The stories of ancient Chinese technological inventions

Author: Xie Hongguang, Yang Yingshuang (editors)
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Publishing Date: 2001-05-01
Features: This book tells the stories of ancient Chinese technological inventions. Its content includes:
- How a doctor knows the illness without the patient speaking
- World-famous traditional Chinese medicine
- The soul of the eighteen types of weapons
- The silkworm
- Geological and botanical exploration
- Silk products and silk weaving techniques
- Porcelain "China"
- Underground treasures
- The origin of the decimal counting system
- Furniture as clothing – lacquerware
- The compass unrelated to magnetism
- Light bending when encountering obstacles
- Straight light rays
- The most numerous ship shapes in China
- Autumn leaves turn yellow and wild geese fly south
- Residual magnetism and magnetic induction
- Reading the clouds to predict weather
- Stones and iron falling from the sky like rain
- The iron plow
- Where do the five grains come from
- The earliest compass
- The magical acupuncture therapy
- Talking about the Great Wall on the Great Wall
- The wonderful "fish washing"
- Kites
- The lucky Chinese horse
- Mom adds for you
- "Freckles" on the sun’s face
- Why the clock chimes without being struck?
- Forging swords is forging iron
- The greatest invention – papermaking
- From wheat grains to steamed buns
- How to turn the wheel
- How to record debts