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Reviewer For Inventions and Filipino Inventors
Reviewer For Inventions and Filipino Inventors
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Ink
2 Cartography
Papyrus
3
4 Water Mill
5 Sundial
6 Doomwatch dragons
8 Printing Press
9 Gunpowder
10 Eyeglasses
11 Microscope
12 Paper Money
13 Hourglass
14 Wheelbarrow
15 Spinning wheel
16 LED Light
18 Telephone
19 Credit Card
21 3D Printing
23 WI-FI
24 QUARANTINE
25 COMPASS
26 MECHANICAL CLOCK
27 HEAVY PLOUGH
28
. Box Camera
29 Light Bulb
30 Airplane
31 Internet
32 CUNEIFORM
33 WIG
34 Silk
STEAM ENGINE
35
Antikythera Mechanism
36
37 SHIP/BOAT
38 Wheel
40 Transatlantic Telegram
41
Antibiotics
42 Plastics
43
Quink Ink
44 Water Gasoline
45 Bamboo Incubator
46 Erythromycin
47 Videophone
48 Luna Rover aka “Moon Buggy”
49 Karaoke
50 16-Bit Microchip
55 RESCUE 72
56 ETHREL Spray
DESCRIPTION
They invented ink by combining soot from wood smoke and animal fat, thickened with gelatine from
skins or different chemicals to produce inks of different colors. It must withstand the elements of
nature and tamper proof.
The study and practice of making maps.
Anaximander was the first of the ancient Greeks to draw a map of the known world and as such he is
considered to be one of the first cartographers.
Inventor/s: Ancient Egyptians
For writing purposes: Important because it was use for record keeping (most common)
Functions:
- Metal shaping
- Agriculture
- Milling = to grind grain
Function: indicates the time of the day
and for the sake of hemicycle, it
specifies seasons as well as the time of
day.
Paper bills were first used by the Chinese, who started carrying folding money during the Tang
Dynasty (A.D. 618-907) — mostly in the form of privately issued bills of credit or exchange
notes.They made paper money because their devalued coins were becoming too heavy to carry.
Inventor: Liutprand (French Monk - 8th Century AD)
Function or Purpose:
● Used to measure the passage of time
● It was ideal for ocean travel because the bobbing
waves didn’t affect its accuracy
Inventor:Tim Berners Lee Function or Purpose: It is an information space where documents and
other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), interlinked by hypertext
links, and can be accessed via the Internet.
Inventor: John O’ Sullivan, Terrence Percival, Diethelm Ostry, John Deane, Graham Daniels
Function: WiFi is a technology that uses radio waves to provide network connectivity.
Quarantine, was derived from the Italian words quaranta giorni which mean 40 days.
Quarantine separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious
disease to see if they become sick.
A device used to determine the cardinal points of the Earth, namely North, South, East and West
The earliest medieval European clockmakers were Catholic monks. Medieval religious institutions
required clocks 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.
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.
It is a very simple camera made with two metal parts combined to form a sealed rectangular box,
with a single element meniscus fixed focus lens on the front and a loading knob on a side.
It was Joseph Swan who invented the first working light bulb on February 3, 1879
It helps you travel long distances in a short amount of time. INVENTORS: WRIGHT BROTHERS Orville
Wright & Wilbur Wright
Interconnects the world to share culture and ideas. Invented by ARPA for military purposes.
-known as the first writing system. -a system that utilizes word pictures and triangular symbols
which are carved on clay using wedge instruments. -allowed the sumerians to keep records with
historical value.
Worn for health and wellness rather than for aesthetic purposes.
Used to protect the shaved heads of the wealthy Egyptians from the harmful rays of the sun.
Considered cleaner than natural hair.
the Chinese were the ones who developed the technology to harvest the silk and process it to
produce paper and clothing.
1st Century AD
An “Aeolipile” or a “Hero’s Engine”
A steam turbine
Invented by Heron Alexandrinus
An ancient Greek analogue computer and orrery used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses
for calendar and astrological purposes decades in advance.
Could also be used to track the four-year cycle of athletic games
It is a complex clockwork mechanism composed of at least 30 meshing bronze gears.
INVENTOR: Ancient Egyptians
PURPOSE/INVENTION: 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
battleships.
Invention: Wheel
Inventor: Mesopotamians
Purpose: 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.
invented by the Mesopotamians,
invented in 3500 B.C.
evidence suggests that the first wheels weren’t used for transportation, but as a pottery wheel at
first.
Wheels were first discovered on an ancient wagon, where two ancient wheels were attached to an
axle, where they work simultaneously.
Alarm clock one of the most commonly used gadget these day, but in Ancient era Ctesibius 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.
The water clock was invented with 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.
Invented by Danvic Briones. Used for emergency preparedness. A life vest and survival kit in one
Invented by Ramon Barba. Used to increase mango production. A mango flowering inducer.