Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

The old Wan'an Street in Xiuning County is the main production area for traditional hand-made wooden compass.

The "compass" representing "ancient Chinese geography-astronomy wisdom" is combined with a "mechanical system" representing "modern industrial growth" creates good visual tension in the piece, ...

A WRITER in the North China Herald of Shanghai devotes a learned article to detailing and discussing the facts regarding the claim of the Chinese to have invented the mariner's compass. They did ...

Qian Xun is a direction marked on the ancient Chinese compass, and 15 gengs is about 150 nautical miles. The manual covers sea routes, weather conditions, wind directions and ocean currents for ...

Qian Xun is a direction marked on the ancient Chinese compass, and 15 Gengs is about 150 nautical miles. The manual covers sea routes, weather conditions, wind directions and ocean currents for ...

Qian Xun is a direction marked on the ancient Chinese compass, and 15 Gengs is about 150 nautical miles. The manual covers sea routes, weather conditions, wind directions and ocean currents for ...