7th Grade Renaissance Project - 2008

Links for research - inventions

FAMOUS INVENTIONS A TO Z - http://www.inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl12.htm?PM=ss13_inventors
INVENTIONS OF THE RENAISSANCE - http://www.neo-tech.com/businessmen/part5.html  and
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/inventions.htm
INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1500.shtml
INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS FOR K12 EDUCATION - http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/inventors.htm
RENAISSANCE INVENTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY -  http://www.nides.bc.ca/Assignments/Invent69/Renaissance1.htm
STUDENT RESEARCH SOURCES - http://www.geocities.com/enchantedForest/Tower/1217/gensci.html#c

• ANEMOMETER - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexa.shtml
• ARTIFICIAL LIMBS - http://www.nupoc.northwestern.edu/prosHistory.shtml  AND http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blprosthetic.html AND  http://www.hap.be/english/ambroise%20pare.htm
• <>ASTROLABE - http://www.astrolabes.org/ AND http://www.astrolabes.org/fusoris.htm
• ATLAS - http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi889.htm  and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator
• BAROMETER - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbarometer.htm   AND http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexb.shtml
• <>CARAVEL - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/c/caravel.shtml
• <>CHIMNEY - http://www.rapidvac.co.uk/rvwork/chimney_hist.htm  AND http://hearth.com/what/historyfire.html  AND http://www.iceharvestingusa.com/chimneys,%20their%20history.html
• CLOCKS, spring-powered - http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa070701a.htm AND
• CLOCKS, pendulum - http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0855494.html  AND http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa072801a.htm
• COMPASS -  http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2002/May/hour2_053102.html AND http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/geo/europe/page32.htm  AND http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcompass.htm  AND http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crystalinks.com%2Fchinainventions.htmlhttp://china.tyfo.com/int/literature/history/2000921lit-story2.htm
<>CANNON - http://www.hyw.com/books/history/cannon.htm AND http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t0w20guns.htm

• EATING UTENSILS - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbleating.htm
• ENGLISH BIBLE - http://www.learnthebible.org/preservation_early_english.htm   AND http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/  
• EYEGLASSES - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1300.shtml  AND http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/inventions.htm AND  http://www.inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bleyeglass.htm#Eyeglasses
• FLUSHTOILETS/TOILETS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet#Invention_timeline  AND http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harington   and http://www.victoriancrapper.com/Toilethistory.HTML AND http://www.theplumber.com/H%5Findex.html AND  http://www.didyouknow.cd/toilets.htm
• <>GOLF - http://www.golfeurope.com/almanac/history/history1.htm AND http://www.golfing-scotland.com/history.asp#1AND http://www.tourcanada.com/golfhist.htm
• GLOBE - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcopernicus.htm AND http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1400.shtml - Martin Behaim
• <>GREGORIAN CALENDAR - http://geography.about.com/science/geography/library/weekly/aa041301a.htm  AND http://www.furrfu.com/magpies/cal_gregorian.html
• GUNPOWDER - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1300.shtml AND http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/geo/europe/page32.htm AND  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/g/gunpowder.shtml
• <>GUTENBERG'S BIBLE - http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall04/Phillips/bible.html  AND http://www.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/homepage.html
• HARPSICHORD - http://www.sankey.ws/history.html
• ICE SKATES - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bliceskates.htm
• MATCHES - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmatch.htm
• MICROSCOPE - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1500.shtml AND http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/inventions.htm AND http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1600.shtml
• <>PAPER MONEY - http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/currency/Money/0094127.html AND http://www.bportugal.pt/bnotes/moneyhst/moneyhst_e.htm
• <> <>PENCIL - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/p/pencil.shtml AND http://www.pencils.com/ ANDhttp://www.pencilpages.com/misc/faq.htm
• PLAYING CARDS - http://www.thehouseofcards.com/card%5Fhistory.html AND http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.thehouseofcards.com/card%5Fhistory.html AND http://www.usplayingcard.com/gamerules/briefhistory.html AND  http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpuzzles.htm
• PRINTING PRESS - http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/inventions.htm AND
• RIFLE/GUNS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle AND http://www.a2armory.com/briefhisofgu1.html  AND http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/geo/europe/page32.htm
• <>SCREW/SCREWDRIVER - http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw AND
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blscrewdriver.htm AND http://www.lox.com/History.asp?Item=3
AND http://www.enchantedlearning.com

• SHAWM - http://www.dreamscape.com/quando7/index.htm  AND  http://www.diabolus.org/guide/shawm.htm
• SLIDE RULE - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule  AND http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule#History
• STEAM ENGINE - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/science.shtml
• SUBMARINE - http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/inventions.htm
• THERMOMETER - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1500.shtml
• TELESCOPE - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1600.shtml AND http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/inventions.htm
• WATCH - SEE CLOCK
• <>WIND MILLS -  http://library.thinkquest.org/17531/wind.html AND http://www.windmillworld.com/windmills/history.htm AND http://telosnet.com/wind/early.html

BECOME A SPICE TRADER - Extra Credit - http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/spicetrade/
NUMBERS IN NATURE - http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/fibonacci/
RENAISSANCE SECRETS - http://www.open2.net/renaissance2/doing/doing.html

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