STS 101 quiz Flashcards
a heavy flat disk made of hardened clay which was spun horizontally on axis.
It is believed that the Sumerians invented the ____________ shortly after 3500 BC.
Potter’ wheel
a material similar to thick paper.is made from the pith of the papyrus plant cyperus papyrus. It is lightweight, strong, durable, and most importantly, portable. Before the Egyptians invented the papyrus, writing was done on stone.
Papyrus
is a hand –operated device used for lifting water. Its invention introduced the idea oflifting things using counter weights. It was an early tool invented and used by ancient Egyptians.
Shadoof
used to predict astronomical position and eclipses for calendar and astrological purposes.-it is similar to a mantle clock. It is akin to a clock in the way that the case has a circular face and rotating hands. A knob on the side makes it possible for it to be moved forward and backward. As this knob moves forward and backward, its mechanism allows it to display celestial time.
-Invented by the Greeks that was discovered and retrieve from the water of Antikythera, Greece
Antikythera Mechanism
s a steamed powered turbine which spun when the water container at its center was heated, thus making it practically the first rudimentary steam engine.
-It is also known as the Hero’s engine
Aeolipile
most important technological inventions during the middle ages. It turned the European agriculture and economy to its head.
Heavy Plough
around 850 AD, Chinese alchemist accidentally invented black powder or gun powder. Multiple accounts suggest that the gunpowder might have been an unintended by product of attempts made by the Chinese to invent the elixir of life, which is why the Chinese called It huoyao which means “fire potion”.
Gunpowder
The first known versions of paper money could be traced back to the Chinese in 17th century AD as an offshoot of the invention of block printing, which is similar to stamping. Before the introduction of paper money, precious metals, such as gold and silver were used as currency
Paper Money
The development of mechanical clock paved the way for accurately keeping track of time. The sophistication of clockwork technology of the mechanical clock drastically changed the way days were spent and work patterns were established, particularly in the more advanced Middle Age cities.
Mechanical Clock
a machine used for transforming fibber into thread or yarn and eventually woven into cloth on a loom. Although no consensus could be made regarding the origin of the spinning wheel it is theorized that the Indians invented spinning wheel between 6th and 11th century AD.
Spinning Wheel
it was capable of magnifying objects three times their size when fully closed and up to ten times when extended to the maximum. Today, the compound microscope is an important instruments in many scientific studies, such as in the area of medicine, forensic studies, tissue analysis, atomic studies and genetics.
Invented by Hans and Zacharias Janssen (father and son)
Compound Microscope
this invention could magnify objects 20 times larger than the Dutch perspective glasses.
Galileo Galilei was the first who invented the first telescope perhaps the single, most important technological invention in the study of astronomy during the Modern Ages.
Telescope
is also an important antecedent of modern computer technology as it demonstrated the use of punched cards to instruct a machine to carry out complex task, i.e making different textile patterns.
-It simplifies textile manufacturing.
Invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard.
Jacquard Loom
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (brothers) are credited for designing and successfully operating the first engine powered aircraft and flight scientifically.
They proved that aircrafts could fly without air foil-shaped wings.
Engine Powered Airplane
the Scottish engineer John Logie Baird is largely credited for the invention of modern television.
Television
