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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. 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






2. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






5. 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






6. Bow






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece






12. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece






13. Flute in Germany






14. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






15. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






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






18. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






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






23. Spears in Germany






24. 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






25. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






27. Glue in Italy






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






29. 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






30. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






31. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






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






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






34. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






35. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






36. 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






37. 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






38. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






39. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






40. 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






41. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






42. Pottery






43. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






44. Friction Match - John Walker






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






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






47. 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






48. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






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