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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






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






3. 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.






4. 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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






9. 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






10. 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.






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






12. Twisted rope






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






17. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






18. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






20. 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






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






22. Eyeglasses in Italy






23. Bow






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






25. Spears in Germany






26. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






28. Glue in Italy






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






30. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






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






32. Twisted rope






33. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






34. Flute in Germany






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






36. 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.






37. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






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






40. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






41. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






42. Shelter construction






43. Shelter construction






44. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






45. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






46. 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






47. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






48. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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