Newton’s Principia has received more attention from philosophers than any other scientific book. But from one century to the next, …
Category: Inventions, Creation, Findings
Royal Postal Service
Ancient global communication relay systems It is hardly unexpected that the earliest historical allusions to postal service were made in …
Compass
Daniel Boorstin recognized the clock, the compass, the printing press, the telescope, and the microscope as early world-changing technologies. The …
Astrolabe: A navigational instrument
Introduction The mariner’s astrolabe was a navigational instrument used to determine the sun’s or stars’ height at sea. Its history …
Gunpowder
Gunpowder was invented approximately two thousand years ago, a Chinese alchemist working with three distinct substances found something astounding. When …
All about Calendars’ History
The discovery of the oldest Calendar is based on a thorough examination of data from an archaeological site in northern …