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The flamethrower was a well known device by the 11th century when it was joked that Confucian scholars knew it better than the classics. [6] Both gunpowder and the fierce fire oil were produced under the Arsenals Administration of the Song dynasty. [8]
A Chinese flamethrower from the Wujing Zongyao manuscript of 1044 AD, Song dynasty. Meng Huo You (Chinese: 猛火油; pinyin: měng huǒ yóu; lit. 'fierce-fire oil') is the name given to petroleum in ancient China, which practiced the use of petroleum as an incendiary weapon in warfare.
The flamethrower was a well known device by the 11th century when it was joked that Confucian scholars knew it better than the classics. [5] Both gunpowder and the fierce fire oil were produced under the Arsenals Administration of the Song dynasty. [6]
A Chinese flamethrower from the Wujing Zongyao manuscript of 1044 AD, Song Dynasty. The text reads from top to bottom: ignition chamber, horizontal tank, piston rod, and fierce-fire oil tank cabinet installed form.
A Chinese flamethrower from the Wujing Zongyao manuscript of 1044 AD, Song dynasty. The Pen Huo Qi ("fire spraying device") was a Chinese piston flamethrower that used a substance similar to petrol or naphtha, invented around 919 AD during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
During the Song dynasty, independent and government sponsored industries were developed to meet the needs of a growing population that had reached over 100 million. For example, for the printing of paper money alone, the Song court established several government-run mints and factories in the cities of Huizhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, and Anqi. [43]
A longshot candidate for Missouri governor and his supporters describe his use of a flamethrower at a recent “Freedom Fest” event outside St. Louis as no big deal. “From a dramatic sense, if ...
Court portrait of Emperor Renzong. The Wujing Zongyao was compiled under the sponsorship of Emperor Renzong of Song (r. 1022–1063 AD), [5] who was concerned that many officials were unfamiliar with the military classics, [6] and partially as a response to the Song dynasty's war with the Tanguts of Western Xia.