2008-12-03

Su Song Science and Technology Museum - Chinese tourism scenic spots

Su Song Science and Technology Museum, located in the Tongan West Street. It is a construction area of 2400 square meters of the six-storey building. Su Song (1020-1101 AD) with Anren, prime minister of the Song Dynasty is well-known politicians, scientists. In his astronomical instruments, machinery design and technology in the field of herbal medicine, there is ground-breaking On, for our country and the world scientific and technological development have made outstanding contributions. Britain Needham said he was "ancient and medieval China's greatest naturalist one." Su Song is the most outstanding contribution to the "clock tower", this is one astronomical instruments. High around 12 meters, 7 meters wide and weighs over 20 tons. Points Layers: the upper is a celestial globe, celestial globe is the instrument of middle and the lower-time automatic. "Clock tower" is the world's oldest astronomical clock. Year in 1090 (Song Yuanyou five years) made him the instrument, like, 10 minutes into one. There are three major contributions: First, the design of the armillary sphere in the activities of the roof, and now Like the Hong Kong Observatory dome; Second, the armillary sphere of four travel instrument and possession of objects simultaneously see the operation, Robert Hooker Europe as early as 600 years; clock tower of the third day value system on the drive wheel escapement control is a pioneer in modern clocks and watches . Second, Su Song in the medicine. Year in 1061, he wrote, "Materia Medica After "20 volumes, recorded 780 kinds of drugs, with a specimen that map. This is one of the world's masterpieces in the history of one of the drug. Su Song is also a politician, he ordered the preparation of diplomatic history, "Hua Rong Lu-wei recorded in the letter," Vol 229, 5 books a total of 200 volumes.

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