Coloured drawing of Chang Heng seismoscope

Made:: 132 CE

designer:: Zhang Heng

Coloured drawing of Chang Heng seismoscope, 132 AD, speculative Japanese reconstruction

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Category:: Geophysics

Object Number:: 1910-121

type:: drawing

credit:: Imperial Department of Education, Tokyo

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Coloured drawing of Chang Heng seismoscope

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