4. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






5. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






6. 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






7. The electric light bulb was first patented in England by 1878 by Joseph Swan after having experimented since about 1850. Thomas Edison in the U.S. was working on improving the bulb patented by Swan and was granted a U.S. patent in 1879.






8. 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






9. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






11. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






12. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






13. Glue in Italy






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






15. Glue in Italy






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






17. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire






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






19. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






20. Shelter construction






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






22. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






23. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






25. Spears in Germany






26. Pottery






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






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






29. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






30. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






31. The electric light bulb was first patented in England by 1878 by Joseph Swan after having experimented since about 1850. Thomas Edison in the U.S. was working on improving the bulb patented by Swan and was granted a U.S. patent in 1879.






32. Bow






33. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire






34. 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.






35. Fire and then cooking






36. 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






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






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






39. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






40. S






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






47. Crane in Ancient Greece






48. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






49. Cloth woven from flax fiber






50. Pigments in Zambia