The Wheel | The Computer | The Flush Toilet | The Microscope | The Television |
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Why did they invent the wheel?
For transportation of heavy things.
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What could the first computer look up?
It could calculate and compute several sets of numbers and make hard copies of the results.
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What was was the toilet called before the word toilet?
The loo.
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What was it used to look at?
Fleas and other tiny insects.
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Why did he invent it?
So people could watch the radio.
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How did they make the wheel?
They carved it out of a tree stump.
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When was the first computer invented?
1822.
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Who invented the flush toilet?
Thomas Crapper.
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How powerful was it?
About as powerful as a magnifying glass about 6x-10x.
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When was it Invented?
1927.
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How did the inventors use the wheel?
They realized they could put a fallen log on it and roll it.
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Who invented the computer?
Charles Babbage.
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When was the the flush toilet invented?
1775.
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What was it called?
The compound microscope.
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How many channels did it get?
12-13.
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Where was the wheel invented?
Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq)
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What was the meaning of the word computer in 1613?
to describe a person who could perform calculations and computation.
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Why was the toilet invented?
To make pooping easier.
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When was it invented?
1595
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Why was it invented?
To watch the radio.
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When was the wheel invented?
3500 B.C.
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When was the word computer first invented?
1613.
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What was Thomas' nickname?
John.
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Who invented the microscope?
Zacharias Iansen.
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Who invented it?
Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
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