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Ch 17 sec 2. Steel. Made from iron and less brittle Blowing air on molten metal creates steel Cheaply produced. Military Technology. Gunpowder Alchemist mixture of science and magic First weapon is a flame thrower—gunpowder and oil Artillery shells Using catapults –grenades
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Steel • Made from iron and less brittle • Blowing air on molten metal creates steel • Cheaply produced
Military Technology • Gunpowder • Alchemist mixture of science and magic • First weapon is a flame thrower—gunpowder and oil • Artillery shells • Using catapults –grenades • Rifles and cannons • Rockets—fireworks
Medicine • Poisonous smoke used after someone dies • Steaming cloths to kill germs • Inoculated from small pox
Other inventions • Playing cards • Paper money • Mechanical clock