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Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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The Historical Record for March 1: Zhang Heng’s Seismometer

Zhang Heng (78-139) was quite the Han dynasty renaissance man. Despite his fame as a poet of considerable talents, a celebrated scholar of the classics, and an official serving at court, Zhang’s greatest and best-known contributions actually came in the field of science and engineering.

He is credited with several accomplishments including a key feature in the [...]

March 1st, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Chinese History, The Historical Record | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)