China launched a research satellite called China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) which is also named Zhangheng-1 (ZH-1)
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Zhang Heng
Zhang Heng, courtesy name Pingzi, formerly romanized Chang Heng, was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty. Educated in the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, he achieved success as an astronomer, mathematician, seismologist, hydraulic engineer, inventor, geographer, cartographer, ethnographer, artist, poet, philosopher, politician, and literary…
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Born 0078 · Died 1 January 0139 · Q197206
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2005· 1 entry
Modern Chinese seismologists announced that they had successfully created a replica of the instrument
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1978· 1 entry
Born 0078.
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1939· 1 entry
Akitsune Imamura and Hagiwara made a reconstruction of Zhang's device
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1886· 1 entry
On Zhang Heng's contributions to seismology
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0139· 1 entry
Died 0139-01-01.
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