Renaissance Inventers
An age of discovery
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During the renaissance many advancements were made an the field of lens making. Eye glasses were created in the 1200's. The lenses in eye glasses were then used for early microscopes and telescopes made by people like Roger bacon and John Dollond.
First to see the man on the moon.
A depiction of John Dollond the inventor of the telescope.
Look in the sky!
A model of John's telescope and the blueprints he used and drew by hand by hand.
The Baconater
Bust of Roger Bacon inventor of the microscope
Gunpowder and Artilery
Gun powder although it was referred to as black powder in 1040 when it was invented in china for weaponry and fireworks. Later it was used by William Congreve to make rockets in Europe. Gunpowder revolutionized warfare used in cannons in wars all over Europe and asia.
That's gana hurt
This preserved canon or ones like it were used during the renaissance to penetrate opposing forces fortified positions.
The lights in the sky.
Gunpowder originated from the chines when they used for fireworks as entertainment.
A different take on fireworks.
William Congreve adapted the chines technologies to create rockets meant for war although they never proved to be efficiently accurate.
Mechanisms of today in the past
During this period the first mechanized Clock invented by Filippo Brunellesci in 1410. Or the movable type invented my Johann Gutenberg which helped educate Europe and helped to spread the ideas of the renaissance.
With the invention of the mechanized clock time of day was never a misconception and planing events became easier. Filippo Brunellesci (inventor) above
Johann Gutenberg never got rich off his the movable type as anyone could create one without any leagel obligation to credit Johann
The printing press made recreating books and documents massively easier and faster with more accuracy then having to be written by hand.
Waterworks
The submarine was invented by Cornelius van Drebbel but blueprints for a submarine had been written by Leonardo da Vinci over one hundred years before him. Also the flush toilet was made not by Thomas Crapper but by John Harrington for Queen Elisabeth I. But that toilet was only flushed once or twice a day not nearly as much as our toilets we have today.
The original submarine was a rowboat with a leather cover it could sit about 15 feet under water for a number of hours.
this is a depiction of Cornelius van Drebbel although his submarine had only partial success he later made improvements upon the original design but still only had limited successes.
John Harrington created the flush toilet for the queen of England. Who at the time was Elisabeth the first, it was operated by a lever which emptied a large closet of water.
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