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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






2. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






3. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






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






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






6. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






7. 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






8. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






14. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






16. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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






18. Pigments in Zambia






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






20. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






21. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






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






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






24. Bow






25. 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






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






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






28. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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






30. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






32. Spears in Germany






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






34. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






35. Pottery






36. Pigments in Zambia






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






42. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.






43. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






44. 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






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






46. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






47. Glue in Italy






48. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






49. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






50. Fire and then cooking