Posted on 04/09/2024 12:25:00 PM PDT by Red Badger
PinGGG!................
“Egyptians applied kohl around their eyes to reduce glare from the sun”
Good thing those Egyptians didn’t send their kids to San Diego Middle Schools. They would have been accused of racism.
The Thermos has to rank near the top of mankind’s all-time inventions.
“4. Rutway: Dating back to around 600 BC, the Diolkos represented an early form of railway developed by the Greeks. Stretching over 6 to 8.5 kilometers, this rudimentary transportation system facilitated the movement of goods and people overland, showcasing the Greeks’ innovative approach to infrastructure and logistics.”
Huh?? The Diolkos was a paved trackway near Corinth in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth. How did the author move it to Egypt?
It’s under the Greek list not the Egyptians...............
Greek invention # 39 was used to sell Trojan invention #1: the condom.
Ya think?
From Thermopylae?...................
It was found only in ancient truck stops.................
I've always wondered how it knows to keep cold things cold and hot things hot.
Bingo!
I like the large ones because they have room for both a cup of hot coffee and a glass of iced tea.
“”I’ve always wondered how it knows to keep cold things cold and hot things hot.””
I’m not saying that it is aliens......but......it’s aliens.
List of Chinese inventions:
Eatable/food stuff
Apples, apricot, oranges, peaches, the lemon, grapefruit - a modified descendant of the Chinese pomelo, the Chinese persimmon, shoots of the young bamboo, water chestnut, the sweet lichee nut, noodles, ice cream-like deserts, pasta, the tea rose, the soy bean, whiskey
Military
fireworks, the compass, the crossbow, kites, the parachute, cigar shaped hot-air balloon, “man-flying kites”, antiaircraft fire (shooting down kites with arrows), manned rockets - (Wan Hu reportedly attached 47 gunpowder rockets to his chair, lit the fuses and took off, and was never seen again), burning mirrors and curved mirrors, poison gas, the stink bomb, flame thrower
Flowers
the chrysanthemum, the tea rose, the camellia, the azalea, the China aster, the tall woody-stemmed tree peony, the ginkgo or maidenhair tree
Medical
eye drops, chaulmoogra oil - the only known means for treating leprosy, ephedrine - used for treating colds
Personal
umbrellas, the folding umbrella, belts, buckled belts, plaques, buckles, trousers, sunglasses, mirrors, toilet paper, chairs, the sedan chair or palanquin, wallpaper, toilet paper
Multimedia
playing cards, paper, dominoes, camera obscura, yo-yos, the magic lantern (or zoetrope), goldfish, chess, the spoon, dice, shadow play
Arts
wood block printing, phosphorescent paint, the spinning wheel, sliding calipers, porcelain, lost-wax casting and metalworking techniques used in making wire and chains
Nautical
fishing reels, the rudder, dry docks, watertight bulkheads
Concepts
the decimal point, the concept of zero, the Mohist classic of Chinese physics elaborated a theory of optics, the first to notice that all snowflakes had six sides, musical Harmonia [1578].
Transportation
wheeled transport, chariots, cavalry tactics
Misc
lacquer, the wheelbarrow, the seismograph, weather cocks and vanes, wind direction devices, fingerprinting, tung oil - for varnishes, woven silk, peacock-feather fans and screen fans, compasses, soccer (Cuju)
http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/4sub7/item30.html
Chinese inventions were used mainly for the amusement of the emperor rather than moving an economic society forward.
Papyrus, a duck billed animal from Austria...
Add to list of Egyptian Inventions:
Geometry
Fibonacci sequence
Counting without multiplication
Precision stone cutting/carving of the hardest stone
Surveying to within an inch of true
Great list, good post.
Willis Carrier: American, refrigerated air.
The Greek list is more impressive.
… chaulmoogra oil — the only known means for treating leprosy …I guess dapsone, rifampicin and clofazimine are completely unknown.
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