10 Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution (c.1760-1840) introduced many new inventions that would change the world forever. It was a time epitomised by the wide scale introduction of machinery, the transformation of cities and significant technological developments in a wide range of areas. Many modern mechanisms have their origins from this period. 1. Spinning jenny Spinning jenny was [...]

28 INDIAN INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD.

1. THE HINDU NUMBER SYSTEM. With decimal place-value and a symbol for zero, this system was the ancestor of the widely used Arabic numeral system. It was developed in the Indian subcontinent between the 1st and 6th centuries. Aryabhatta invented zero, without which there is no binary code and computers.   2. WORLD’S FIRST UNIVERSITY. The Takshasila University [...]