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13:55 Jun 28, 2008
Chinese to English translations [PRO] Science - History / astronomy
Explanation: The Henan Museum website states that the observatory at Dengfeng contains "gnomon apparatus" (should be gnomonic)... which combines both a higher gnomon and a stone gnomon.
"The center of the northern wall is built into a hollow groove that is perforated through from top to bottom, so the higher gnomon at the groove's straight wall and the stone gnomon at the bottom constitute a series of gnomon(ic) apparatus for measuring the length of shadow cast by the sun. "
"GNOMON, in Astronomy, is an instrument or apparatus
for measuring thé altitudes, declinations, &c. of the sun and
stars. The gnomon is usually a pillar, or column, or pyramid,
erected upon level ground, or a pavement..."
from
A Dictionary of Mechanical Science...
by Alexander Jamieson - 1829
Explanation: http://translate.google.cn/translate?hl=zh-CN&sl=zh-TW&u=htt...
Reference
10.Tonry, JL, Luppino, GA, Schneider, DP, The Extragalactic Distance Scale, Proceedings of the ASP 100th Anniversary Symposium, PASPC, Vol.4, ed. S. van den Bergh and CJPritchet, p.213, 1988.
Explanation: The Henan Museum website states that the observatory at Dengfeng contains "gnomon apparatus" (should be gnomonic)... which combines both a higher gnomon and a stone gnomon.
"The center of the northern wall is built into a hollow groove that is perforated through from top to bottom, so the higher gnomon at the groove's straight wall and the stone gnomon at the bottom constitute a series of gnomon(ic) apparatus for measuring the length of shadow cast by the sun. "
"GNOMON, in Astronomy, is an instrument or apparatus
for measuring thé altitudes, declinations, &c. of the sun and
stars. The gnomon is usually a pillar, or column, or pyramid,
erected upon level ground, or a pavement..."
from
A Dictionary of Mechanical Science...
by Alexander Jamieson - 1829
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