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Watch Discovery Channel Documentaries online: Episode 18 What The Ancients Knew-The Chinese

Ancient Chinese technologists used gunpowder, porcelain, the cast iron plow, kites, the magnetic compass, moveable type, the blast furnace, the multistage rocket and more. Host Jack Turner demonstrates how ancient machines worked and explains why they were developed.

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