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Historical Antecedents of
science and Technology

DIFFERENT HISTORICAL PERIOD ADVANCES IN ANCIENT PERIOD

OF DEVELOPMEMT
MODERN AGES

MIDDLE AGES 03
ANCIENT PERIOD
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ANCIENT PERIOD ANCIENT PERIOD

ANCIENT WHEEL
People from ancient civilization used animals for transportation long
before the invention of the wheel .
No one knows exactly who invented the wheel and when .
There is , however, a general agreement that the ancient wheel grew
out from a mechanical devise called a potter’s wheel - a heavy flat
disk made of hardened clay which was horizontally on the axis .
PAPER
Roughly around 3000 BC , the ancient
Egyptians began writing on papyrus , a material
similar to thick paper . Papyrus is made from
pith of the papyrus plant cyperus papyrus . It is
lightweight , strong, durable , and most
importantly , portable .

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ANCIENT PERIOD ANCIENT PERIOD

SHADOOF
The shadoof was an early tool invented and used by ancient Egyptians to irrigate land .
ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM
Among Egyptian who lived near the Nile river, irrigation was necessary to water their
crops.  Even before the invention of the antecendents of the modern computer , the Greek had
already invented the ancient world’s analog computer orrery .
The shadoof , also spelled as shaduf , is a hand-operated device used for lifting water
.  Discovered in 1902 and retrieved from the waters of Antikythera , Greece , the
antikythera mechanism is similar to a mantel clock .

ANCIENT PERIOD MIDDLE AGES

AEOLIPILE

Also known as a Hero’s Engine , the aeolipile is widely believed to be an ancient

precursor of the steam engine .
Hero of alexandria is credited for the demonstration of the use of the aeolipile during
the 1st century AD .
The aeolipile is a steam-powered turbine which spun when the water container at its
center was heated , thus making it partically the first rudimentary steam engine .

MIDDLE AGES MIDDLE AGES

GUNPOWDER

HEAVY PLOUGH
Perhaps one of the most technological innovation during the middle ages in the invention of Around 850 AD , Chinese alchemists accidently invented black powder or gun
the heavy plough . powder .
Clay soil , despite being more fertile than lighter type of soil , was not cultivated because of
Multiple accounts suggest that the gunpowder might have been an unintended
its heavy weight . However , through the invention of the heavy plough , it became possible
by product of attempts made by Chinese to invent the elixer of life .
to harness clay soil .

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MIDDLE AGES MIDDLE AGES

PAPER MONEY
Although it was not until the 17th century that bank notes began
to be used in Europe ,
the first known version of paper money could be traced back to
the Chinese in 17th century AD as an off shoot of the invention
of block printing , which is similar to stamping
Mechanical Clock
Although devices for timekeeping and
recording sprung from the ancient times
, such as the antikythera mechanism , it
was not until the Middle ages that clock
work technology was developed . The
development of mechanical clocks
paved the way for accurately keeping
track of time .

MIDDLE AGES MODERN AGES

SPINNING WHEEL
• A machine used for
transforming fiber into thread or
yarn and eventually woven into
cloth on a loom.
COMPOUND ENGINE-POWERED
TELESCOPE JACQUARD LOOM TELEVISION
MICROSCOPE AIRPLANE

• Although no consensus could

be made regarding the origin of
the spinning wheel.

MODERN AGES MODERN AGES

COMPOUND MICROSCOPE TELESCOPE
A Dutch spectacle maker named
Zacharias Janssen is credited for the
invention of the first compound Most important
technological invention in
This invention could magnify object

microscope in 1590 . the study of astronomy in
the the Modern Ages
Invented by 20 times larger than the Dutch
perspective glasses . It was Galileo
who first used the telescope
Galileo Galilei skyward and made important
astronomical discoveries .

Together with his father Hans , Zacharias

bean experimenting with lenses by
putting together several lenses on a tube

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MODERN AGES MODERN AGES

ENGINE-POWERED AIRPLANE

Orville Wright and

Wilbur Wright
Designing and successfully
operating the first engine-
powered aircraft.

JACQUARD LOOM

Design of powered Aircrafts

and flight scientifically

• As the industrial revolution reached full speed , the jacquard loom was
considered as one of the most critical drivers of the revolution .
Proved that aircraft can fly
• Built by French weaver Joseph Marie Jacquard , without air foil- shaped
• the jacquard loom simplifies textile manufacturing . wings

MODERN AGES

INVENTION OF FILIPINO
SCIENTIST

TELEVISION

• Scottish engineer John Logie Baird credited for the invention of the modern television .
• Baird successfully televised object in outline in 1924.
• Recognizable human faces of the modern television and moving object in 1986

ERYTHOMYCIN
ELECTRONIC JEEPNEY(E-JEEPNEY)
Invented this antibiotic
The Jeepney is perhaps one of the most recognizable national symbol of the out of a strain bacterium
Philippines and the most popular mode of public transportation in the country . Perhaps one of the most called streptomyces
important medical erythreus , from which
invention is the the drug derived its
It is also perhaps one of the most recognizable national symbol of Philippines . erythomycin . name .

Why E jeepney?

The ilonggo scientist

abelardo aguilar
•
E •
Environmental friendly
Eliminate noise
•
jeepneys •
Eliminate air pollution
More economical, cheaper than ordinary
diesel
are: • More profits

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MEDICAL INCUBATOR
Mole Remover
Dr. Fe del Mundo Rolando Dela cruz

Credited for the invention of the local mole remover that made use of
World-renownned Filipino pediatrician and national scientist, extract of cashew nuts (Annacardium occidintale)

In 2000 a local invention that had the ability to easily remove moles and
credited for the invention of the incubator and jaundice relieving warts on the skin without the need of any surgical procedure shot to fame .
devise.

Del mundo was the first women pediatrician to be admitted to the

prestigious Harvard university’s school of medicine .

BANANA KETCHUP

Maria Orosa

Filipino food technologist ,,

credited for the invention of banana ketchup , a variety of

ketchup different from the commonly known tomato ketchup .

Her invention appeals particularly to filipinos who loves using

condiments to go along with their food