MEDIEVAL / MIDDLE AGES
MEDIEVAL / MIDDLE AGES
• - started by massive invasions and migrations due to
wars during this time.
• -great technology was needed in the weaponry,
navigation, mass food and farm production, and
health.
• - trade and commerce demanded for greater
transportation technology.
• - some of the most innovative minds came in this
period.
• - also known as the Age of Exploration
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
PRINTING PRESS
• invented by Johann
Gutenberg. It used a cast type
to print utilizing extracted
juices from fruits. This
improved to be the
mechanical printing press
which address the need for
faster publishing books to
spread information.
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
HEAVY PLOUGH
Ϫ invented to dig the
ground in a faster pace
cultivating larger lands
to mass produce food
in less time and effort
(from being food
gatherers to farm
cultivators).
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
MICROSCOPE
• invented to understand the sickness through
investigation, by magnifying things. The first
compounded microscope developed was
invented by Zacharias Janssen.
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
TELESCOPE
• for the need of
nautical
explorations. It
is an optical
instrument that
helps in the
observation of
the remote
objects.
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
WAR WEAPONS
• development of
offensive and
defensive tools
were
demanded.
Examples:
cross bows and
long bows;
walls and
fortresses; iron
body armors;
chainmail.
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
COMPASS
• It was first used
by the Chinese
for the selection
of places for
house.
• It was during
the 11th century
when peoples
started using
the compass
for navigation.
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
MECHANICAL CLOCK
• the first
mechanical clocks
were large and
weight-driven
machines.
• they were used to
be fitted into
towers
• today, these
clocks are termed
as turret clocks
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
SPINNING WHEEL
• It was invented in India and was brought to Europe in the 13 th century.
• It was replaced the more traditional method of hand spinning.
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
EYEGLASSES
• also called spectacles
• invented to correct or to
improve vision problems.
• the first spectacles were
made somewhere
between 1268 and 1289.
• the identity of the
inventor was not known.
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
MEDICINE
MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES
ASTROLABES
• a compact instrument
used to observe and
calculate the position
of celestial bodies.
• efficiently elaborate
inclinometers and in
effect, can be
considered early
computers.
