4 Chinese inventions

1. Four Great Inventions from China
St udent : Henry &
Vi ncent
Dat e: 15/6/2015
Teacher: Ms. Dot

2. Four Great Chinese Inventions
1. Compass
2. Gunpowder
3. Paper
4. Pri nt i ng

3. Celebrated in Chinese Culture
1 I mpor t ant i n hi st or y
2 Symbol s of anci ent Chi na
3 Advanced sci ence and t echnol ogy

4. CompassCompassHel ps t o f i nd di rect i onsHel ps t o f i nd di rect i ons

5. 1 Shows magnetic North and South Pole
2 Used to find geographic directions
3 N refers to north
5 E refers to east
6 W refers to west
7 S refers to south

6. Paper makingPaper making

7. Also called Cai Hou PaperAlso called Cai Hou Paper
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Improved by Cai Lun
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Made f rom si l k wi t h bark, t orn f i shi ng net s, cl ot h, pl ant f i bres
and l i nen
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Sui t abl e f or wri t i ng

8. Printing
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In Nort hern Chi na by t he 11t h
cent ury, t he common worker Bi Sheng
i nvent ed cerami c movabl e t ype
pri nt i ng.

9. Tang Dynasty , 868 AD

10. Gunpowder
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Di scovered i n t he 9t h cent ury by Chi nese
chemi st s l ooki ng f or et ernal l i f e.

11. 12th
Century
Gunpowder had a l evel of ni t rat e capabl e of
burst i ng t hrough cast i ron met al
cont ai ners

12. 
Thank you f or
wat chi ng