Renaissance+and+Reformation+Invention


 * ==The Mariner's Astrolabe== || ==The Printing Press== ||
 * [[image:Astrolabe.jpg]] || [[image:Printing_Press.jpg width="361" height="254"]] ||
 * ======This is an image of a mariner's astrolabe. The astrolabe was used to determine their position in the bodies of water. It was used as astronomical computer used in ancient times used for solving problems in relation to time. It was used to find the time whether it was day or night. This also helped them determine the time of the sunset and time of sunset. This would help determine their position in the water or the direction they were heading. The astrolabe was a great tool because before it was invented many of the sailors were afraid to lose sight of the coast in fear they might get lost. The astrolabe allowed the sailors to tell which way they were heading since during this time period certain explorers were going across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. It was also helped the sailors tell which way the wind was blowing because some of the ships only had one sail and could only go the same direction the wind was blowing.====== || ======This is an image of the the Guttenberg printing press. The inventor of the printing press was Johannes Guttenberg hence the reason it is called the Guttenberg printing press. Guttenberg was given the credit for inventing the movable metal type. It allowed books to be printed at a much faster rate then they used to. This allowed more people all through out Europe to be come able to read. The first book that was produced from the printing press was the Bible. A printing press was not an overly complicated process. The printing press works by placing metal type on a flat surface and then they are pressed down with a heavy cylinder or flat surface. The printing press is now considered to be on of the greatest inventions of all time.====== ||