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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






2. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire






3. Pigments in Zambia






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






9. 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.






10. Spears in Germany






11. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






12. Twisted rope






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Bow






19. Glue in Italy






20. 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






21. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






22. 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






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






24. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






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






27. Pigments in Zambia






28. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






30. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






31. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






33. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






34. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






35. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






37. Pottery






38. Spears in Germany






39. 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






40. 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






41. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






43. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






45. Pottery






46. 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






47. 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






48. Crane in Ancient Greece






49. 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






50. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire