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it was important for the emperor to know when and where an earthquake hit

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Q: Why did Chang heng invent the seismograph?
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Did the Chinese invent the seismograph?

Chang Heng, a Chinese scientist, invented the first seismoscope around 132 AD called the dragon jar


Who was the first person to invent a seismograph?

The chinese inventor Zhang Heng. Pernounced: Jun Hun


Who invented the siesmogram?

John Milne invented the first modern seismograph, but the first ones were invented by Chang Heng around 132 AD.


When was Hsieh Chang-heng born?

Hsieh Chang-heng was born in 1962.


Who invented the seismograph?

The first "modern" seismograph was invented by John Milne in 1880. However, Zhang Heng, a Chinese astronomer is also believed to have invented the seismograph; probably the primitive ones.


What did the mathematician Zhang Heng do?

Zhang Heng invented the first seismograph and also remade the calender so that the seasons were aligned.


When was Chang heng born?

78 A.d


Did choko invent the seismograph?

yes he did


How did the seismograph of Chang Heng Works?

historians believe there was a pendulum inside and when an earthquake hit, the pendulum swung causing it to hit a lever which would cause a dragon facing the direction of the quake to drop its copper ball into the mouth of a toad below


When did the ancient China change?

when zhang heng who seismograph invented it now people now when a earthquakes


Who invented the seismorgraph?

The first seismograph was invented by Zhang Heng in 132. The modern seismograph was invented by John Milne, Thomas Gray, and James Alfred Ewing in 1880.


What tool did the Chinese invent to measure how big earthquakes were?

the seismograph