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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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1. Wind power in an open air stream is thus proportional to the third power of the wind speed; the available power increases eightfold when the wind speed doubles. Wind turbines for grid electricity therefore need to be especially efficient at greater w






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Friction Match - John Walker






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. 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






9. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Friction Match - John Walker






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






15. Wind power in an open air stream is thus proportional to the third power of the wind speed; the available power increases eightfold when the wind speed doubles. Wind turbines for grid electricity therefore need to be especially efficient at greater w






16. 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






17. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






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






19. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison






20. Crane in Ancient Greece






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






22. Twisted rope






23. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






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






25. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






26. Buttress dam in Roman Empire






27. Shelter construction






28. Pottery






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






31. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






32. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






33. 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






34. The pattern-tracing lathe (actually more like a shaper) is completed by Thomas Blanchard for the U.S. Ordnance Dept. The lathe could copy symmetrical shapes and was used for making gun stocks - and later - ax handles. The lathe's patent was in force






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli






41. Twisted rope






42. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






43. Noria in Roman Empire






44. Floating dock in Venice - Venetian Republic






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






49. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X






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