1001 inventions.pdf

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Why do you write texts or e-mails? Or keep a diary?Or report on science experiments?

People write things down to communicate with others and to recordthings. Of course, you can only write if you have the tools andmaterials you need.


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Have you ever used a bubble jet printer?Theyve been around for only 20 years, butnow most home computer users wouldntwant to be without one.


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Its 1900. Youre on a cruise ship, bound for New York.How does the crew make sure you get to the right place?They use a navigational compass, as sailors have donefor centuries.


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Would you like your Mum to know exactly where youare, every second of the day? Well, now she can, if youwear a buddi satellite tracking device, invented in 2007by Sara Murray. You can even get petbuddis, too!


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Do you like to smell good and feel clean? If so, you probably use soap!

Muslims have been creating sweetly-scented soaps,perfumes and deodorants for more than a thousand

years. They made hair dye and curling lotion, too.Europeans began washing regularly with soap lessthan 300 years ago.


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Are you bothered by body odour? Anxious about acne?Keen to be clean? All good reasons to use soap!


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Which of these gemstones would you like to giveor receive as a gift?

People have enjoyed wearing gemstones for centuries.Muslims living a thousand years ago were noexception. Of course, everyone wanted the mostbeautiful jewelsand to pay fair prices for them.

Gemstones are special types of minerals. They arerare, beautiful and hard. The Ancient Egyptians,Greeks and Indians, as well as the Romans, knew agreat deal about gemstones. Starting just over a

thousand years ago, Muslim scientists continued tobuild on and extend this knowledge.


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Sarah bought a diamond ring. It was cheaper than sheexpected. Later, she worried the gemstone wasntgenuine. She took it to another jeweller to find out.

The jeweller looked at the gemstone. She said itcould be diamond, cubic zirconia or Moissanite.Of these three, only diamond is found naturally.The others are manufactured, and are notas valuable.


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Have you ever coughed in a smoke-filled room, or breathed in traffic fumes?Not nice! Muslim architects have provided clean air in buildings for centuries.


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Have you ever felt sleepy in a hot, stuffy building? Does stale air give you a headache?Air conditioning can solve these problems. But air conditioning runs on electricity.And generating electricity makes greenhouse gases.


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Have you ever marvelled at the Moons magnificence? Or wondered why its shapechanges? Or considered where it goes when you cant see it?


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Have you ever stared at the night skys stunningstars? Do you wonder where they all come fromor where theyll end up?

Astronomers have observed, named and mappedthe stars for centuries. A thousand years ago, Muslimastronomers used huge instruments in enormousobservatories to look at the sky. Recently, curiosityhas motivated scientists to develop better and bettertelescopes. Analysing these observations, andthinking about them creatively, has expanded our

understanding of the Universe.


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Have you ever got food stuck between your teeth?Needed a filling? Had toothache?

People have tried to prevent tooth decay for centuries.Muslims have cleaned their teeth regularly for more than1500 years, and they continue to gargle and wash theirmouths before each of the five daily prayers. In Europe,teeth cleaning became common less than 200 years ago.Most Americans only learnt about teeth cleaning whentheir soldiers returned from Europe in 1945 after theSecond World War.


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Do you know whats in your toothpaste?Its probably a mixture of at least twelve compounds.


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Have you ever used tablets, ointments or syrupy medicines?So did the people of Baghdad, Iraq, more than 1100 years ago.


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Do you find it easy to swallow tablets, or do you prefer to takeliquid medicines or have injections?


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