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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






2. Noria in Roman Empire






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






8. 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.






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






10. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)






11. 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






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






13. Flute in Germany






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






15. 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






16. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






17. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






18. Noria in Roman Empire






19. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






20. Eyeglasses in Italy






21. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






22. A CD-ROM (an acronym of 'Compact Disc Read-only memory') is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to - but not writable by - a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985






23. 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






24. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






25. Friction Match - John Walker






26. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283






27. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






28. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






30. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






31. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






32. Glue in Italy






33. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






34. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






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






36. 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






37. Cloth woven from flax fiber






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






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






40. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






41. 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






42. 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






43. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






45. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. Friction Match - John Walker






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