Gunpowder- Chinese Invention Chinese taoist alchemists were the major force behind the early invention of gunpowder. Emperor Wu Di (156-87 B.C.) of the Han dynasty financed research done by the alchemists on the secrets of eternal life. The alchemists experimented with the sulphur and saltpeter heating the substances in order to transform them. The alchemist Wei Boyang wrote the Book of the Kinship of the Three detailing the experiments made by the alchemists. During the 8th century Tang dynasty
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and inventions of the entrepreneurs in the 19th century. To give one a perspective of how influential 19th century inventions are to American life‚ one billion seven hundred thousand servings of Coke are consumed ever day. These inventions have allowed companies obtain so much dominance that the American life would be vastly different without them‚ despite being created two centuries ago. Even in our modern society‚ Americans are still influenced‚ controlled‚ and manipulated by the inventions that
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Inventions of the 20th century Light Switch Tired of using old your old push-button light switch? As of 1916 William J. Newton and Morris Goldberg have come out with a new and improved patented light switch. Instead of pushing a button‚ all you have to do is either flick it up or down‚ and you’re light will automatically turn on. It’s now safer than the old push-button because it won’t control the whole mechanism directly‚ but instead through a series of springs and levers. Get your own revamped
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ancient empires contributions are still used today. The invention of paper‚ the development of the roman justice code/Inca road system‚ and the writing system are a major impact on our world today. Even thousand of years ago empires thought of many inventions and codes. The world may not have been the same without the philosophers‚ scientists and math people they had. Where would this world be without paper? Paper was made by drying pulp on screens. Paper changed the way people recorded
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meets a seventeen-year-old woman named Liberty 5-3000. He falls in love with her‚ which is not allowed. Later on‚ Equality invents a “box of glass” that contains an electric light. Proud of his invention‚ he decides that he’ll show the World Council of Scholars. When he showed the World Council his invention‚ they became very angry at him because he broke a lot of laws. He then runs away‚ out to the Uncharted Forest. Soon‚ Liberty 5-3000 finds him there. She ran away from home to be with him. After
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There is no doubt that almost everyone in this modern era are so getting used of using search engines to lend a hand in completing their tasks and also assignments and in fact large companies are also using it to look for a new innovative ideas in their product development. But the main question here is ’ does search engines makes us lazy and stupid ’ ? Personally ‚ I do feel that everything has its pros and cons and search engines are making people lazy but definitely not stupid. Its actually a smart
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dynasty inventions that have been famously credited to this period. These inventions have in one way or another shaped the way our world is lived in right now. The first and perhaps the most popular is the invention of the paper making process during the Han dynasty. Although historians claim that the oldest piece of wrapping paper can be traced back to the Chinese during the 2nd BCE‚ the process of making paper was invented during the Han period. The eunuch Cai Lun was credited for this invention. His
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SOCIAL MEDIA HAS MADE US LESS SOCIAL “We are shaped by our tools. And now‚ the computer‚ a machine‚ on the border of becoming a mind‚ was changing and shaping us.” The quote above is from Sherry Truckle from her book called “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other”. More and more people state that Social Media makes them less social. But is it true? Social Media‚ in my opinion‚ is a great development on its own. • Technology makes it easier for us to communicate
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As a result of experiments in a warehouse of Front Street‚ Adams made chewing gum that had chicle as an ingredient‚ large quantities of which had been made available to him by General Antonio de Santa Anna of Mexico‚ who was in exile in Staten Island and at whose instigation Adams had tried to use the chicle to make rubber. Adams sold the gum with the slogan
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ANCIENT CHINESE INVENTIONS The Chinese invented many useful inventions such as Gunpowder‚ hang gliders‚ and the compass. Today these inventions are used daily in our everyday lives. Currently gunpowder is used in fireworks and deadly weapons such as guns. The compass is used when people are outdoors‚ hiking‚ or camping. Hang glider is used for recreation. People get on top of a high ledge and jump off to get acceleration. Now these ancient inventions are used every day and are very
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