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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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.






2. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






4. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






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






6. 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






7. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






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






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






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12. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






13. 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






14. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






15. Twisted rope






16. 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






17. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






18. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






20. 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.






21. 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






22. Twisted rope






23. 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.






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






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






26. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho






27. Crane in Ancient Greece






28. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






29. Cloth woven from flax fiber






30. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






31. 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






32. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






34. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






37. Glue in Italy






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






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






40. 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.






41. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






42. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






44. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






45. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






47. 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






48. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






49. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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