Science & Technology in Ancient China

• Four Great Inventions given by Ancient China

  • Compass
  • Gunpowder
  • Papermaking
  • Printing
• Chinese Compass

  • Invented during the Qid Dynasty (221 BCE to 207 BCE)
  • The first Chinese compass used a lodestone (which automatically points to the south) and a bronze plate. The lodestone was carved into the shape of a spoon.