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Inventions of the Renaissance
2 of the Great Scientists / Inventors of the Renaissance period:
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 – 1519)
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Galileo (1564 - 1642)
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Other Inventions of the Renaissance period
Clocks
Italian scientist _________________ discovered the Pendulum
while bored in church looking up at a chandelier; noticing the way it
swung back and forth consistently.
This pendulum adage to the already invented clock allowed for a
much more ________________________ reading.
Before the introduction of clocks, many people simply used the rising
and setting of the sun, along with _______________________, as a
means of organizing their day.
In 1505 German Inventor Peter Heinlein invented the
_________________________; a spring powered clock able to be
much smaller than the stationary clocks of the time.
Was a ____________________ watch; the wristwatch did not come
into common use until the 1800s.
Printing Press
The ___________________________ were the first to invent
printing in 868.
In the mid 1400s a German Inventor, _______________________
invented the printing press, with movable type.
The Gutenberg __________________________ is considered one
of the first books ever printed.
Eye Glasses
Were invented in the ________________________.
Demand for eyeglasses increased in conjunction with the invention of
the _______________________________________ in the
1400s.
- far-sighted glasses (hint: for reading) were the first developed,
followed by near sighted glasses.
Lenses
Lenses were used for more than just eyeglasses; the invention of the
telescope in ___________________ (by Hans Lippershey) used the
lenses as a magnifying device to see into the sky.
Galileo improved on this designed a year later, developing a telescope
that could magnify an image __________, followed by a design that
could magnify up to __________________.
The Musket
The first usable _______________ that soldiers could carry into
battle.
It was developed in ___________________ in the 1500s. It fired a
small metal ____________________ that could seriously kill or
hurt the recipient.
The first muskets were very large, weighing __________________
and being over __________________ long.
The flush toilet
Dates back to ______________, invented by Sir John Harrington.
Later improved by _________________________ thus the
common usage of the name “ The Crapper”.
Submarine
While the first construction of a submarine was completed in ______
by Cornelius van Drebbel, the basic concept was thought up almost
100 years earlier by __________________.
The first submarine was a leather-covered rowboat with protruding
oars through water-tight seals. It could stay under water for a few
hours, but only went about ___________ feet under the surface of
the water.