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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






8. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






9. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






10. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






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






13. The tank was invented by Ernest Swinton - although the British Royal Commission on Awards recognised a South Australian named Lance de Mole who had submitted a proposal to the British War Office - for a 'chain-rail vehicle which could be easily stee






14. Noria in Roman Empire






15. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






18. 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






19. Friction Match - John Walker






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21. Twisted rope






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






23. Glue in Italy






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






25. Spears in Germany






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






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






28. Pigments in Zambia






29. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






30. 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






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






32. Burial






33. 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






34. 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






35. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






37. Glue in Italy






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. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






40. Shelter construction






41. 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






42. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






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






45. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






46. Flute in Germany






47. The tank was invented by Ernest Swinton - although the British Royal Commission on Awards recognised a South Australian named Lance de Mole who had submitted a proposal to the British War Office - for a 'chain-rail vehicle which could be easily stee






48. 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






49. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






50. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire