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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






3. 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






4. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. Noria in Roman Empire






9. Burial






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






11. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






12. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






18. 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.






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






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






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. 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






24. 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.






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26. Pottery






27. Crane in Ancient Greece






28. Shelter construction






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






30. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece






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






32. Flute in Germany






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






34. Pigments in Zambia






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






36. Fire and then cooking






37. Twisted rope






38. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






39. Glue in Italy






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






46. Crane in Ancient Greece






47. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






48. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






49. Glue in Italy






50. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick