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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






2. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






3. Pottery






4. Spears in Germany






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






6. 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






7. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






9. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






12. Crane in Ancient Greece






13. Fire and then cooking






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. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






16. 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.






17. Glue in Italy






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






19. 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






20. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






21. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






22. Pottery






23. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






25. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






27. 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






28. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






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






32. Crane in Ancient Greece






33. Glue in Italy






34. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






36. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






40. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






41. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






42. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






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






46. Flute in Germany






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






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






49. Pigments in Zambia






50. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.







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