Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north. Their ...

The Chinese first used magnetic rocks to determine north and south. This technique was later incorporated into the design of the compass. The first version ... was first mentioned in the ancient ...

In ancient China, although Taoist empirical mysticism ... paper, printing, the magnetic compass and efficient animal harness, which changed the course of civilization, were made in China, modern ...

Ancient Chinese civilization not only invented papermaking and the compass, but also the decimal system, rockets and variolation, China's top science academy said Thursday. Chinese Academy of ...