https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43 Giselle Dye, Kerry Van Rees, Peter Connor, Jarrett Pell, Alex Weese en-us 2017-10-13 12:25:20 UTC 2026-01-23 22:04:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png kerry_vanrees https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196776205 -invented by Abbas ibn Firnas 
-first real attempt at flight
-most  famous trial in Cordoba, Spain
-flew upward before falling to the ground and breaking his back
-inspiration for Leonardo da Vinci]]> 2017-10-13 12:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196776205 giselle_dye https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196776365 - An encyclopedia with medical information created by Al Zahrawi in 1000 CE
-Ideas such as stitches and removing of sutures were included in the 1500 page book
-The Indians were advanced in medicine and the Muslims used many of their discoveries to help them advance in medicine
-For about 500 years this encyclopedia was used all around Europe   ]]> 2017-10-13 12:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196776365 alexweese8 https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196777590 -Not practised as a separate science
-Influence industries metal-working, ceramic manufacture, pharmacy and dyeing
-Islamic scientists developed distillation
-First to describe acids and alkalis
-Alchemy was considered a precursor
-Alchemy was a science of the cosmos and the soul
-Alchemy was taken advantage of as people convinced the rich that they could turn base metal into gold
- Jabbir Ibn-Hayyan - Geber, the Father of Islamic Alchemy

]]> 2017-10-13 12:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196777590 https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196778221 - Islamic mathematicians developed the work of earlier Greek, Indian, Persian,
and Chinese mathematicians 
- The Greek mathematician, Pythagoras viewed mathematics as having sacred significance
to God
 - Two main math systems:
       -The abjjad system which used letters of the Arabic
alphabet to represent numbers
       -Hindu-Arabic numerals which is now used in the West including zero
-  Borrowed a number system from the Babylonians which was based on 60 like Western time
-  Umar Khayyam was an important mathematician who wrote a treatise on algebra
- They also developed geometry to help them build better architecture and tools]]> 2017-10-13 12:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196778221 https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196778652 Allowed people to lift heavy objects, by connecting to a system. When connected it is rotated to lift. In the 12th century discovered by  Al-Jazari.]]> 2017-10-13 12:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196778652 kerry_vanrees https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196779175 -helpful for navigation and travel
-helped determine an accurate lunar calendar
-determined prayer times
-determine religious festivals (Ex: Ramadan)
-Islamic observatories
-improved astronomy instruments: astrolabe,  quadrant
-Al-Tusi
-Al-Farghani
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/astr/hd_astr.htm]]> 2017-10-13 12:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196779175 https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196780275  Ibn al-Haitham started understanding the eye in 1000. He proved that humans see objects by light reflecting off the eye to make color. Discovered the  camera obscura phenomenon , which is that the eye sees an image upright because of the connection of the optic nerves and the brain.]]> 2017-10-13 12:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196780275 alexweese8 https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196786386 -Astronomical instrument used to find the time during day or night
-Basically a clock
-Most were not used for navigational purposes
-Typical astrolabe was 6 inches in diameter
-Manually adjust it to a set time and date
-Drawings on the face of the astrolabe show how the sky looks at a given time at a given time
-Principles of astrolabe known before 150 BC
-Highly developed in the Islamic world by 800 AD]]> 2017-10-13 12:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196786386 giselle_dye https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196786620 -Created by Al-Jazari
-Intended to be used for the king to retrieve water, towels and a comb
-It was designed off of a 12 year old boy
-It was not completely efficient but led the way to advancements in engineering

]]> 2017-10-13 12:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196786620 https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196788080 - Muhammad popularized the use of toothbrushes in around 600
- He used a twig from the Meswak tree to clean his teeth
- Substances similar to Meswak are still used in modern toothpaste]]> 2017-10-13 13:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196788080 alexweese8 https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196794808 2017-10-13 13:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196794808 giselle_dye https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196795349 2017-10-13 13:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196795349 https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196795578 2017-10-13 13:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/196795578 giselle_dye https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/197294408 2017-10-16 12:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/giselle_dye/et1ph0p0ea43/wish/197294408