This Essay is divided into three types, and five sections. The types are below:

1. Inventions (lessons #176-177)
2. How culture impacts Inventions (lessons #178-179)
3. The five parts of every worldview

The lessons are below:

176. Morphine
177. Jaquard Loom
178. Inventions and worldview
179. Inventions and patterns

Inventions

Morphine

Friedrich Serturner invented morphine when trying to figure out how to control the amount of opium used in painkillers. Morphine is the main painkiller in opium, after being separated from the other parts of the opium. Morphine is very addictive, like other drugs today. Morphine actually led to coke, when the inventor of coke tried to make a non-addictive painkiller, and out came Coca-Cola.

Jaquard Loom

Jaquard combined old designs for pattern weaving on looms that had never been commercially successful to make the Jaquard loom. A punched card is used to “program” the loom, and make complex woven patterns. Later, the punched cards would go on to help create computers.

How Culture Impacts Inventions

Inventions And worldview

A lot of cultures believed in Cyclical time back in ancient times. I quote:

“I think that if people believe [a cyclical] this view [of time], they think that all efforts will be lost when the order falls back into the chaos. Then they think ‘Why should I even try if all my efforts will be lost?’ and then they do nothing to improve the world.”

My first history essay. https://essaybank.home.blog/2019/10/25/history-lesson-5/

The Greeks did not like work, so that is one reason their inventions did not catch on. The Christians, however, had a linear approach to time, and as they spread the gospel, the cyclical time view was replaced with linear one. The puritans brought Christianity to North America, bringing linear time with them. The inventions of Europe and America are with us today, in part because of linear time, and Christianity. Be sure to check out my first essay HERE.

Inventions And Patterns

A few patterns in history and inventions are listed below:

1. The inventor observes something odd; He invented something made after what he observed.
2. Inventors need to be open minded; mobs who were not open minded destroyed inventions, like John Kay’s flying shuttle, and the Spinning Jenny.

The Five Parts Of Every Worldview

1. God (Who is God?)
2. Mankind (What is mankind’s purpose in life?)
3. Ethics (What is right and what is wrong?)
4. Judgment (What happens at the end of life?)
5. Time (Cyclical or Linear?)

• Lesson 171: Smallpox Vaccine
• Lesson 172: Voltaic Pile
• Lesson 173: Arc Light
• Lesson 174: Dalton’s Atomic Theory

Smallpox vaccine

Cowpox is like a weaker version of smallpox. Edward Jenner discovered the connection between smallpox and cowpox, and noticed that milkmaids, who get cowpox once, makes them immune to smallpox forever.

Voltaic Pile

Volta invented the battery after learning of Galvani and his frog legs. The voltaic pile can spread the use of electricity over a long period of time, unlike the Leyden Jar. Volta spread the word by article and other experiments (like electrolysis) became easier than with the Leyden Jar.

Arc Light

Humphrey Davy invented the arc light. The arc light uses two carbon rods with electric current flowing between. Davy’s arc light was powered by a large voltaic piles (above), but the arc light did not catch on quickly until the generator came about, for the voltaic piles costed a lot.

Dalton’s Atomic theory

John Dalton had an interest in meteorology and gases, which helped spark his atomic theory. His theory included that atoms are inseparable, and that H₂O is water.