 | HENLING THOMAS WADE - 1910 - 324 страници
...export of weasel skins from the several ports of China runs into very large figures. GUNPOWDER. A '& The Chinese are said to have been acquainted with...reign of the Emperor lentsung of the Sung dynasty, AD 1,020 that it was first used in the manufacture of fireworks, and it was not for five centuries later... | |
 | Val Dusek - 1999 - 408 страници
...compass and magnetism. For instance, Thomas Young, a British physicist (1773-1829) ridiculed this claim: "The Chinese are said to have been acquainted with the use of the compass above 3000 years ago; but in such accounts it is impossible to ascertain how much the spirit... | |
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The Chinese are said to have been acquainted with the use of gunpowder long before it was known to Europeans. 