Activity 5

1. What are the inventions of the following philosophers and scientists:

● Archimedes
Archimedes' crew - a water screw, popularly known as the Archimedes' screw and also known
as the screw pump, Archimedean screw, or Egyptian screw, is a machine used for transferring
water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches. Water is pumped by turning a
screw-shaped surface inside a pipe.

Architonnerre - was a steam-powered cannon, a description of which is found in the papers of

Leonardo da Vinci dating to the late 15th century, although he attributes its invention to
Archimedes in the 3rd century BC.

Claw of Archimedes - (Ancient Greek: Ἁρπάγη romanized: harpágē, lit. 'snatcher'; also known
as the "iron hand") was an ancient weapon devised by Archimedes to defend the seaward
portion of Syracuse's city wall against amphibious assault.

● Aristotle
He made pioneering contributions to all fields of philosophy and science, he invented the field of
formal logic, and he identified the various scientific disciplines and explored their relationships to
each other. Aristotle was also a teacher and founded his own school in Athens, known as the
Lyceum.

● Johann Gutenberg
Printing press ink - is his work started that the Printing Revolution and is regarded as a
milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the modern period of human history. It played a
key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment, and
the scientific revolution and laid the material basis for the modern knowledge-based economy
and the spread of learning to the masses.

● Alexander Graham Bell

Telephone - a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a
conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly.

Graphophone - was the name and trademark of an improved version of the phonograph. It was
invented at the Volta Laboratory established by Alexander Graham Bell in Washington, D.C.,
United States.

Twisted pair - is the ordinary copper wire that connects home and many business computers to
the telephone company. To reduce crosstalk or electromagnetic induction between pairs of
wires, two insulated copper wires are twisted around each other. Each connection on twisted
pair requires both wires.
Mine Detector - an instrument used for detecting explosive mines.

● Carl Benz
Car - The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car when German inventor Karl
Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars became widely available in the early 20th
century. One of the first cars accessible to the masses was the 1908 Model T, an American car
manufactured by the Ford Motor Company.

Two-stoke engine - a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two
strokes of the piston during only one crankshaft revolution. This is in contrast to a "four-stroke
engine", which requires four strokes of the piston to complete a power cycle during two
crankshaft revolutions.

Carburetor - a device that mixes air and fuel for internal combustion engines in the proper
air–fuel ratio for combustion.

Ignition system - generates a spark or heats an electrode to a high temperature to ignite a

fuel-air mixture in spark ignition internal combustion engines, oil-fired and gas-fired boilers,
rocket engines, etc.

● Willis Carrier
Air conditioning - The invention of modern air conditioning by Willis Haviland Carrier in 1902
enabled countless industries, improved lives and forever changed the world. ... On July 17 of
that year, Willis Carrier, a research engineer at the Buffalo Forge Company, finalized the design
to solve the humidity problem plaguing the plant.

● Don Wetzel
Automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic banking outlet that allows customers to
complete basic transactions without the aid of a branch representative or teller. Anyone with a
credit card or debit card can access cash at most ATMs.

● Levi Strauss
Denim Blue Jeans - He had the canvas made into waist overalls. Miners liked the pants but
complained that they tended to chafe. Levi Strauss substituted a twilled cotton cloth from France
called "serge de Nimes." The fabric later became known as denim and the pants were
nicknamed blue jeans.

● Martin Cooper
Mobile Phone - He is widely regarded as the father of the cellular phone because Martin Cooper
of Motorola made the first publicized handheld mobile phone call on a prototype DynaTAC
model on 3 April 1973. This is a reenactment in 2007. A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell
phone, cellphone, handphone, or hand phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell or
just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link
while the user is moving within a telephone service area.
● Earl S. Tupper
Tupperware - Earl Silas Tupper (July 28, 1907 – October 5, 1983) was an American
businessman and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware, an airtight plastic
container for storing food, and for founding the related home products company that bears his
name,

2. Explain the impacts of their inventions to the society.

Their inventions is help to solve problems and make life easier for people and also help people
in society see what inventors have to think about when making an invention, particularly the
kinds of effects they can have on people.
But it can be both good or bad because their inventions has allso effect on human health and on
mother nature.