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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Spears in Germany






3. Bow






4. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






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






8. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






10. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






11. Burial






12. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






13. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






15. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






17. 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






18. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






19. Shelter construction






20. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






21. 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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






33. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






34. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






35. Bow






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






37. Pigments in Zambia






38. 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






39. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






40. Noria in Roman Empire






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






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






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






44. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






45. 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






46. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






47. Spears in Germany






48. Pigments in Zambia






49. 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.






50. 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






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