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Timeline Of Historic Inventions

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






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






3. 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






4. Pottery






5. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt






6. 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






7. Eyeglasses in Italy






8. 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






9. Turbine in Africa (province) - Roman Empire






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






11. 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






12. Pigments in Zambia






13. Cloth woven from flax fiber






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy






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






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






21. Bow






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






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






25. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






26. Shelter construction






27. Crane in Ancient Greece






28. Shelter construction






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






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






31. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






32. 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.






33. 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






34. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. Lateen sail in Roman Empire






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






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






43. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire






44. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick






45. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.






46. Spears in Germany






47. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221






48. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer.






49. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire






50. Bow