Inventions Flashcards
(79 cards)
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This was invented by combining soot from wood smoke and animal fat
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Ink
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It is the study and practice of making maps
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Cartography
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Who was the first of the ancient greeks to draw a map of the known world
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Anaximander
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Who was considered to be one of the first cartographers
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Anaximander
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Who invented the papyrus
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Ancient egyptians
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This was used for record keeping
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Papyrus
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In china, who develop a new process in paper making
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Cai Lun
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What are the functions of a water mill
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Metal shaping, agriculture, and miling = to grind grain
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An invention that indicates the time of the day
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Sundial
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It was used to protect the skin from the sun and offers protection against evil eye
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Egyptian eye makeup/ Kohl
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It was believed to repel flies and ward off infections among other things
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Kohl
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Eyes without makeup were thought to be vulnerable to the ________
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Evil eye
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Who invented the printing press
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Johannes gutenberg
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This was invented to address the need for publishing books that would spread information to many people at a faster rate
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Printing press
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Who invented the black powder
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Ancient chinese alchemist
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Around ______, ancieny Chinese alchemist were experimenting with ________(3), as they were trying to find a potion for _______ but ended up creating an explosion
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850 AD
Potassium, nitrate, charcoal, sulfur
Immortality
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Black powder was initially used for _____ before used in warfare
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Fireworks
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Who invented eyeglasses
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Alessandro Della Spina
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This ground quartz magnifying lenses could help people with long and short sight
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Eyeglasses
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Who invented the microscope
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Zachariah Janssen
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Humans were able to see a new world of living things in the water, food, etc
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Microscope
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This was first used by the chinese who started carrying folding money during the _______
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Paper bills; Tang dynasty
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Who invented the hour glass
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Liutprand (French monk)
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Was an ideal for ocean travel because the bobbing waves didn’t affect its accuracy
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Hourglass
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Who invented the first visible LED light color (red)
Nick holonyak
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It is a semiconductor device made up of gallium arsenide phosphide that emits visible light when an electric current passes through it
LED light
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Who invented the magnetic resonance imaging scanner
Raymond vahan damadian
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It is the radiologic way of forming images of the anatomy and physiological processes of the human body in both health and disease
Magnetic resonance imaging scanner
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Who invented the telephone
Alexander graham bell
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It is a device that converts sound and electrical waves into audible relays and is used for communication
Telephone
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The inventor of credit card, _______ was having dinner at a restaurant in_____
Frank Namara; New York City
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Who invented the bionic arm
David gow
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Its purpose is to give a replacement arm to those who lost their arm from an accident or war
Bionic arm
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Who invented the world wide web
Tim berners-lee
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It is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by url and can be accessed via the internet
World wide web
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It is a technology that uses radio waves to provide network
Wi-fi
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It was derived from the italian words *quaranta giorni*. What does it mean?
40 days
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It separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick
Quarantine
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A device used to determine the cardinal points of the Earth,
namely North, South, East and West
COMPASS
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The earliest medieval European clockmakers were ___
Catholic
monks.
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Medieval religious institutions required ____ because
they regulated daily prayer- and work-schedules strictly, using
various types of time-telling and recording devices, such as
water clocks, sundials and marked candles, probably in
combination.
MECHANICAL CLOCK
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FUNCTIONS:
-To turn and break up soil
-To bury crop residues
-To help control weed growth
-The invention and widespread adoption of the heavy plough was the most important element in the agricultural revolution.
HEAVY PLOUGH
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LIGHT BULB
It was Joseph Swan who invented the first working light bulb on
February 3, 1879
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Interconnects the world to share culture and ideas.
Started by
ARPA for military purposes.
INTERNET
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-Used to protect the shaved heads of the wealthy Egyptians from the harmful rays of the sun.
-Considered cleaner than natural hair.
WIG
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Worn for health and wellness rather than for aesthetic purposes
WIG
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naturally produced by silkworms.
SILK
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the _____ were the ones who developed the technology to
harvest the silk and process it to produce paper and clothing.
CHINESE
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An ancient Greek analogue computer and orrery used to predict
astronomical positions and eclipses for calendar and astrological
purposes decades in advance.
