Author: ezradharris
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Wheelbarrow – History of Inventions – Lesson 31
A wheelbarrow is a tool used for agriculture, and construction, it is meant for moving sand bricks weeds, etc. It benefited the workers because you wouldn’t have to use a horse to pull a carriage to transport materials if it is a short distance. After all, it would take to long to hitch up a…
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Sailing Before the Compass – History of Inventions – lesson 29
Before the compass, many people had to rely on landmarks for sailing. The Polynesians sailed around there own area by using the stars to tell them where they were, and they also used waves to tell where land is because the waves get affected by the islands. The Europeans used landmarks, the stars, and the…
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Mustard
I watch a youtube channel called Mustard. Mustard is a channel that makes history videos about different inventions. In most of the videos I watched, he talked about aircraft. for example, in the most recent one, he explained the history of giant flying boats. It is called: what happened to giant flying ships? That video…
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Benefits of a Roman Aqueduct – History of Inventions – Lesson 27
Rome borrowed the idea of the aqueduct from the Etruscans and the Greeks, but the Romans perfected the idea. They perfected it by bringing lots of fresh clean, and consistent water to the city, it also benefited the sewage system because the aqueduct provided consistent water to flush the gross stuff out of the city,…