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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Friction Match - John Walker






3. 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.






4. 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






5. Noria in Roman Empire






6. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






7. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






8. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






9. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






10. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






12. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






13. Crane in Ancient Greece






14. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic






15. Glue in Italy






16. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






17. Fire and then cooking






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






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






20. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






21. Shelter construction






22. Flute in Germany






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






24. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






26. Friction Match - John Walker






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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34. 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.






35. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






36. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






37. Cloth woven from flax fiber






38. Pottery






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






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






41. Fire and then cooking






42. 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






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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






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. 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.






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






50. 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