Medieval Masters of Invention
Gone Medieval
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What's the Story of Inventions?
Inventor roger bacon is credited with inventing the magnifying glass. He also wrote down a recipe for gunpowder, so understanding how to make this explosive material. But he's not the inventor of gunpowder - that would have been Willu willu. And maybe can we say that roger bacon invented the aeroplane? Probably not, maybe not. I mean, he's talkig about flapping wings rather than anything powered. That's pretymuch powered sailing at sea and under or something like that. We joke about mediaeval people would be blown away if they saw a car. Well, clearly not, because roger Bacon is talking about it there, nearly
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