https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk Inventions that took Europe from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. en-us 2023-04-07 20:04:35 UTC 2025-10-31 02:02:15 UTC hello@padlet.com jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547361989 The printing press was a large stamp with letters that could be moved. Ink was put on the letters and stamped onto paper. It was created in Germany in 1440. ]]> 2023-04-07 20:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547361989 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547363461 A 24-inch bore and four-foot stroke drove two 15-foot-diameter side paddle wheels; it consumed oak and pine fuel. It was created in Paris in 1807]]> 2023-04-07 20:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547363461 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547363856 Rubber could be used to manufacture shoes, waterproof clothing, life jackets, balls, hats, umbrellas, rafts... and one day. It was created in Brazil in 1844]]> 2023-04-07 20:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547363856 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547365004 The long-term effects of China’s policy became evident in 1793 when Britain sent a mission to China to establish official diplomatic and trade relations. The head of the mission was Lord George Macartney. It was created in Asia in 1434]]> 2023-04-07 20:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547365004 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547366242 Excision of tumours on the surface of the body, and removal of stones from the urinary bladder had helped to firmly establish surgery in the medical curriculum. It was made in Europe in 1236]]> 2023-04-07 20:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547366242 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547366770 It improved sailing which, until then, relied on orientation by the sun or by stars and was limited to sea travel between October and April. It was created in Europe in the 12th century]]> 2023-04-07 20:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547366770 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547367169 The most important of the Baghdad hospitals was that established in 982 (372 H) by the ruler `Adud al-Dawla. When it was founded it had 25 doctors, including oculists, surgeons, and bonesetters. It was created in Baghdad in the 9th century.]]> 2023-04-07 20:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547367169 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547367628 Traditional systems had used different letters of the alphabet to represent numbers or cumbersome Roman numerals. It was created in Spain in 825]]> 2023-04-07 20:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547367628 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547368156 Navigation of the ocean. It was created in America in 1700 ]]> 2023-04-07 20:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547368156 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547368443 Invented a multi-barreled, rotating gun operated by a hand crank that could fire up to 200 rounds a minute. It was created Indianapolis, Indiana in 1862]]> 2023-04-07 20:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547368443 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547369123 More than two millennia ago in China or India, someone noticed that people who suffered and recovered from certain diseases never became reinfected. In a leap of logic, the person who noticed the connection tried to prevent the disease by inoculating themselves (or perhaps someone else) with a bit of infected matter. It was created in China or India and in 1796]]> 2023-04-07 20:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547369123 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547369596 A thin filament with high electrical resistance would make a lamp practical because it would require only a little current to make it glow. It was created in New Jersey in 1879]]> 2023-04-07 20:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547369596 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547369990 First fully automatic machine gun (q.v.), developed by engineer and inventor Hiram Maxim in about 1884. It was created in England in 1884]]> 2023-04-07 20:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547369990 jcol279359 https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547370327 Ford installed moving lines for bits and pieces of the manufacturing process: For instance, workers built motors and transmissions on rope-and-pulley powered conveyor belts. It was created in Chicago on December 1st 1913]]> 2023-04-07 20:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jcol279359/cn4jat0p7nr365mk/wish/2547370327