Ancient China. Masters of the wind and waves [videorecording] / produced by Popular Arts Entertainnment Inc. for History Channel Television Network Productions ; producers, Paul Kolsby, Melody Shafir.
Documentary. Host, Michael Guillen. Originally broadcast on the History Channel as a segment of: Where did it come from? in 2006.
Summary:
Twenty-five hundred years before modern air travel the ancient Chinese had learned the complicated principles of fluid and aerodynamics. Travel half way around the world to China where the notion of 'hard air' (air pressure) was understood by Taoist monks.
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