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The Indus Valley script remains undeciphered and there are very little surviving fragments of its writing, thus any inference about scientific discoveries in that region must be made based only on archaeological digs. The following dates are approximations. The Nippur cubit-rod, c. 2650 BCE, in the Archeological Museum of Istanbul, Turkey
190–150 BCE – Seleucus: Support of heliocentrism based on reasoning [4] 220–150 BCE – Apollonius: and Hipparchus: Invention of Astrolabe; 205–86 BCE – Hipparchus or unknown: Antikythera mechanism an analog computer of planetary motions; 129 BCE – Hipparchus: Hipparchus star catalog of the entire sky [5] and precession of the equinoxes
Safety lamps based on Clanny's improved design were used until the adoption of electric lamps. 1814: James Fox invents the modern planing machine, though Matthew Murray of Leeds and Richard Roberts of Manchester have also been credited at times with its invention. 1816: René Laennec invents the first Stethoscope. [410]
A robot based on Leonardo da Vinci's drawing: Leonardo da Vinci was not only an artist and painter, but he was a master of every branch of study including human anatomy, mathematics, and engineering.
Robert Hooke, using a microscope, observes cells (1665).; Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers microorganisms (1674–1676).; James Lind, publishes 'A Treatise of the Scurvy' which describes a controlled shipboard experiment using two identical populations but with only one variable, the consumption of citrus fruit (1753).
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
1121 – Al-Khazini makes extensive use of the experimental method to prove his theories on mechanics in The Book of the Balance of Wisdom. Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) is the first physician to carry out human postmortem dissections and autopsies.
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