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Earthquake Detection Past and Present

Then: replica of Zhang Heng’s seismograph Nearly 2,000 years ago, in 132, a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng invented the world’s first seismograph, an instrument to detect earthquakes. From the historical descriptions, Zhang’s... ...full story at China Journal

from China Journal on Thu, Jun 05 2008

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