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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Question 1084: Quack quack Cusack

This is one of the earliest Chinese inventions used for what purpose? Nowadays, it has been replaced by more accurate devices.



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Answer: The first earthquake detecting/measuring device invented by Zhang Heng from China. Now replaced by the seismoscope. More about the device here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismograph#Zhang_Heng.27s_seismoscope
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18 comments:

  1. NandaApril 14, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    Seismograph. Used in the wake of earthquakes

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  2. AdityaApril 14, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    Earthquake prediction machine. something to do with the egg/ball being dropped from the Dragon's mouth indicating an earthquake.

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  3. prashanthApril 14, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    used for sensing earthquakes beforehand...
    now, we have seismographs....

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  4. Piyush DeshpandeApril 14, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    It is used to detect earthquake...

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  5. SukantoApril 14, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    This was used for measuring / knowing if earthquakes are coming......

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  6. indianApril 14, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Zhang Heng's seismometer.

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  7. AasleshApril 14, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Seismograph

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  8. Karthik G VApril 14, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    A clock....!

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  9. wheelsandwingsApril 15, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    Its a seismometer, used to measure waves generated by volcanoes/earthquakes etc

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  10. SaswatApril 15, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    Seismoscope (Earthquake intensity measurement)

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  11. ALOK GUPTAApril 15, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    THE DRAGON JAR

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  12. StumblerApril 16, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    Seismometer

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  13. Rahul VarmaApril 16, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Earthquake predicting

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  14. Siddarth PaiApril 17, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    Earliest seismograph
    used to measure from where the earthquake came

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  15. Amit DandekarApril 18, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Seismometer or Seismoscope

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  16. RaulApril 18, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    Earthquake detection

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  17. Sarang RamakrishnanApril 18, 2011 at 11:22 PM

    It's an ancient Chinese Seismometer
    used for detecting Earthquakes.

    Replaced now my the modern Seismographs etc.

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  18. MunduApril 19, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    seismometer

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