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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire






2. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






3. Pottery






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






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






6. 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






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






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. 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.






10. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






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






13. Friction Match - John Walker






14. Shelter construction






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






16. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






17. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






18. 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






19. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






20. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






22. Glue in Italy






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






24. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






25. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






26. Burial






27. Noria in Roman Empire






28. Eyeglasses in Italy






29. Flute in Germany






30. 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






31. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






32. Spears in Germany






33. 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






34. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






35. Friction Match - John Walker






36. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






37. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently






38. 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






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






40. Pigments in Zambia






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






45. 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.






46. 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






47. Twisted rope






48. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






50. 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