ReadingThefourbasicinstrumentsfornavigation:Sinan,InchAstrolabe,Sextantandnauticalmap
Sinan,theancientChinesecompass
ItwasinventedbyZhangHengintheHandynasty
Itismadeupofabronzefoundation(青铜地盘)andmagneticspoon(磁勺)whichismadeofnaturalmagnet,positionedrightinthecentralofthefoundation
ItwasinventedbyZhangHengintheHandynasty
Itismadeupofabronzefoundation(青铜地盘)andmagneticspoon(磁勺)whichismadeofnaturalmagnet,positionedrightinthecentralofthefoundation
Thehandleofthespoonpointstothesouth,whiletheothersidepointstothenorth
WhentheSinanisinthestill,thehandleofthespoonpointstothesouthbecauseofinfluenceoftheterrestrialmagnetism(地磁)
Ithas17starslistedaswellasamapoftheskyoverhead(for37degrees)andtheecliptic(黄道)
ThetimeofdayornightisontheoutsideedgewithnoonatthetopoftheAstrolabeandmidnightatthebottom
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