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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






2. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






3. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






4. 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.






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






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






7. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






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






10. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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






13. Pigments in Zambia






14. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. Pottery






22. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






23. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






24. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






26. 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






27. Shelter construction






28. Friction Match - John Walker






29. 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






30. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






31. Bow






32. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






33. Cloth woven from flax fiber






34. 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






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36. 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






37. Crane in Ancient Greece






38. 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






39. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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.






43. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






44. 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






45. Burial






46. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






49. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






50. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick