The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention

ancient Chinese arrows astronomical bamboo bellows boats bombs boreholes brine bronze called canal cast iron ch'i ch'in chess China Chinese invention compass crossbow decimal described developed Dream Pool Essays Dynasty earliest early eleventh century emperor equal temperament European feet fire fire-lance fishing reel flame fourth century BC fuse grain gunpowder Han Dynasty harness hormones horse hundred inches invented in China kites known Ko Hung lacquer later magic lantern magnetic modern Mongols mountains Museum natural gas Needham says numbers official pieces piston pitch-pipes Plate plow poison porcelain printed published recorded river rockets rudder sail saltpeter second century BC seed drill seen Shan Shen Kua ships silk sixth century south-pointing steel stirrup string Sung Sung Dynasty surviving suspension bridge Szechuan Taoist technique tenth century third century BC thousand tube umbrella urine Wang weapon West Western wheel wheelbarrow wind wine wrote вс