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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. 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.






3. 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






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. 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






6. Fire and then cooking






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






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






9. 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






10. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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13. Bow






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






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






16. 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.






17. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






19. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






22. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






23. 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.






24. 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






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






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






27. Noria in Roman Empire






28. Eyeglasses in Italy






29. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






30. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






31. 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






32. 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






33. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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36. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






37. Cloth woven from flax fiber






38. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






40. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






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






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






44. Spears in Germany






45. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






46. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






47. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






48. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






50. Flute in Germany