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Renaissance Inventions

By taylorbyers2
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Clocks

    Clocks
    It was invented in the in the early 1300’s. Galileo, an Italian scientist, invented the clock
  • Jan 1, 1352

    Eyeglasses or spectacles

    Eyeglasses or spectacles
    People do not know who invented it but the saw a painting with a person holding spectacles so they think it was invented in Italy
  • Jan 1, 1371

    Compass

    Compass
    Chinese voyager Zheng He in 1371 to 1435
  • Jan 1, 1436

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    In 1436 a German named Johannes Gutenberg. Gutenberg was a goldsmith
  • Jan 1, 1496

    Wallpaper

    Wallpaper
    In 1496 the first paper mill came into operation in England
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Lenses (Microscope and Telescope)

    Lenses (Microscope and Telescope)
    The inventor was Hans Lippershey who developed the first real telescope, or Hans Janssen and his son Zacharias.
  • Jan 1, 1578

    Submarine

    Submarine
    invented by Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci kept his plans secret because he didn’t want to make war any more terrifying than it already was

  • Flush Toilet

    Flush Toilet
    Sir John Harrington, godson of Queen Elizabeth, made the first toilet for himself and his grandmother in 1596

  • The match

    The match
    Robert Boyle invented the match in 1680

  • Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    It was invented around 850 A.D.. The chinese used gunpowder in the early 1230’s.