Antikythera mechanism
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Could also be used to track the ___-year cycle of athletic games
It is a complex clockwork mechanism composed of at least 30 meshing bronze gears.
Antikythera Mechanism
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INVENTOR: Ancient Egyptians
To transport and fighting ships, and were
in use long before western ships that included such features;
used as trade vessels, by explorers, to transport cargo, and as
battleship
ship/boat
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inventor of wheel
Mesopotamians in 3500 BC
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To carry more load efficiently without exerting much
effort. Wheels are used to move something easier as there is
less friction involved when pushing the object.
How it was invented at that time: Initially used as a pottery
wheel, the ancient Mesopotamians realized that it could also be
applied to other things such as chariots, wheelbarrows, and
many more.
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evidence suggests that the first wheels weren’t used for ____
transportation, but as a pottery wheel at first.
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Wheels were first discovered on an
ancient wagon, where two
ancient wheels were attached to an axle, where they work
simultaneously.
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Alarm clock one of the most commonly used gadget these days,
but in Ancient era _____ an ancient greek engineer, physicist
and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt
invented the first Alarm Clock or Known as Water Clock during
the Ancient Era.
Ctesibius
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The purpose of tracking time. Ctesibus made a system of dropping peddles on a gong to make a sound which is the first alarm clock. The dropping peddles were set to end at a specific time.
ALARM CLOCK/Water
Clock/Clepsydra
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Inventor: Guglielmo Marconi
Transatlantic Telegram
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First long-distance wireless
communication
Transatlantic Telegram
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He discovered
the Penicillum Notatum
by Alexander Fleming in 1928.
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Antibiotics
It was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. He discovered
the Penicillum Notatum
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are synthetic and are made of polymers which are long
molecules
Plastics
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It was invented by Leo Hendrik Baekeland in June 1907
Plastics
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Noli Dazo (1937)
Water Gasoline
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used as a generator to energize electronic appliances such as airconditioning unit, television, refrigerator, water pump, and
other gadgets and could even start a vehicle.
WATER GASOLINE
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INVENTOR OF BAMBOO INCUBATOR
Fe Del Mundo (1941)
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a handy, multi-purpose, compact machine that incorporates an
amplifier speaker, one or two tape mechanisms, an optional
tuner or radio, and a microphone mixer with features to
enhance one's voice, such as the echo or reverb to simulate an
opera hall or a studio sound.
Karaoke
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was composed of two native laundry baskets made of bamboo.
Made of different sizes, the baskets were “placed one inside the
other.” She would then put hot water bottles all around and between the baskets to regulate the body temperature of
babies.
BAMBOO INCUBATOR
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Inventor of Videophone
Gregorio Zara (1955)
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Inventor: Abelardo Aguilar (1949)
Erythromycin
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used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria in the
respiratory tract including pneumonia, bronchitis, legionnaires
disease (a type of lung infection) and pertussis (a serious
infection that can cause severe coughing) and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and other skin infections. Generally, it works by stopping the growth of the bacteria
Erythromycin
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device that easily enabled distance learning and video
conferencing and also proved helpful for the hearing impaired.
Videophone
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INVENTOR OF KARAOKE
Inventor: Roberto del Rosario (1976)
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allowed computer users to use graphics for commands and not
the usual typed commands in older computers. It has allowed
data processing to be a little faster using very little space
16-bIT Microchip
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INVENTOR OF 16-BIT MICROCHIP
Inventor: Diosdado Banatao (1989)
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is an evolution for walls/windows, and uses
technology synthesized from upcycled crop waste to absorb
stray UV light from sunlight and convert it to clean renewable
electricity
AuREUS system
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AuREUS Inventor
. Invented by Carvey Ehren Maigue, a student at
Mapua University in the Philippines
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The locally designed portable ventilator called ____ , also known as ReliefVent , is lightweight and much less expensive
compared to imported ventilators.
Ginhawa
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Ginhawa Ventilator
A team of experts from
different fields headed by Dr. Abundio Balgos had come
together to build and provide a cost-effective, safe, and portable
ventilator for ICU patients that can be used by a child or an
adult.
