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Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Zhang Heng, Shen Kuo, Su Song, Pei Ju, Li Jifu, Xu Jingzong, Jia Dan, Pei Xiu, Liu An, Fan Chengda. Excerpt: Shen Kuo or Shen Gua (Chinese: pinyin: Sh n Kuo; Wade-Giles: Shen K'uo) (1031-1095), style name Cunzhong ( ) and pseudonym Mengqi (now usually given as Mengxi) Weng ( ), was a polymathic ancient Chinese scientist and statesman of the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Excelling in many fields of study and statecraft, he was a mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, geologist, zoologist, botanist, pharmacologist, agronomist, archaeologist, ethnographer, cartographer, encyclopedist, general, diplomat, hydraulic engineer, inventor, academy chancellor, finance minister, governmental state inspector, poet, and musician. He was the head official for the Bureau of Astronomy in the Song court, as well as an Assistant Minister of Imperial Hospitality. At court his political allegiance was to the Reformist faction known as the New Policies Group, headed by Chancellor Wang Anshi (1021-1086). In his Dream Pool Essays (; Mengxi Bitan) of 1088, Shen was the first to describe the magnetic needle compass, which would be used for navigation (first described in Europe by Alexander Neckam in 1187). Shen discovered the concept of true north in terms of magnetic declination towards the north pole, with experimentation of suspended magnetic needles and "the improved meridian determined by Shen's measurement of the distance between the polestar and true north." This was the decisive step in human history to make compasses more useful for navigation, and may have been a concept unknown in Europe for another four hundred years (evidence of German sundials made circa 1450 show markings similar to Chinese geomancer compasses in regards to declination). Alongside his colleague Wei Pu, Shen planned to map the orbital paths of the Moon and t...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Chinese Cartographers: Zhang Heng, Shen Kuo, Su Song, Pei Ju, Li Jifu, Xu Jingzong, Jia Dan, Pei Xiu, Liu An, Fan Chengda. To get started finding Chinese Cartographers: Zhang Heng, Shen Kuo, Su Song, Pei Ju, Li Jifu, Xu Jingzong, Jia Dan, Pei Xiu, Liu An, Fan Chengda, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Zhang Heng, Shen Kuo, Su Song, Pei Ju, Li Jifu, Xu Jingzong, Jia Dan, Pei Xiu, Liu An, Fan Chengda. Excerpt: Shen Kuo or Shen Gua (Chinese: pinyin: Sh n Kuo; Wade-Giles: Shen K'uo) (1031-1095), style name Cunzhong ( ) and pseudonym Mengqi (now usually given as Mengxi) Weng ( ), was a polymathic ancient Chinese scientist and statesman of the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Excelling in many fields of study and statecraft, he was a mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, geologist, zoologist, botanist, pharmacologist, agronomist, archaeologist, ethnographer, cartographer, encyclopedist, general, diplomat, hydraulic engineer, inventor, academy chancellor, finance minister, governmental state inspector, poet, and musician. He was the head official for the Bureau of Astronomy in the Song court, as well as an Assistant Minister of Imperial Hospitality. At court his political allegiance was to the Reformist faction known as the New Policies Group, headed by Chancellor Wang Anshi (1021-1086). In his Dream Pool Essays (; Mengxi Bitan) of 1088, Shen was the first to describe the magnetic needle compass, which would be used for navigation (first described in Europe by Alexander Neckam in 1187). Shen discovered the concept of true north in terms of magnetic declination towards the north pole, with experimentation of suspended magnetic needles and "the improved meridian determined by Shen's measurement of the distance between the polestar and true north." This was the decisive step in human history to make compasses more useful for navigation, and may have been a concept unknown in Europe for another four hundred years (evidence of German sundials made circa 1450 show markings similar to Chinese geomancer compasses in regards to declination). Alongside his colleague Wei Pu, Shen planned to map the orbital paths of the Moon and t...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Chinese Cartographers: Zhang Heng, Shen Kuo, Su Song, Pei Ju, Li Jifu, Xu Jingzong, Jia Dan, Pei Xiu, Liu An, Fan Chengda. To get started finding Chinese Cartographers: Zhang Heng, Shen Kuo, Su Song, Pei Ju, Li Jifu, Xu Jingzong, Jia Dan, Pei Xiu, Liu An, Fan Chengda, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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