{"id":318,"date":"2007-12-03T19:54:59","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T17:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapefromberlin.com\/alive\/?p=318"},"modified":"2007-12-12T22:52:54","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T20:52:54","slug":"das-ist-aber-ein-schoner-was-eigentlich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.escapefromberlin.com\/alive\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Das ist aber ein sch\u00f6ner, -was eigentlich?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ein Seismograf<\/a> nat\u00fcrlich. ;-) Um das Zitat unten abzuk\u00fcrzen: sp\u00e4testens wenn jedes Fr\u00f6schlein einen Ball abbekommen hat ist es Zeit in den Keller zu gehen.<\/p>\n

The Chinese philosopher Zhang H\u00eang invented the earliest known seismoscope in 132 A.D. The instrument was said to resemble a wine jar of diameter six feet. On the outside of the vessel there were eight dragon-heads, facing the eight principal directions of the compass. Below each of the dragon-heads was a toad, with its mouth opened toward the dragon. The mouth of each dragon held a ball. At the occurrence of an earthquake, one of the eight dragon-mouths would release a ball into the open mouth of the toad situated below. The direction of the shaking determined which of the dragons released its ball. The instrument is reported to have detected a four-hundred-mile distant earthquake which was not felt at the location of the seismoscope.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scientists Resurrect World’s Earliest Seismograph<\/a> via the nonist<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i>Love<\/span>0<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/i> <\/i>