Paper Armour and what not
I didn't know that the Chinese used armour made of paper until I came across an entry on the use of paper armour in 'The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery and Invention' by Joseph Needham, Robert K. G. Temple last night. Bedtime reading. Apparently, the paper from these armour are made from stronger fibres and could resist even arrows!
On a related note, apparently this book listed quite a fair number of inventions and discoveries that even the majority of Chinese themselves are unaware of. Oil rigs and drilling for natural gas, discovery of sunspots, etc.
2 comments:
Pretty fascinating stuff. I didn't realize how many amazing innovations the Chinese were responsible for until recently myself.
o.O paper armour? cool man! that's pretty damn interesting
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