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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






2. 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.






3. Fire and then cooking






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5. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






6. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






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






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






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






11. The pattern-tracing lathe (actually more like a shaper) is completed by Thomas Blanchard for the U.S. Ordnance Dept. The lathe could copy symmetrical shapes and was used for making gun stocks - and later - ax handles. The lathe's patent was in force






12. 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






13. Friction Match - John Walker






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






15. Crane in Ancient Greece






16. 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






17. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






19. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






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23. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






24. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






25. Bow






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






27. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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.






33. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






34. 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






35. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






37. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






38. 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






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






40. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






41. Pigments in Zambia






42. Glue in Italy






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






44. Spears in Germany






45. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






46. Crane in Ancient Greece






47. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






49. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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