Medieval inventions

History’s game-changers range from the humble wheel to the modern computer.

The image is a detailed illustration of a medieval crossbow. The crossbow is made of wood and metal, and it has a complex mechanism that allows it to be fired. The illustration also includes a number of arrows, which are stored in a quiver attached to the crossbow. The弩弓是用木头和金属制成的，它有一个复杂的机构，可以发射弩箭。插图中还包括许多弩箭，它们被储存在弩弓上连接的箭袋中。

Context: Northern Europe’s use of cotton in textiles began with Indian cotton imports during the medieval period. Pre-industrial spinning of fibers into textile was limited to hand-spun spinning wheels that produced one spun thread at a time. While inventions like John Kay’s 1738 fly shuttle doubled the output of spun thread per person…

From humanity's earliest days, we've kept a close eye on time. The way we recorded its passage revealed what was important to us: To stay on schedule for planting and harvesting, the ancients tracked the seasons; for rituals and divination, they kept watch on the movements of the stars and planets; clocks allowed sailors to calculate longitude as they explored the world. Today, ubiquitous, accurate and synchronized, clocks keep civilization aligned.

Who: Invented by a Greek task force and was described as a creation of mechanical arrow firing object. What: A device that throws/hurls o...

Gutenberg invents the printing press, which quickly spreads throughout Europe. William Caxton (England) and Aldus Manutius (Italy) are some of the early adopters of the technology.

When surveying the catalogue of human ingenuity that is the history of invention, a few things stick out. One is that we are an extremely innovative species who can solve basically any problem (and invent some new problems to solve if we get bored).…

Image source: Pixabay.com A catapult is a lever, a stick or beam, propped up by a fulcrum, the pivot point. The catapult magnifies your force to throw an

Ancient time keeper...