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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece






3. 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






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






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






6. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






8. Burial






9. 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






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






11. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






13. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






14. Twisted rope






15. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Noria in Roman Empire






21. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






22. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






23. 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






24. Glue in Italy






25. Flute in Germany






26. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)






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






28. Twisted rope






29. 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.






30. 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






31. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






32. Glue in Italy






33. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






34. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






36. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






37. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






38. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






39. 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






40. Cloth woven from flax fiber






41. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






43. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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.