Achievement and Image

Wheelbarrows

Detailed Explanation
his picture shows a wheelbarrow and the ancient !hinese used wheelbarrows to move goods. his gave them a big advantage because the" could move more goods #aster.$" using the wheelbarrow people could carr" more things than animals such as pac% mules&don%e"s&or horses could carr".It also helped the !hinese to save mone" because a wheelbarrow did not have to be #ed or cared #or li%e a don%e" or a horse. hat is how the wheelbarrow helped the !hinese.

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)aper

his picture shows ancient chinese paper with chinese writing on it.)aper was the best material #or calligraph" 'the art o# #ine handwriting*.!hinese scribes used some o# the tools and techni+ues when the" write that painters use when the" paint. he" wrote b" using a brush and in%&and paper was the per#ect material because it absorbs the in%. hat is how paper helped the !hinese.

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-agnetic !ompass

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his picture shows a magnetic compass that the !hinese invented. he spoon/ladle is made o# magnetic lodestone and it is supposed to be a s"mbolic representation o# the 0reat $ear.1ince the handle o# the spoon/ladle alwa"s points south&the compass is sometimes called 21outh )ointers3 . he base plate o# the compass is made o# bron(e and each section represents di##erent things. he circle in the middle represents 4eaven and the space outside the circle represents Earth. he !hinese characters on the base plate represent the eight main directions'north&north, east&south&south,east&e.c.t* his compass was used #or placing temples&graves&buildings&and homes in the right position #or good luc%. hat is how the !hinese used the compass
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1eismograph

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he !hinese invented the #irst seismograph used #or #orecasting and reporting the movement o# an earth+ua%e. he seismograph was decorated with tortoises&birds&dragons&toads&and other animal images and was made o# bron(e. here are eight dragons on the pot/vase 'or a pendulum* and eight toads on the base 'one below each dragon*. he eight dragons and toads represent the eight directions 'north&north east& south& southeast&e.c.t*. When an earth+ua%e occurs one o# the eight copper balls will drop #rom the dragon5s mouth in the direction o# the earth+ua%e. he ball would #all in one o# the toads5 mouths& and b" loo%ing at what direction that toad represented the !hinese could detect in which direction the earth+ua%e occurred.$" using this seismograph the" could detect earth+ua%es up to several hundred miles awa".
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6ite

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he !hinese #irst used %ites #or militar" purposes.7egend sa"s that a 4an general used a %ite to measure the width o# a heavil" guarded wall. he militar" used %ites to send messages #rom one part o# the arm" to another he" were also used to #righten enem" soldiers.6ites made o# cow s%in that had bamboo pipes were #lown over enem" camps at night. he bamboo would ma%e a ghostl" sound that caused the enem" soldiers to thin% there was a ghost. he #rightened soldiers would o#ten run awa". hat is how %ites helped the !hinese.
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Iron echnolog"

he !hinese had a great advance in iron technolog". he" used the iron5s strength to ma%e longer swords. his gave them an advantage because the" could swing at their enemies at a sa#er distance. he" also made iron armor that loo%ed li%e #ish scales. he #ish scale design allowed the armor to move with the soldiers bod".$" ma%ing the armor out o# iron it improved the armor5s strength and +ualit". hat is how iron technolog" helped the !hinese.
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!hain )ump

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he !hinese also invented the chain pump. he chain pump made it easier to move water #rom lower irrigation ditches and canals up to the #ields.A chain pump uses animal or human power to wor%. he chain pump has a pipe that is connected to a water suppl" and a circular chain and platters that are the same si(e and shape as the pipe. he platters are connected to the chain that is drawn up through the pipe.Water is caught on the platter that is than brought to the sur#ace o# the water. he chain is circular so as the platter on one side o# the chain rises the platter on the other side goes into the water. hat is how a chain pump wor%ed and what the !hinese used it #or.
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