Chinese inventions

  • Porcelain
    200

    Porcelain

    Category- Industry
    Porcelain is a fine pottery made from clay, qaurtz, and feldspar.
  • Steel
    200

    Steel

    Category- Industry
    Steel is a very useful metal that is made from iron
  • Period: 200 to Feb 11, 1400

    CE

  • Gun Powder
    Feb 11, 850

    Gun Powder

    Category- Military technology
    The chinese invented gun powder accidently while trying to create eternal life.
  • Mechanical Clock
    Feb 12, 1092

    Mechanical Clock

    Category- everyday objects
    The clock was a wheel that made one complete turn every 24 hours, every quarter hour drums beat and every hour a bell chimed. Dripping water made the wheel turn. The clock was more accurate than earlier time keeping devices, such as hourglasses and sundials.
  • Paper Money
    Feb 12, 1107

    Paper Money

    Category- everyday objects
    Paper money took the place of coins as the chinese's form of currency. It was printed with woodblocks and each bill had many colors.
  • Rocket
    Feb 12, 1300

    Rocket

    Category- Military technology
    Rocket technolagy was developed during the song dynasty. They are powered by black powder made of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur. The chinese first used them as fireworks, but then discovered that they could be used as weapons.
  • Game Cards
    Feb 12, 1300

    Game Cards

    Category- everyday objects
    Game cards were made from thick paper by chinese printer. After they were printed artists drew designs on the back of the cards.
  • Flamethrower

    Flamethrower

    Category- Military Technology
    The chinese flamethrowers were made with gunpowder and oil. The flamethrowers were used spray enemys with a stream of fire.
  • Tea

    Tea

    Category- Industry
    Tea was made from tea leaves. The chinese put the tea leaves in boiling water to make the drink. By the 8th century there was a huge demand for the beverage and it sprung all over China. The drinks popularity made the tea plant culivation a major industry.