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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






2. Pigments in Zambia






3. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






5. 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






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






7. Pigments in Zambia






8. 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.






9. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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11. 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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






24. Noria in Roman Empire






25. 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.






26. Spears in Germany






27. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






28. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






29. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






30. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






31. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






33. 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






34. Spears in Germany






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






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






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






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