Four Great Inventions in Ancient China Gunpowder

• 来源期刊: 中国周刊
• 学科: 社会科学
• 关键词: INVENTION prescription SURPRISE DOUBT faster CORRECT sulphur probably things DYNASTY
• 年，卷（期）: zgzk_2003,（S1）
• 页码范围: 56-56
• 页数: 1页
• 分类号: G322.9

摘要

【正】 The invention of gunpowder was no doubt one of the most significant achievements of the Middle Ages (Chinese feudal times) in China. The correct prescription for making gunpowder with nitre, sulphur and carbon was probably discovered in the ninth century. After the Tang Dynasty (AD618-907), things took a much faster course as gunpowder was already used in simple hand-grenades which were thrown by a catapult. Imagine their enemy’s surprise when the Chinese first demonstrated their newest invention in the eighth century AD.