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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Spears in Germany






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






3. 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






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






5. Twisted rope






6. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






8. 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






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






10. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






11. 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.






12. Pottery






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






14. Glue in Italy






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






16. 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






17. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.






18. A CD-ROM (an acronym of 'Compact Disc Read-only memory') is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to - but not writable by - a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985






19. Noria in Roman Empire






20. 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.






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






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






23. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






24. Friction Match - John Walker






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






26. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






28. 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.






29. 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






30. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






31. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






33. Crane in Ancient Greece






34. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






36. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






37. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






38. 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






39. 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






40. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






41. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






42. 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






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






44. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






45. Shelter construction






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






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






48. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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