Essay #29 History Of Inventions Hello, in today’s essay I will be writing about the swivel chair, selective breeding, electrosis, and the threshing machine. Let’s get started. The swivel chair Thomas Jefferson was born in Virginia and 1743; he invented lots of small, practical devices, including the swivel chair. They rotate on an axis inContinue reading “The swivel chair, selective breeding, electrosis, and the threshing machine.”
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The four things I learned about this week in history
Essay #14 History Of Inventions Hello, in today’s essay I will be talking about the four things I learned about this week in history, let’s get started. Buttons Buttons are circular, tiny objects that are on our shirts, or at least some of our shirts. Buttons were invented in the 13th century A.D. (1200 A.D).Continue reading “The four things I learned about this week in history”
Distilled spirits, the trebuchet, the windmill, the Stern mounted rudder.
Essay #13 History Of Invitations Hello, in today’s article I will be talking about the four things I learned about this week in history. Let’s get started. Distilled spirits Alcoholic drinks were passed down for many centuries as we learned in a previous lesson. Distilled spirits were made using the distillation process. Aristotle may haveContinue reading “Distilled spirits, the trebuchet, the windmill, the Stern mounted rudder.”
Universities, wine press, ribbed vault, and chimney.
Essay #12 History Of Inventions Hello everybody, in today’s article I will be talking about universities, the wine press, the ribbed vault, and the chimney. Let’s get started. Universities The word university comes from the Latin word “Universitas,” which means “a whole” or “a corporation.” Universities employ a community of teachers and scholars, to teachContinue reading “Universities, wine press, ribbed vault, and chimney.”
Four Islamic Scholars
Essay # 11 History Of Inventions Hello, in today’s lesson I will be talking about four Islamic scholars I learned about this week. Let’s get started. Al-Kindy. Al-Kindy is the father of Islamic philosophy, but he also did astronomy, math, and optics. He was born in 801 A.D. into a Bedoen tribe and he movedContinue reading “Four Islamic Scholars”
Swords and Warships
Essay #3 History of Inventions 4th Grade Hello, today I’ll be talking about the evolution of military combat, to be more precise, about swords and warships. Swords We don’t know who invented the sword, but we know that swords were used by all ancient cultures. At first the swords had round tips because the armorContinue reading “Swords and Warships”
The Roman Numbers
Hi, today I will be talking about the Roman numbers. Do you know about Roman numbers? Well if you don’t it’s OK, because I didn’t know about Roman numbers until today when I learned about it in my math lesson. The Roman numbers were used by ancient Romans to express numbers and continued to beContinue reading “The Roman Numbers”
The Great Pyramids of Egypt
Essay #1 History of Inventions 4th Grade Hi, today I will be talking about the Great Pyramids of Egypt, I just learned about in the 4th grade history lesson. I thought it was interesting to learn about the mythology of the pyramids. So it looks like at the bottom of the pyramids were the commonContinue reading “The Great Pyramids of Egypt”