Worst inventions

ERIKINVENTIONS

  • Gunpowder
    Jan 1, 1230

    Gunpowder

    Rockets and gunpowder were created in the early 1230’s. They were created in China and were used for weapons and for early fireworks.
  • Glasses
    Jan 1, 1280

    Glasses

    Glasses were used to let people with poor vision see more clearly. They were created by the Italians in Florence during the 1280’s.
  • Clocks
    Jan 1, 1410

    Clocks

    They were developed in Florence in 1410. It was created to tell time wherever you are by Filippo Brunelleschi, an architect.
  • Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1436

    Printing Press

    The printing press was made in 1436 by the German Johann Gutenberg.He created it in Germany and used it to make writing easier and to mass produce books and papers with writing on them.
  • Wallpaper
    Jan 1, 1496

    Wallpaper

    Wallpaper was created by different English artists. They drew on paper and put them on walls to decorate in 1496.
  • Microscope

    Microscope

    The microscope was made in 1590 by Zacharias Janssen. He used it to study different objects at a very zoomed in rate.
  • Flush Tiolet

    Flush Tiolet

    The toilet was made by Sir John Harington in 1596. They were used to move waste out of the house in a more efficient way.
  • Telescope

    Telescope

    In 1608, Hans Lippershy invented the telescope. He used it to see objects very far away at a very close distance.
  • Submarine

    Submarine

    Cornelius van Drebbel invented the submarine in 1624 to stay underwater for extended periods of time.
  • Match

    Match

    The match was created to make fire in an easier way. Robert Boyle created it in 1680.