Group 9, Molar
What are the different
major technological
advancements during
the ancient times,
middle, and
modern ages?
Invented and first used by
Sumerians after 3500 BC.
Early Bronze Age, 2400 BCE
A heavy disk made of hardened clay
and was spun horizontally on an axis.
4th millennium BC
later developed for domestic use. The
wheel was invented in Lower
Mesopotamia(modern-day Iraq), where
the Sumerian people inserted rotating
axles into solid discs of wood.
3000 BC
First used by egyptians
AD 1000
A plough or plow is a farm
tool for loosening or
turning the soil before
sowing seed or planting.
1270 to 1300
The mechanical clock, which
derived from water clock, was
born in medieval Europe. The
first mechanical clocks were
large devices made of iron.
This innovation made it
possible to produce ever
smaller clocks
15th Century
The Printing press was a new mode of
printing texts and books which was
invented by Johannes Gutenberg. It
became possible to rapidly publish
books and make them available to a
greater number of people at a more
modest price.
The booming world population during the 19th century onward
demanded the more goods be produce at a faster rate.
It is the process of heating dairy
products to kill the harmful bacteria that
allow them to spoil faster.
LOUIS PASTEUR, a French biologist,
microbiologist, and chemist, invented
pasteurization.
The industrial process of production of
useful petroleum products from crude
oil.
SAMUEL M. KIER was able to invent
kerosene by refining petroleum.
A mixture of liquid hydrocarbons
obtained by distilling petroleum,
bituminous shale, or the like, and widely
used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc. It
was referred to as the illuminating oil
because it was used at first to provide
lighting to homes.
A telephone, also known as a phone, is a
communication tool. Originally, it was an
electric tool sending analogue speech
through wires. Now it is an electronic tool
sending digital signals on wires or radio
transmission.
What is the relationship
between science
and technology from
antiquity to
contemporary time?
technology is the
application of science.
Science provides knowledge that
is a direct source for new
technological possibilities.
Without scientific knowledge,
there is no application of the
information gained through
scientific methods.
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new technology
source of tools
research instrumentation
the practice of research
the creation of a knowledge base
• providing a fertile source of scientific questions
• a source of intstruments and techniques
needed to address said questions
-Group 9 :)