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This glider resembled an attempt in time travel since it featured bird-like wings and inventor-like curiosity. The Saqqara Glider is like a voice from the past that has captured our modern imagination, regardless of whether it was a prototype for future air transport or just an ancient game of aviation dreams.The bronze device could predict future solar eclipse dates as well as the positions of the sun, moon,planets,and stars.The first flushing toilets in the world were createdin the middle of the 20th century just kidding the ancient Minoans on the Mediterranean island of Crete and the Indus Valley Civilization both came up with this...

By Nora ArianaPublished 8 months ago 3 min read
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No one knows who used it or how or where it was made but it's obvious that it's extremely precise and way too advanced for its time.Even the speed at which the moon moves through the sky.

Ingenious invention At the same time, about 4,000 years ago,plumbing and sanitation were so well developed that no one was able to create anything better until 2,000 years later. One ancient Minoan lavatory was discovered at the Palace of Canosos,and it appears to have had a wooden seat set over a tunnel that directed water from a rooftop reservoir to an underground sewer.Other varieties got their water from jugs,and only the super wealthy could afford all this glory.

Therefore,a flushing toilet would be a telltale sign that you were in a wealthy neighborhood if you were looking for real estate at the time.In 1931,mechanized doors became a cool,supposedly novel idea.The mathematician and engineer Heron of Alexandria devised a hydraulic system to open and close Temple doors in the first century CE.To put it into use,you need to light a fire to produce heat,and there was a brass pot under the fire that was partially filled with water.

When the fire was blazing, the water moved into the weight containers, which worked as weight,and they went down and pulled the ropes;this was unlike a store door that opens in front of you before you even had time to consider.There was no way to halt the process of opening Heron's door,which took hours.

To give some mysticism to the temple during rituals,they only ever opened the doors once a day before visitors arrived.Strangely enough,it appears that the first battery was created in Baghdad around 2000 years ago.A German archaeologist discovered this oval-shaped clay jar in 1938.Scientists are still unsure of its function and the inventor's identity.One theory holds that it was used to electroplate objects with precious metals when it was filled with a weak acid,such as vinegar.Another theory claims that it was a container for sacred Scrolls.

Would you like to purchase contact lenses that Leonardo da Vinci himself created in 1508? At the time,he created a glass lens with a funnel on one side that you
were supposed to wear while filling it with water to improve your vision.However, this method sounded uncomfortable,so about a century later,French scientist Rene Descartes decided to improve the concept and create cornea contact lenses that would replace glasses.

since they come into touch with your eyes, the glass tube filled with liquid did assist. Two and a half centuries later, advances in the glass industry allowed scientists to create contacts that fit in the eye and even allowed the wearer to blink,thanks guys,
but those lenses were still made of heavy blown glass and did not allow the eye to breathe.About 50 years later,contacts changed from glass to plastic,which was lighter,unbreakable,and scratch-resistant while still covering the entire eye.

Imagine that you live in 19th-century London and need to send a message to New York. It would take about 10 days to get there by ship,so when delivery time
went from days to hours in 1858 it was a true sensation. The first message was sent by Queen Victoria herself,and it was all made possible thanks to an English optical technician who accidentally sanded down a plastic lens in 1948.

Imagine yourself in 19th-century London and needing to send a message to New York.It would have taken about 10 days to get there by ship.When delivery time went from days to hours in 1858,it was a true sensation.The first message was sent by Queen Victoria herself.It was all made possible by the transatlantic Telegraph Company.

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