Who Created this?

Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:51 pm

Ok, here is the idea behind this thread, I wil name something and you post the answere,then that person posts another question,

Who Created Coca-Cola and what year was it?

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:16 pm

A pharmacist named Pemberton created it in 1886.

What does WD-40 stand for?

Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:49 am

WD-40, hmmmmmmmmmmmm Wife,me, dumb, me 40 , my age, yup thats it:wah::wah:

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:15 am

RedGlitter;696568 wrote: A pharmacist named Pemberton created it in 1886.

What does WD-40 stand for?
Water displacement- 40th try

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:10 am

YZGI;696692 wrote: Water displacement- 40th try

Yep! Your turn, YZ.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:41 am

RedGlitter;696775 wrote: Yep! Your turn, YZ.

Oops. Okay

The Abacus

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:14 pm

YZGI;696806 wrote: Oops. Okay

The Abacus

Good one! The Chinese invented it but I don't know if a specific person was responsible or not. Am I right, is it the Chinese? :-3

Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:32 am

-heres one, who invented glass blowing?

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:44 am

Indian Princess;697212 wrote: -heres one, who invented glass blowing?

The Venetians around 1600. They were already working with glass in 1400 CE but in the 1600s they started creating beer bottles. I'm not positive about this since the Romans are credited with discovering glass, and the Egyptians for some methods but as for actually blowing it, I think it was the Venetians and the Muranese. :-3

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:36 am

RedGlitter;696910 wrote: Good one! The Chinese invented it but I don't know if a specific person was responsible or not. Am I right, is it the Chinese? :-3
We will give you this one. It wasn't really fair.

Chronology

500-1000

Country of origin and first appearance unknown. Region of development: Middle East

1300's

Modern Abacus in use in China

1400's

Abacus in use in Korea

1600

Abacus known as Soroban in use in Japan

1700's

Last use of abacus in Europe, driven away by the introduction of the Hindu-Arabic notation of numbers

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:18 am

So the Middle East probably created the abacus?? I would not have guessed that! Good question!