What are the famous scientific masterpieces and instruments in ancient China?

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Analysis:

1 ancient scientific and technological masterpieces

The names of these ten arithmetic books are Zhou Pian Jing, Jiu Zhang Arithmetic, Island Arithmetic, Cao Wu Arithmetic Classic, Sun Zi Arithmetic Classic, Xiahou Yang Arithmetic Classic, Zhang Qiu Arithmetic Classic, Five Arithmetic Classics, Ji Gu Arithmetic Classic and Seal Script.

Qi Yaomin Shu Northern Wei-Jia Sixie

On Meng Qian's Writing in Song Shen Kuo

Qi Yaomin Shu Northern Wei-Jia Sixie

Heavenly Creations in Ming Dynasty —— Song Ying Xing's Heavenly Creations

Compendium of Materia Medica —— Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica

Shennong Ben Cao Jing is the earliest existing pharmacological monograph in China.

There are also Kao, Gan De Jing, Zhu, Yu Gong Area Map, Agricultural Administration Book and Xu Xiake's Travel Notes.

2 scientific instruments

Planetarium, called Hunxiang in ancient times, is an instrument used to demonstrate astronomical phenomena in ancient China.

The water transport instrument platform is a large astronomical instrument designed and manufactured by Su Song and Han Gonglian in Song Dynasty. It skillfully combines the armillary sphere for observing astronomical phenomena, the armillary sphere for demonstrating astronomical phenomena and the timer, which is an outstanding creation of China in ancient times.

Zhang Heng's armillary sphere and seismograph

The sundial, also called "sundial", is an ancient timekeeping instrument in China, which uses the shadow of the sun to measure time.

The manometer is a simple and important astronomical instrument, which consists of a vertical manometer (usually eight feet high) and a horizontal manometer. The main function of a standard watch is to determine the position of the winter solstice, and then determine the length of the tropical year. In addition, we can also determine the direction and solar terms by observing the changes of surface shadows.