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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Fire and then cooking






2. Pigments in Zambia






3. 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






4. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






5. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






6. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






8. Pottery






9. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






10. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






12. Flute in Germany






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






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. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






16. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






17. Eyeglasses in Italy






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






19. Pigments in Zambia






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






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






22. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






25. Shelter construction






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






27. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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






30. 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.






31. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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






34. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






35. 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






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






37. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






38. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






39. Burial






40. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






41. 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






42. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






43. 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.






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






45. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






46. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






47. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






48. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






49. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






50. 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