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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in 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. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






7. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






12. Pottery






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






14. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






15. Glue in Italy






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17. Pottery






18. Crane in Ancient Greece






19. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






21. Fire and then cooking






22. 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






23. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






30. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






31. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






32. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






33. 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






34. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Pigments in Zambia






40. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






41. 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






42. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






43. 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






44. 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.






45. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






47. Eyeglasses in Italy






48. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






50. 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