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most clocks were used for astronomical and astrological purposes rather than for telling the time of day.
clocks weren't used to tell time which is interesting because now that's all we use it for.
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The Chinese began to use wood block printing in the 7th century where the text is carved into the wood blocks which are then inked. A blank sheet of paper is placed over the inked block so that the image can be transferred to the paper.
I wonder how many more different ways of printing the world invented before making the printer as we know it today.
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The plow is considered to be one of the most important (and oldest) technologies developed. In fact, the history of the plow stretches back to the Neolithic (New Stone) Age that began about 8000 BC in Mesopotamia
I thought that was pretty interesting because we have been using something that was made in 8000 BC.
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he earliest use of the word technology in the United States was found an a Harvard University course on the "application of the Sciences to the Useful Arts" in 1816. The 1832 Encyclopedia Americana defined technology as principles, processes, and nomenclatures.
I think was pretty cool because it was first introduced in a class.
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