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| Chinese waterwheel |
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| As a country built on the basis of agriculture. China has made a great deal of admirable achievements in agronomy-related technologies. Irrigation. as a critical part of agriculture. has witnessed some of the most important inventions. All |
| Iron Hoe |
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| Iron Hoe Unearthed in Huixia County of Central China`s Henan Province in 1950. the iron hoe is 10 centimeters long. 10.5 centimeters wide. and 2 centimeters tall. It was used during the Warring States Period (475-221BC) and is currently co |
| Iron Plow |
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| As part of Chinese intensive and meticulous farming. rice. soybeans and other staples were farmed deliberately in rows very long ago. The cultivation was efficient and adaptable to the use of tools. However. this development was based on t |
| Song Yingxing |
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| Song Yingxing. was born in 1587 in Jiangxi Province. He lived in the latter part of China`s feudal society when commodity economy began to flourish. and agriculture. handicraft industry and traffic on land and water developed rapidly. At t |
| Xu Guangqi |
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| Born in Shanghai. Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) was a famous scientist at the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). In 1600. Xu came across Matteo Ricci (1552-1610). who came from Italy. In 1603. two years after meeting Ricci. Xu was baptized a Ch |
| Wheelbarrow |
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| Wheelbarrow The most distinctive characteristic of the wheelbarrow is its single wheel. Theoretically. the center of gravity rule should make the one-wheel cart very easy to overturn; however. the Chinese began to use it to carry weights ( |
| Jia Sixie |
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| Jia Sixie. an outstanding agronomist and the author of China`s first agricultural encyclopedia. was one of the leading agronomists in Chinese history. In the late years of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). he wrote Qimin Yaoshu (Importan |
| Jiligu Cart |
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| Jiligu Cart The Jiligu Cart. also known as the Jidao or Dazhang Cart. literally means a mileage-recording drumming cart. The Jiligu Cart had a group of gears that were driven by the wheels. One of the gears would rotate exactly once every |
| Compass vehicle |
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| The compass vehicle. the earlier and more primitive form of the compass. yet which has a delicate combination of mechanical devices (like wheels. blocks. various gears. and ropes). is a mechanical device that always point in the southern d |
| Simuwu Rectangle Ding |
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| In 1939. a bronze ding which is an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles and three or four legs. was unearthed in Anyang. Henan Province. This four-legged ding known as the Simuwu Rectangle Ding was so big and heavy that it could no |
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