Who Invented The Helicopter
The dream of a flying machine that would rise straight up is an old one. Monardo da Vinci made drawings for a gigantic screwlike helicopter about A.D. …
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Who Invented The Broom
A broom and a brush are somewhat alike. A broom, of course, is used for cleaning only, but many brushes serve this purpose, too. However, the brush …
Who Invented Stockings
Stockings were originally made of leather to cover the legs for protection. But even the idea of protecting the legs in this way was not a common …
Who Made The First Engine
An engine is a machine that produces motion. It changes energy, usually heats energy, into motion or movement so that work may be done. Men had tools …
Who First Wrote Music
All primitive people seem to have made the music of some sort. But the sounds they made were very different from those of modern music. This music …
Who Invented Skating
Man has been skating in one way or another for more than 500 years! Ice skating is much older than roller skating since roller skating goes back …
Who Started The First Zoo
“Zoo” is short for “zoological garden”. And a zoological garden is a place where living animals are kept and exhibited. Why Do We Keep Wild Animals In …
Who Invented The Drum
Unlike other musical instruments which came into being as the result of the work of one individual or several individuals, the drum has been in existence since …
Who Invented The Accordion
The accordion is an instrument made on the principle of the bellows. The sound is made by forcing air through metallic reeds. The development of this instrument …
Who Made The First Painting
Many artists today paint pictures in which they make no effort to show the world around them. But when man began to paint pictures, that is exactly …
Who Made The First Photograph
Man’s desire to able to take photographs goes back hundreds of years. From the eleventh to the sixteenth century, there was a device called “the camera obscura”, …