ANCIENT INVENTIONS

Lin
Ng, J.
Ng, M
Sioco
Sotingo
Tan, A
Tan D.
EARTHQUAKE
DETECTOR

• Zhang Heng
• 132 AD
• First seismoscope
• Bronze vessel, 6ft in
diameter
ANTIBIOTIC
(BEER)
• Analysis of bones of
Nubian people
• Tetracycline
• First batch of beer
possibly contaminated
by Streptomyces
• Used to treat various
bacterial ailments
STEAM
ENGINE
• Hero of
Alexandria
• 1st Century AD
• Roman Egypt
CANDLE
CLOCK
• Thin candle with consistently
spaced markings
• Effective way to tell time
indoors, at night or cloudy
day
• You Jiangu (520 AD)
 CALENDA
R
• National Trust for Scotland in
2004
• 10,000 years old
• Warren Field, Crathes,
Aberdeenshire
• Stone Age Britons from
8,000BC to 4,000 BC
• 5,000 years older than the
oldest known calendar
 GUNPOWD
ER
• Song Dynasty (904 AD)
• 飞火 (fei huo, flying fire)
• Hand grenades, poisonous
gas shells, flamethrowers,
landmimes
 PAPER
• Cai Lun presented the newly
invented paper to Emperor Hedi
• Hemp fibers, soaked in
water, pounded with a large
wooden mallet
• Poured over horizontal mold, and
let it dry
• Paper making spread to
Korean Peninsula, Japan, Tibet and
India