Song Su's Clock Tower
1088 AD built
Huge mechanical astronomical clock that is over 10 metres (35 feet) high.
It is made of bronze and powered by water. At the top, a sphere on a platform kept track of the motion of the planets. The clock remained in place and working until 1126 when it was lost in a Tatar invasion.
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Su Song (苏颂, 蘇頌) Chinese polymath and sta...
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