Invention of the Renaissance

There are many things that we take for granted that were invented in the Renaissance era. Many of these inventions we use without thinking who created it and how it came about. Some of these inventions include the clock, gunpowder and artillery, eye glasses and spectacles, the printing press, the flush toilet, the microscope, the telescope, the submarine, and the match.
In the beginning of the Renaissance time period, we can see the first portable clocks developed in Florenece, Italy, in 1410 by Filippo Brunelleschi, a famous architect. Before this time, mechanical clocks were large, fixed devices. The spring- driven clock made it possible to carry the time around with you. Brunelleschi also developed the first linear perspective paintings.

Gunpowder was invented around 1040. Although hard to believe, rockets were launched as fireworks and weapons in China in the early 1230's. This led the way to William Congreve developing rockets to use during wars. Launching tubes were developed by this engineer to improve their accuracy. Also coming from the invention of gunpowder was the gun and other projectile-firing artillery. These new inventions greatly affected how war was fought. War used to be hand-to-hand combat with specific implied rules of chivalry. With these new, more powerful weapons, there were a higher number of casualties and more serious wounds. In turn this also affected the world of medicine.