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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Pottery






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






3. Noria in Roman Empire






4. Spears in Germany






5. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






6. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






7. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






10. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






11. 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






12. 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






13. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






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






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






17. 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






18. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






21. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






22. A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device (a television - monitor - etc.) to display a video game. The term 'video game con






23. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






24. 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






25. Burial






26. 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






27. Glue in Italy






28. 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






29. 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.






30. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






31. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






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






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






35. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. Flute in Germany






42. 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






43. Pottery






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






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






46. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






48. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






49. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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