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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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5. 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.






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






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






8. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)






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






10. Twisted rope






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






12. Flute in Germany






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. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






15. 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






16. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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






19. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






22. Glue in Italy






23. 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






24. 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






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26. Burial






27. 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.






28. Spears in Germany






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






30. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






32. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






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






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






36. Pottery






37. Pigments in Zambia






38. Burial






39. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






40. Cloth woven from flax fiber






41. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






43. Noria in Roman Empire






44. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






45. 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






46. Shelter construction






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






48. 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






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






50. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire