Ancient Chinese Inventions

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Ancient Chinese Inventions
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Paper

• Invented in 100 BC
• Industries started paper production in 105 AD
  (Han Dynasty)
• Paper was made by mixing finely chopped mulberry
  bark and hemp rags with water, mashing it flat,
  and then pressing out the water and letting it
  dry in the sun.
• It took 3000 years to make paper
• Invented by Tsai Lun

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Compass

• The Invention date is not known
• The compass was introduced to the Arab world and
  Europe during the Northern Song Dynasty. The
  spread of the compass to Europe opened the oceans
  of the world to travel and led to the discovery
  of the New World.
• During the Song Dynasty (960-1279) many trading
  ships were then able to sail as far as Saudi
  Arabia without getting lost.

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Gun Powder

• The ancient Chinese civilization was very skilled
  at using what nature gave them to create various
  inventions
• One of the most important and best known
  inventions the Chinese ever created was Gunpowder
• Ancient Chinese gunpowder is still used every day
  and is one of the most powerfully explosives
  available
  

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Firecracker

• also known as Phow chook
• To scare off evil spirits
• early records described firecrackers as gunpowder
  or explosive chemicals
• A Chinese document (from about 1040) showed how
  to wrap gunpowder in paper to make a 'fire pill.'
  This small firecracker made a very loud bang

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parachutes

• The emperor, shun created the parachute
• also known as skydiving
• the invention of a parachute was to performance
  to for an emperor
• still used today for skydiving and military

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ice cream

• Ice cream was first made in the 4th century B.C.
• The first flavor of ice cream was vanilla,because
  vanilla is the base
• of many other flavors
• A fun fact is that the first ice cream sandwich
  was made in 1899

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blast furnace

• A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical
  furnace used for smelting to produce industrial
  metals, generally iron, but also others such as
  lead or copper.
• In a blast furnace, fuel, ores, and flux
  (limestone) are continuously supplied through the
  top of the furnace, while a hot blast of air is
  blown into the lower section of the furnace
  through a series of pipes called tuyeres

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Kites

• the kites were known as zhiyuan
• the very first kite was made by mi dating back
  2300 years
• early kites were used for the military
• during the qing dynasty it was believed that
  flying a kite then letting it go might send bad
  luck and illness away

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Printing

• Printing is one of the four great inventions of
  ancient China. It has a long history and
  far-reaching impact. With a development process
  of over 5,000 years, printing is a key component
  of Chinese civilization
• In ancient China, there was a long history of
  character carving techniques
• Along with the development of hand carving
  techniques and the invention of paper making,
  people invented printing in practice
• Block printing, appeared in early Tang Dynasty,
  was the first technique put into use
• To conduct block printing, one need to write the
  text on paper first, then stick the paper to a
  polished wood board

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Bell

• A bell is a simple idiophone percussion
  instrument
• most are made of metal cast in the shape of a
  hollow cup, whose sides form a resonator which
  vibrates in a single tone upon being struck
• The strike may be made by a "clapper" or "uvula"
  suspended within the bell, by a separate mallet
  or hammer, orin small bellsby a small loose
  sphere enclosed within the body of the bell.
• Bells are usually made by casting metal, but
  small bells can also be made from ceramic or
  glass
• Bells range in size from tiny dress accessories
  to church bells 5 metres tall, weighing many tons