577 ⟶ Chen Dynasty of China Develops Matches
China's last of the Southern dynasties, the Chen dynasty inv...
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🧭 Development of the Compass in Han Dynasty China
🔥 Chen Dynasty of China Develops Matches
China's last of the Southern dynasties, the Chen dynasty invents matches.The Suebi Kingdom would eventually be conquered by the Visigoths in the 6th century⟶
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China🔥 Sulfur Matches Invented in China
🪥 Toothbrush Development in Tang China
📜 Wujing Zongyao Describes Gunpowder and Early Compass
the Chinese Wujing Zongyao, written by Zeng Gongliang and Yang Weide, is the first book to describe gunpowder formulas; it also described their use in warfare, such as blackpowder-impregnated fuses for flamethrowers. It also described an early form of the compass, a thermoremanence compass.⟶
GunpowderMilitary TechnologyCompassInventionsSong DynastyWarfare
China⚙️ Song Dynasty Develops Precursor to Bessemer Process
– the Song Chinese innovate a partial decarbonization method of repeated forging of cast iron under a cold blast that Hartwell and Needham consider to be a predecessor to the 18th century Bessemer process.⟶
Song DynastyMetallurgyManufacturingIndustrial Revolution
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