Il A heavy ball with a weicht of 100 N (m 10.2 kg) is hung. from the ceiling of a lecture hall on a 4.5-m-long rope. The ball. is pulled to one side and released to swing as a pendulum, reach-. ing a speed of 5.5 m/s as it passes throuoh the lowest point.
Inventions. The huochong gun was invented in China during the Ming dynasty. It was also called the tongjiangjun, which meant bronze general. This was an important invention of the time period because the Ming Dynasty was creating weapons to defend their dynasty, and they came across the gun.t was also called the tongjiangjun, which meant bronze general. This was an important invention of the time period because the Ming Dynasty was creating weapons to defend their dynasty, and they came across the gun.
During the Song Dynasty, they started to use gunpowder to make ancient Chinese rockets. The construction process was quite complicated. First a tube was rolled from paper and then the gunpowder was packed into the tube. The tube was then fixed to an arrow and would be launched by a bow.