a model of the celestial globe constructed from rings and hoops representing the equator, the tropics, and other celestial circles, and able to revolve on its axis
浑天仪。
"mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin
n. 浑天仪
AD 132. Zhang Heng created the seismograph, the armillary sphere, and the south-pointing chariot (compass).
公元132年张衡创制地动仪、浑天仪和指南车。
Liang was a palace scholar in Kaiyuan era, Tang Dynasty. He has invented the armillary sphere in cooperation with bonze Yixing. He was both a scholar and an artist.
梁令瓒为唐代开元集贤院学士,曾与僧一行合作设计过浑天仪,是一个学者暨画家。
The dragon has appeared on Chinese artifacts throughout the ages. This is the model of a fake Sung armillary sphere on display in the Taichung Natural Science Museum.
历代器物上都有龙的图饰,这是台中自然科学博物馆中陈列的仿宋代浑天仪模型。
Among these instruments the Simplified instrument, Gnomon, Water-operated Armillary Sphere and Celestial Globe were made after the records from the old Chinese Histories and Guo Shoujing's model.
其中浑仪、圭表、水运浑仪和浑象是根据中国古代史志记载和郭守敬的仪器模型制造,但它们并不是简单的复制。
a model of the celestial globe constructed from rings and hoops representing the equator, the tropics, and other celestial circles, and able to revolve on its axis
浑天仪。
"mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin