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Who Invented It? When? (scroll down to Paper section - #11) ... Who Invented It? When? (scroll down to paragraph about cast iron and moldboard plow); ... Ship's rudder...
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As very important contributions that propelled the shipbuilding industry worldwide, the scull (a kind of oar), the rudder, and the paddle wheel ship were first invented in China.
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www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_madeinchina/2005-05/25/conte...
www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_madeinchina/2005-05/25/content_69099.htm
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Magniac invented his rudder to help war-boats ram each other; and war went out of fashion and Magniac he went out of his mind because he said he couldn't serve his country any more. I wonder if any of us ever know what we're really doing.
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www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff1/night.htm
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Umbrellas in China were not simply used to protect the skin from the sun's rays: made from oil paper produced by the bark of the mulberry tree, the first practical umbrella, invented in China during the Wei Dynasty (386-532 AD), was designed to protect from both the rain and the sun. Soon thereafter they took on a...
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www.inventions.org/culture/asian/chinese.html
www.inventions.org/culture/asian/chinese.html
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Writing was invented in China about 1,500 BC. The earliest evidence of it comes from bones used for fortune telling. Bones were touched with a red-hot piece of bronze so they cracked. The cracks were then interpreted and the predictions were written on them. ... The ships rudder was invented in China in the first century AD.
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www.localhistories.org/china.html
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Han scientist also invented the process to make paper from wood pulp; they invented the rudder for use on ships, and created other such useful devices as the fishing reel and the wheelbarrow.
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regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/goldenages/china....
regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/goldenages/china.htm
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The Rudder; ... The world's oldest depiction of a ship's rudder can be seen on a pottery model of a Chinese ship dating from the first century AD. Later on, large ships with enormous rudders were used on the Chinese voyages of discoveries to Indonesia, Australia and around Africa.
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www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/connections_n2/rudder.ht...
www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/connections_n2/rudder.html
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19 rudder mod kick up rudder pivot bolt james timothy rudder ; ... > Posnd ois ;
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lakesidestorage.biz/dxqak/gkarp/rudder.php
lakesidestorage.biz/dxqak/gkarp/rudder.php
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However, the Chinese continued to use the steering oar long after they invented the rudder, since the steering oar still had limited practical use for inland rapid-river travel.
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tinywiki.org/rudder.html
tinywiki.org/rudder.html
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