Zhang Heng (Chinese: 張衡; AD 78–139), formerly romanized Chang Heng, was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman who lived during the Han dynasty....
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Zhang Heng (AD 78–139) was a Chinese astronomer and mathematician who lived in the early Eastern Han dynasty. Zhang Heng may also refer to: 1802 Zhang...
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that is about one third the diameter of Chang Heng. The crater is named after Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng. By convention these features are identified...
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List of minor planets: 1001–2000 (redirect from 1802 Zhang Heng)
La Plata Observatory M. Itzigsohn EOS 22 km MPC · JPL 1802 Zhang Heng 1964 TW1 Zhang Heng October 9, 1964 Nanking Purple Mountain Obs. KOR 13 km MPC ·...
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water clock, waterwheel, and a series of gears, the Court Astronomer Zhang Heng (78–139 AD) was able to mechanically rotate his metal-ringed armillary...
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engineer Ma Jun is considered by many to be the equal of his predecessor Zhang Heng. He invented a hydraulic-powered, mechanical puppet theatre designed for...
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scientific thinking in his day. Similar to Han dynasty polymath contemporary Zhang Heng (78–139) and Chinese scholars before him, Wang discussed theories about...
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father, Zhang Heng (张衡), Zhang Lu inherited control of the Celestial Masters religious group, and therefore became its third leader (the first was Zhang Lu's...
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the flat Earth to the heavens: In a passage of Zhang Heng's cosmogony not translated by Needham, Zhang himself says: "Heaven takes its body from the Yang...
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