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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Flute in Germany






2. 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






3. Flute in Germany






4. 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






5. 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.






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






11. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






12. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






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






14. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






15. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






16. 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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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






21. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






22. 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






23. 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.






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






25. Fire and then cooking






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Cloth woven from flax fiber






32. 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






33. 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.






34. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






44. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






45. Eyeglasses in Italy






46. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






49. Twisted rope






50. Noria in Roman Empire