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sarah l

List of Chinese inventions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 3 views

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  • China has been the source of many significant inventions, including the Four Great Inventions: papermaking, the compass, gunpowder, and printing (both woodblock and movable type). The
    • maddy m
      maddy m on 14 Nov 11
       
      The ancient China inventions have helped a lot today. I don't know where we would be without some of the inventions of China
  • Gunpowder
  • Compass
lukas s

Ancient Chinese Inventions - Ancient China for Kids - 5 views

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    • Garth Holman
      Garth Holman on 01 Nov 11
       
      The Chinese invented a great deal.  Look at this list. 
    • daniel e
      daniel e on 15 Nov 11
       
      This website has some good information.
    • andressa g
      andressa g on 15 Nov 11
       
      This site really helped me!!!
  • The ancient Chinese invented many things we use today, including paper, silk, matches, wheelbarrows, gunpowder, the decimal system, the waterwheel, the sundial, astronomy, porcelain china, lacquer paint, pottery wheel, fireworks, paper money, compass, tangrams,   seismograph, medicines, dominoes, jump rope, kites, tea ceremony, folding umbrella, ink, calligraphy, animal harness, playing cards, printing, abacus, wallpaper, the crossbow, ice cream, and ... well, you get the idea.
  • The ancient Chinese invented many things we use today, including paper, silk, matches, wheelbarrows, gunpowder, the decimal system, the waterwheel, the sundial, astronomy, porcelain china, lacquer paint, pottery wheel, fireworks, paper money, compass, tangrams,  seismograph, medicines, dominoes, jump rope, kites, tea ceremony, folding umbrella, ink, calligraphy, animal harness, playing cards, printing, abacus, wallpaper, the crossbow, ice cream, and ... well, you get the idea.
rachel c

Inventors and Inventions from China and Taiwan - EnchantedLearning.com - 0 views

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  • Silk was first made by the Chinese about 4,000 years ago. Silk thread is made from the cocoon of the silkworm moth (Bombyx mori), a small moth whose caterpillar eats the leaves of the mulberry tree. According to Chinese legend, the first silk thread was made when the Chinese Empress Si-Ling-Chi was sitting under a mulberry tree and a cocoon fell into her tea; she noticed the strong, silky threads of the cocoon uncoiling. She then developed the use of silk. For more information on the development of silk, click here.
    • rachel c
      rachel c on 04 Nov 11
       
      china made silk and used it for many reasons
  • The kite was invented roughly 2,500 to 3,000 years ago. It originated in China, Malaysia or Indonesia (there are many claims to having invented the kite). Some people say that the earliest kites consisted of a huge leaf attached to a long string (there is a type of Indonesian leaf that is wonderful as a kite).
    • rachel c
      rachel c on 04 Nov 11
       
      the kite was important in history like what did it help?
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  • GUNPOWDERGunpowder was invented in China, probably during the 1000's. Gunpowder is composed of about 75 percent saltpeter (potassium nitrate), 15 percent powdered charcoal, and 10 percent sulphur. The Chinese used gunpower to make fireworks and signals, and later to make weapons of war.
ben m

Four Great Inventions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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  • The prevailing academic consensus is that gunpowder was discovered in the 9th century by Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of immortality.[16] By the time the Song Dynasty treatise, Wujing Zongyao (武经总要), was written by Zeng Gongliang and Yang Weide in AD 1044, the various Chinese formulas for gunpowder held levels of nitrate in the range of 27% to 50%.[17] By the end of the 12th century, Chinese formulas of gunpowder had a level of nitrate capable of bursting through cast iron metal containers, in the form of the earliest hollow, gunpowder-filled grenade bombs.
    • ben m
      ben m on 04 Nov 11
       
      that is pretty cool its like if they had not of done that then we would not have the guns we have today pretty cool again
briana g

Chinese Inventions - 1 views

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    • Jason Wu
      Jason Wu on 01 Nov 11
       
      Awesome site! Click the links to learn about each invention!
  • briana g on 15 Nov 11
     
    "Porcelain"
Anabelle C

Ancient Chinese Inventions - All You Need To Know - 2 views

ancientchineseinventions.org

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    • Anabelle C
      Anabelle C on 01 Nov 11
       
      why does china invent almost everything?
    • kaitlin k
      kaitlin k on 15 Nov 11
       
      This link is very helpful, it has many of Cina's inventions
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