Quote:My comment was that they did "JUST ABOUT" everything first. So I suggest you learn to read before calling anyone else stupid.
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Well, I am very sorry if I quoted the wrong person, must have meant someone above or below you. So am really sorry.
Got even more information:
Time lags between Chinese Inventions/Discoveries and their Adoption/Recognition in the West
Agriculture
Row cultivation of crops and intensive hoeing 6thC BC 2,200 years
The iron plough 6thC BC 2,300 years
Efficient horse harness -- trace 4thC BC 500 years
-- collar 3rdC BC 1,000 years
The rotary winnowing fan 2ndC BC 2,000 years
The multi-tube "modern" seed drill 2ndC BC 1,800 years
Astronomy & Cartography
Recognition of sunspots as solar phenomenon 4thC BC 2,000 years
Quantitative cartography 2ndC BC 1,300 years
Discovery of the solar wind 6thC BC 1,400 years
The Mercator map projection 10thC AD 600 years
(Mounted) Equatorial astronomical instruments 13thC AD 600 years
Engineering
Sprouting bowls and standing waves 5thC BC never
Cast iron 4thC BC 1,700 years
Double-acting piston air bellows 4thC BC 1,900 years
Double-acting piston water bellows 4thC BC 2,100 years
Crank handle 2ndC BC 1,100 years
"Cardan suspension" or Gimbals 2ndC BC 1,100 years
Manufacture of steel from cast iron 2ndC BC 2,000 years
Deep drilling for natural gas 1stC BC 1,900 years
Belt drives 1stC BC 1,800 years
Water power 1stC AD 1,200 years
Chain pump 1stC AD 1,400 years
Suspension bridge 1stC AD 1,200 years
First cybernetic machine 3rdC AD 3,000 years
Essentials of the steam engine 5thC AD 3,200 years
"Magic" mirrors 5thC AD 1,500 years
"Siemens" steel process 5thC AD 1,300 years
Segmental arch bridge AD610 500 years
Chain drive AD976 800 years
Underwater salvage operations 11thC AD 800 years
Domestic & Industrial Technology
Lacquer: the first plastic 13thC BC 3,200 years
Strong beer (sake) 11thC BC never
Petroleum and natural gas as fuel 4thC BC 2,300 years
Paper 2ndC BC 1,400 years
Wheelbarrow 1stC BC 1,300 years
Sliding callipers 1stC BC 1,500 years
Magic lantern 2ndC BC 1,800 years
Fishing reel 3rdC BC 1,400 years
Stirrup 3rdC AD 300 years
Porcelain 3rdC AD 1,700 years
Biological pest control 3rdC AD 1,700 years
Umbrella 4thC AD 1,200 years
Matches AD577 1,000 years
Chess 6thC AD 500 years
Brandy and Whisky 7thC AD 500 years
Mechanical clock AD725 585 years
Printing -- block printing 8thC AD 700 years
-- movable type AD1045 400 years
Playing cards 9thC AD 599 years
Paper money 9thC AD 850 years
"Permanent" lamps 9thC AD never
Spinning wheel 11thC AD 200 years
Medicine & Health
Circulation of blood 6thC BC 1,800 years
Circadian rhythms in the human body 2ndC BC 2,150 years
Endocrinology (glands, secretion) 2ndC BC 2,100 years
Deficiency diseases 3rdC AD 1,600 years
Diabetes detection by urine analysis 7thC AD 1,000 years
Use of thyroid hormone 7thC AD 1,250 years
Immunology -- inoculation against smallpox 10thC AD 800 years
Mathematics
Decimal system 14thC BC 2,300 years
A place for zero 4thC BC 1,400 years
Negative numbers 2ndC BC 1,700 years
Extraction of higher roots
& solutions of higher equations 1stC BC 600 years
Decimal fractions 1stC BC 1,600 years
Using algebra in geometry 3rdC AD 1,000 years
A refined table of pi 3rdC AD 1,200 years
"Pascal's" triangle of coefficients AD1100 427 years
Magnetism
First compasses 4thC BC 1,500 years
Dial and pointer devices 3rdC AD 1,200 years
Magnetic declination of Earth's magnetic field 9thC AD 600 years
Magnetic remanence and induction 11thC AD 600 years
The Physical Sciences
Geobotanical prospecting 5thC BC 2,100 years
First law of motion 4thC BC 1,300 years
Hexagonal structure of snowflakes 2ndC BC 1,800 years
Seismograph AD130 1,400 years
Spontaneous combustion 2ndC AD 1,500 years
"Modern" geology 2ndC AD 1,500 years
Phosphorescent paint 10thC AD 700 years
Transportation & Exploration
Kite 5th/4thC BC 2,000 years
Manned flight with kites 4thC BC 1,650 years
First relief maps 3rdC BC 1,600 years
First contour transport canal 3rdC BC 1,900 years
Parachute 2ndC BC 2,000 years
Miniature hot-air balloons 2ndC BC 1,400 years
Rudder 1stC AD 1,100 years
Masts/sailing: Batten sails -- staggered masts 2ndC AD never
Multiple masts, fore & Aft rigs 2ndC BC 1,200 years
Leeboards 8thC AD 800 years
Watertight compartments in ships 2ndC BC 1,707 years
Helicopter rotor & propeller 4thC AD 1,500 years
Paddle-wheel boat 5thC AD 1,000 years
Land-sailing AD650 1,050 years
Canal pound-lock AD984 400 years
Sound & Music
Large tuned bell 6thC BC 2,500 years
Tuned drums 2ndC BC unknown
Hermetically sealed research laboratories 1stC BC 2,000 years
First understanding of musical timbre 3rdC AD 1,600 years
Equal temperament in music AD1584 50 years
Warfare
Chemical warfare: poison gas,
smoke bombs & tear gas 4thC AD 2,300 years
Crossbow 4thC BC 200 years
Gunpowder 9thC AD 300 years
Flame-thrower 10thC AD 1,000 years
Flares & fireworks 10thC AD 250 years
Soft bombs & grenades AD1000 400 years
Metal-cased bombs AD1221 246 years
Land mines AD1277 126 years
Sea mines 14thC AD 200 years
Rocket 11thC AD 200 years
Multi-staged rockets 14thC AD 600 years
Guns, cannon & mortars -- fire lance AD1120 450 years
-- True gun AD1280 50 years
