Monthly Archives: January 2021

I learned about two inventions this week.  The Mercator Projection Map and the Backstaff. The first invention is the Mercator Projection Map.  The Mercator Projection Map is a map that takes the globe and flattens it out.  It also keeps angles and shapes, but the size and curvature is inaccurate.  It impacted history because withContinue reading “Week 19 Inventions”

I learned about two inventions this week.  The Heliocentric theory, and the pencil.   The first invention is the Heliocentric theory.  The Heliocentric theory is the theory which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.  It impacted history because the Heliocentric theory helped start the scientific revolution.Continue reading “Week 18 Inventions”