张衡 = Zhang Heng, 1979 August

File — Folder: 1, Item: jrc00003

Identifier: 9

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1979 August

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Chinese

Additional Description

Note

Accession number: jrc00003. China: A Moment in time - Chinese Political Posters and Recollections number: 68. Claremont Colleges Digital Library object file name: tcp00121. Claremont Colleges Digital Library URL: https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/tcp/id/121.

Description

Zhang was a famous scientist in Eastern Han Dynasty (78-139 AD) and invented Hun Tian Yi (armillary sphere) and the Houfeng Didong Yi (σÇÖΘúÄσ£░σè¿Σ╗¬) seismoscope, an instrument to measure earthquakes.