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






3. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






9. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






10. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






11. 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






12. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






14. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






16. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






17. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






19. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






20. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






21. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






23. Pottery






24. 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






25. Twisted rope






26. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






29. 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.






30. Shelter construction






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






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






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






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






35. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






37. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






38. Glue in Italy






39. 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






40. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






42. 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






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






44. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






45. Eyeglasses in Italy






46. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






47. 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






48. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






50. Burial