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It'll shock today's kids to know that Christmas trees were once lit ... He designed handheld fins made of thin planks of wood, which became the predecessor of modern swim fins. Some great inventions ...

Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

Modern inventions tend more toward improving than transforming: an app that connects the world in a better way, planes that fly farther, faster. But there’s still room, every so often ...

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Narrator:The ideas behind some modern inventions were first thought up hundreds of years ago. Narrator:Leonardo da Vinci lived in Italy over 500 years ago. Most famous for his art including the ...

Historical timeline of the development of modern weapons starting at 1364 with ... 1498 - Rifling principle is discovered. 1509 - Invention of wheel lock (rose lock). The next major advance ...

His was the first patent in US history to utilize our ancestral history as a prescription for the development and utility of a modern invention. The red arrow indicates the site of a displaced ...

Using levers, ramps, and architectural planning, Egypt showed what is possible when you stretch the limits of “modern” machinery. The invention of the wheel changed the world forever.

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