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I learned about four inventions this week: chess, the arquebus, the printing press, and the mainspring. The first invention is chess.  Chess is a game that is played by two people and helps teach strategy which I think is very fascinating because very few games like that were played back then.  It had an impactContinue reading “Week 16 Inventions”

I learned about four inventions this week: the English longbow, spurs, the blast furnace, and plate armor. The first invention is the English longbow.  The English longbow is really just a much bigger bow and is about six feet tall.  It impacted history because the longbow could penetrate heavy armor.   The next invention are theContinue reading “Week 15 Inventions”

I learned about three inventions this week: spectacles, mechanical clocks, and paper mills. The first invention is the spectacles.  The spectacles are two frames with lenses in them.  They impacted history because even after one’s eyesight becomes fuzzy one can still see with spectacles. The next invention is the mechanical clock.  The mechanical clock isContinue reading “Week 14 Inventions”

I learned about four inventions this week, and they are the button, oil paint, the cannon, and the spinning wheel. The first invention I learned this week was the button.  A button is a kind of fastener that is usually round and is sewn to the cloth in the center.  It impacted history because itContinue reading “Week 13 Inventions”

I learned about four inventions this week which all have had an impact on history. The first invention I learned about this week is the Trebuchet.  The Trebuchet is a catapult like device that hurls projectiles.  It has a leaver, a counterweight, and a sling. It impacted history because Kublai Khan used the Trebuchet toContinue reading “Week 12 Inventions”

The four inventions I learned this week are the universities, the winepress, the ribbed vault, and the chimney.   The first invention is the university.  A university is a place where kids can go to college.  There are positive and negative impacts on history.  A lot of smart people came out of universities, but the kidsContinue reading “Week 11 Inventions”

Today I am talking about Al-Khwarizmi who was considered The Father of Algebra.  Al-Khwarizmi did not invent algebra. He only combined the basic terms of algebra and wrote a book about it, but because he named it and wrote about it, he is considered the father of algebra.  Back then a lot of people didContinue reading “The Father of Algebra”

The Romans Loved to make glass.  They did it on a regular basis, but when the Roman Empire started to collapse people moved out of Rome.  The people who had moved out of Rome still wanted to make glass.  Sadly they did not have the tools.  When the Roman Empire collapsed, the making of glassContinue reading “How the Roman Empire Affected Glass”

My Favorite invention so far is the crossbow because I like archery and I think that it is a very fascinating invention.  A crossbow at its most basic is a bow mounted on a stick.  It has a mechanism to catch and hold the bow string after pulling the crossbow back and a triggering deviceContinue reading “My Favorite Invention”

If someone relies on slaves to do their work that person will not care how efficient or how hard it is to do that work.  For example, the Greeks did not believe in work and had lots of slaves.  When the Greek empire started to fall, they started to lose all of their slaves, andContinue reading “How Small Inventions Affect Capital”