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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






2. Fire and then cooking






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






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






5. 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






6. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






7. Eyeglasses in Italy






8. Twisted rope






9. Twisted rope






10. 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






11. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






12. 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






13. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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15. 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






16. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






18. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






19. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






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






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






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






25. Pigments in Zambia






26. 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






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






28. Friction Match - John Walker






29. Noria in Roman Empire






30. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






31. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






32. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






33. Eyeglasses in Italy






34. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






35. 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






36. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






38. Mariner's compass (wet compass) in Ancient China - The earliest recorded use of magnetized needle for navigational purposes at sea is found in Zhu Yu's book Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 (written from 1111 to 1117). The typical Chinese navigational co






39. Flute in Germany






40. 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






41. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






42. 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






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






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






45. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






46. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






47. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






48. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






49. Bow






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