Inventions of the Ancient Greeks
Written by Haden Delaney:
Archimedes was a very renown inventor at the time, and is credited with such inventions like the water screw. He was also the first person to describe the lever.
Another invention from this time was the astrolabe, first used in 200 B.C to determine the altitude of objects in the sky. Since then, it has been replace with a considerably more efficient invention, the sextant. The catapult, invented by Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse, was invented in Greece in 399 B.C. It was used to hurl objects over a great distance. Later down the line, wheels were added to the device to increase mobility. It was also know by another name; the ballista. It was used as a weapon of warfare for well over a thousand years. Sometime around A.D 1400, during the Middle Ages, Mariano Taccola of Siena made a version of this invention that included a second firing-arm. It was known as the trebuchet.
During A.D 1, an man by the name of Heron (also sometimes referred to as Hero) invented the first steam engine. However, the first steam engines were actually used as toys, and were treated as novelty items. It worked by flowing steam through pipes and into a metal ball, which would then spin. The first steam engines designed for actual work didn't pop up until 1690 when Dionysius Papin published his plans for a high-pressure steam engine. Thomas Savery built the first working model in 1698, and James Watt further improved on the device later.
Umbrellas can be traced back to Ancient Greece, and as much as 4,000 years ago. It was a popular item in countries such as Assyria, China, Egypt, and Greece. Ironically enough, however, they were used more as parasols are used these days, as shade from the Sun. The first waterproofed umbrellas were most likely developed by the Chinese. Until Samuel Fox invented the first steel-ribbed umbrella in 1852, wood and whale bone were used as the ribs.
As should be clear, the Anicent Greeks' inventions were very crucial to the development and popularizing of many modern tools, weapons, and items.
Source: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/greece.shtml
Archimedes was a very renown inventor at the time, and is credited with such inventions like the water screw. He was also the first person to describe the lever.
Another invention from this time was the astrolabe, first used in 200 B.C to determine the altitude of objects in the sky. Since then, it has been replace with a considerably more efficient invention, the sextant. The catapult, invented by Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse, was invented in Greece in 399 B.C. It was used to hurl objects over a great distance. Later down the line, wheels were added to the device to increase mobility. It was also know by another name; the ballista. It was used as a weapon of warfare for well over a thousand years. Sometime around A.D 1400, during the Middle Ages, Mariano Taccola of Siena made a version of this invention that included a second firing-arm. It was known as the trebuchet.
During A.D 1, an man by the name of Heron (also sometimes referred to as Hero) invented the first steam engine. However, the first steam engines were actually used as toys, and were treated as novelty items. It worked by flowing steam through pipes and into a metal ball, which would then spin. The first steam engines designed for actual work didn't pop up until 1690 when Dionysius Papin published his plans for a high-pressure steam engine. Thomas Savery built the first working model in 1698, and James Watt further improved on the device later.
Umbrellas can be traced back to Ancient Greece, and as much as 4,000 years ago. It was a popular item in countries such as Assyria, China, Egypt, and Greece. Ironically enough, however, they were used more as parasols are used these days, as shade from the Sun. The first waterproofed umbrellas were most likely developed by the Chinese. Until Samuel Fox invented the first steel-ribbed umbrella in 1852, wood and whale bone were used as the ribs.
As should be clear, the Anicent Greeks' inventions were very crucial to the development and popularizing of many modern tools, weapons, and items.
Source: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/greece.shtml