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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Flute in Germany






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






3. Noria in Roman Empire






4. Friction Match - John Walker






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. 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






7. 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






8. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently






9. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






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






11. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






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13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






18. 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






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






20. Mariner's astrolabe on Portuguese circumnavigation of Africa






21. Twisted rope






22. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






23. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283






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






26. Spears in Germany






27. Flute in Germany






28. Bow






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






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






31. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






34. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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






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






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






38. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)






39. Cloth woven from flax fiber






40. Pottery






41. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






42. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






43. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






44. 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






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






46. Crank motion (rotary quern) in Celtiberian Spain






47. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






48. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






49. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.






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