The seismoscope designed by Zhang Heng, a brilliant astronomer and mathematician, was no ordinary invention. Crafted meticulously, the instrument featured eight dragons mounted around a circular bronze vessel, each facing a different direction. Beneath these dragons were bronze toads, with their mouths open wide. In the event of an earthquake, a mechanism inside the seismoscope would trigger, causing a ball to drop from a dragon’s mouth into the toad below, indicating the earthquake's direction.
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Zhang Heng was not only a brilliant scientist but also an accomplished astronomer and mathematician in ancient China. His pioneering device, known as the seismoscope, was a marvel of its time. The device was intricately designed to detect the ground's vibrations and indicate the direction of an earthquake, even if it occurred hundreds of miles away. What made it particularly fascinating was its ability to function without any digital technology, relying purely on mechanical ingenuity. The seismo
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