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






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






4. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






5. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






6. 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






7. Twisted rope






8. 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






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






10. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






11. 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.






12. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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. Fire and then cooking






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






16. Glue in Italy






17. 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






18. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Bow






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






29. Friction Match - John Walker






30. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






31. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






33. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






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






35. 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.






36. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






38. Burial






39. Bow






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






41. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






43. Pigments in Zambia






44. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






45. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






46. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.