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  • 10 Medieval Inventions So Advanced We Still Can't Beat Them [22:54]

    10/04/2025 7:14:01 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 59 replies
    YouTube ^ | August 21, 2025 | Medieval Wisdom
    1:40 The heavy plough. 3:02 Eyeglasses. 4:28 Rotating three-field system. 6:02 Windmill post. 7:31 Magnetic compass. 9:00 Trebuchet. 11:10 Flying buttress. 13:13 Astrolabe. 15:15 Clockwork. 18:09 Gothic rose window. 10 Medieval Inventions So Advanced We Still Can't Beat Them | 22:54 Medieval Wisdom | 56.9K subscribers | 143,125 views | August 21, 2025
  • Science reveals biblical rainbow

    05/18/2005 7:02:35 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 8 replies · 900+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | 5/17/05 | Jennifer Harper
    Azurite, cinnabar, malachite, verdigris, carbon: These are the true colors of the Bible -- the Gutenberg Bible, that is. For the first time in 600 years, the world has become privy to the mysterious substances used to illustrate the rare volumes of God's word produced by the German printer Johann Gutenberg circa 1454. It took a pair of enterprising researchers with a delicate touch to isolate the composition of the nine colors -- painstakingly concocted by unknown artists from such substances as precious metals and minerals, ground chalk, copper, plants and even insects. Gregory Smith, an artifact conservation specialist at...