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Airplanes to the Renaissance

By granthj18
  • Renaissance Starts
    Jan 1, 1350

    Renaissance Starts

    The Renaissance starts and Europeans gain hope again after the destruction of the Black Death.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1350 to

    Present Day to Renaissance times

  • The blast furnace was invented
    Jan 1, 1460

    The blast furnace was invented

    The first blast furnace was invented in China.
  • The blast furnace ideas are taken to Europe.
    Jan 1, 1491

    The blast furnace ideas are taken to Europe.

    The Chinese share blast furnace ideas with Europe through trade and the first one was built.

  • Cooking furnace is invented

    The first cooking furnace was invented.

  • The pressure cooker was invented.

    The pressure cooker was invented by Denis Papin and was based off of the cooking furnace.

  • The steam engine was invented

    The first steam engine was invented by Thomas Savery and was based off of the pressure cooker.

  • The turbine engine was invented

    The turbine engine was invented by Sir Frank Whittle and a more advanced version of his invention is still used today.
  • Present day airplanes

    Present day airplanes

    Present day airplanes relied on all of these inventions before it to be able to work properly.