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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://royalfaires.com/arizona/images/pdf/Renaissance%20Discoveries%20&%20Inventions.pdf
INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1500.shtml

ANEMOMETER - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexa.shtml
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blprosthetic.html
<>ASTROLABE - http://www.astrolabes.org/
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://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.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/geo/europe/page32.htm AND http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcompass.htm

http://www.hyw.com/books/history/cannon.htm

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

http://www.lox.com/History.asp?Item=3

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

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<>EXTRA CREDIT - CHOOSE ONE

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

CHOOSE ONE

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