9/25/2023 0 Comments Repeating crossbow chinese![]() ![]() "Pascal's" Triangle was discovered by mathematician Liu Ju-Hsieh, long before Pascal was born. The decimal system was used in China as early as 14 Century BC. Pi was calculated by 5th century mathematician Zu Chongzhi to the seventh digit. The main applications of mathematics in traditional China were architecture and geography. Mathematics - They invented the Asian Abacus. Created many things with bamboo, which made a lot of baskets and holders and were really strong. ![]() The kites were most of the time silk squares, held together by bamboo. Kites - which mostly children played with. Iron casting around the sixth century, when they mixed tin and copper together. Harness - revolutionized agriculture by harnessing animals The fireworks were mainly small bamboo cases filled with gunpowder, and a fuse was put on the side. These were originally for shows, but later on they used them to scare of enemies in war. The fan was basically many bamboo spines sticking out in almost a half circle with silk wrapped around it.įireworks - invented in the T'ang dynasty. Most of the fans were made out of bamboo and silk. This machine looked like a giant six-foot bronze pot that had dragon heads lining the top, and ivory frogs under each dragon.įan - which was mostly carried by women and soldiers. The compass started out as a wooden circle with markings on it, and a magnetic spoon on top.Įarthquakes - Designed with a machine called the Earthquake weathercock, which was a contraption that told them when and where an earthquake would come. When a new houses was being built, the used it to see if the house was faced in perfect harmony with nature (which meant they thought if you faced your house to magnetic north, you and nature would get along). They also invented giant water clocks, which rang every fifteen minutes.Ĭompass - was for religious use. In the first clock ever, there was a puppet that would hold up a plaque that would tell the time. The person using the planetarium would sit in a chair that was hanging from the top of the enclosed dome.Īstrology - Chinese astrology and constellations were often used for divinationīamboo - They made most toys, machines, houses, and other things from bamboo.Ĭlocks - The first clock that they devised was for astronomical uses. The planetarium was a big enclosed place with stars and constellations on the inside. Much of the early Western work in the history of science in China was done by Joseph Needham.Īlchemy Alchemy was Taoist chemistry, very different from modern chemistry.Īnesthetic - third century found a wine that acted like anesthetic, and they also used herbs before the age of written historyĪstronomy - Planetarium - They produced the first planetarium, which was actually made by an emperor. The Jesuit China missions of the 16th and 17th centuries introduced Western science and astronomy, then undergoing its own revolution, to China, and knowledge of Chinese technology was brought to Europe. A good deal of exchange occurred between Western and Chinese discoveries up to the Qing Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906) in particular, was a time of great innovation. The four Great Inventions of ancient China: the compass, gunpowder, papermaking, and printing, were among the most important technological advances, only known in Europe by the end of the Middle Ages. Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and herbal medicine were also practiced.Īmong the earliest inventions were the abacus, the "shadow clock," and the first flying machines such as kites and Kongming lanterns. ![]() The first recorded observations of comets, solar eclipses, and supernovae were made in China. In antiquity, independently of Greek philosophers and other civilizations, ancient Chinese philosophers made significant advances in science, technology, mathematics, and astronomy. The history of science and technology in China is both long and rich with many contributions to science and technology. Science and Technology in Ancient China - Crystalinks ![]()
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