rocket technology

Chinese Porcelin Vase

100

By the first centery the Chinese had invented a pottery called porcelin. Porcelin is made by combining clay with the minerals quartz and feldstar.

Chinese Steel

200

The chinese first made steel, a very useful metal, before 200 B.C.E. Steel is made from iron, but is less but is less brittle then iron so it is easier to bend into shapes

Chinese Paper Making

200

The Chinese invented the art of papermaking by the second century C.E. The earlest Chinese paper was probably made from hemp and then the bark of a Mulberry tree. Then the Chinese later used rags.

boat construction

200

Chinese made boat construction to make traveling on a boat safer which started in the 2nd centery

Compass

300

A compass is used to tell what direction is south and it was made in the early 3rd centry.

Chinese Bridge

Mar 3, 618

A Chinese engineer invented the segmental arched bridge. It was stronger and used less material then other bridges. Thw bridges were broader and flatter.

Military Gunpowder

Feb 11, 850

Alcomist acadentaily created gun powder when they were working with salt peter tryig to come up with a substnace that would make people live forever

Chinese Movable Type

Mar 3, 1100

By the 11th centery the Chinese had envented a movable type. Movable type constists of seperate blocks of pictures. This was used for communicaion.

Rocket Technology

Mar 3, 1300

Rocket technology was developed in China during the song dynasty. Rockets were powered by a black powder made from sulfer charcoal and saltpeter.