armillary sphere

Zhang Heng ( 78-139) of the Han Dynasty invented a seismograph to determine the location of earthquakes and an armillary sphere that showed the movement of the sun, moon and other stars.

汉代张衡发明了测定地震方位的地动仪和演示日月星辰的浑天仪。

The armillary sphere's structure was very simple at the very beginning ， with three rings and a metal axis.

最初，浑仪的结构很简单，只有三个圆环和一根金属轴。

In the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Heng ， an outstanding astronomer, made bold innovations to the armillary sphere ， and de-signed and made the first water-driven armillary sphere in the world to measure the position of celestial bodies ， which was carved with known important astronomical phenomena.

汉中期，杰出的天文学家张衡对浑仪作了大胆创新，设计并制作了漏水转浑天仪。张衡还制造出了世界上第一架测量天体位置的水运浑天仪，凡是已知的重要天文现象，都刻在这架仪器上。

Armillary sphere prepares to rise not quite convenient, with one article copper cash can.

浑仪预备起来不太方便, 用一文铜钱即可.

Using water power and having all the functions of the armillary sphere, it was the first astronomical clock in the world.

以水为动力，集浑仪、浑象、报时装置于一体，是世界上最早的天文钟。

Later, in order to facilitate the observation of more celestial bodies ， such as the sun ， the planets ， and the moon ， more rings were added inside the armillary sphere ， making it a multi-purpose astronomic instrument.

后来，古人为了便于观测太阳、行星和月球等天体，在浑仪内又添置了几个圆环，使浑仪成为多种用途的天文观测仪器。

Luo Xiahong was the initiator of the theory of sphere-heavens, and the equatorial armillary sphere he improved was in use for 2 000 years.

落下闳是浑天说的创始人之一，经他改进的赤道式浑天仪，在中国用了2000年。

In the Palace Museum, there is an armillary sphere used for observing astronomical phenomena.

故宫里有测量天象的璇玑.

The world's first water-driven astronomic instrument with explicit historical re-cords ， the new armillary sphere employed an extremely complex gear system.

漏水转浑天仪是有明确历史记载的世界上第一架用水力驱动的天文仪器。浑天仪应用到的齿轮机构和凸轮机构十分复杂。

Zhang ， in cooperation with his colleagues ， made the bronze armillary sphere and ecliptic sphere ， with which they gath-erect lots of astronomic data through practical ob-nervation ， and carried out effective astronomic re-search.

借助天文仪，通过实际观测，他们搜集了许多天文数据，有效地进行了对天文学的研究。

The armillary sphere made in the Ming Dynasty was the result of research by scholars of the song Dynasty, and the New Armillary sphere, with an interval of more than 300 years between the two instruments.

明铸浑仪反映了宋至元代浑仪的研究成果，留有其流传沿革的痕迹，玑衡抚辰仪是清代所铸的最后一架大型简化浑仪，两仪相距时间跨度有300余年。

He held that the universe was infinite in both space and time and invented the world's first eauatorial armillary sphere.

他提出“浑天说”，认为宇宙在空间上没有边界，在时间上没有起点。他创造的天文仪器浑天仪，是一种演示天体星象运动的表演仪器。

He developed an armillary sphere, on which were carved all the astronomical phenomena known time.

经过多年的观察,他研制了一架“浑天仪”.凡是知道的重要天文现象, 都刻在“浑天仪”上了.

People used the armillary sphere to examine the posi-tion of celestial bodies from the earth.

人们使用浑仪在这个蛋黄上测量天体的位置。

Zhang Heng invented seismography and the Armillary Sphere so as to observe the universe and perceive earthquake.

张衡则以高超的工艺制造了“浑天仪”、“地动仪”等科学仪器，观察天象，感应地震。

The structure, reading set and observing methods of the instruments for time measuring and keeping, such as gnomon, sundial, armillary sphere and clepsydra in Song dynasty, have been analysed and their observation errors have been obtained.

对我国宋代测时设备圭表、日晷、浑仪和守时设备漏壶，从它们的结构，读数装置、观测方法等分析其观测误差。

The Armillary Sphere was an astronomic observatory instrument in ancient China.

浑仪是中国古代的一种天文观测仪器。