......7**连的GTG落下了帷幕,大家兴趣盎然的余温未尽之时,7月31日在上海举行FPJ交流会又在紧锣密鼓筹集着。。。。。这使我回想起2008年5月中旬在新浪网的一帖子中明确的记载着钟表,最早是起源于我们中国而不是西欧。。。。这也同时证明着我们的国家上下五千年的历史文化的悠久和进化。。。。。机械钟表起源于中国(2008-05-07 00:02:46)
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The mechanical clock came from China.
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% R, F# t, |% j0 k+ M这句话真让人吃惊:机械钟表源于中国?怎么不知道呢?印象之中,电影电视里,西方的传教士把钟表作为礼物向中国的皇帝进贡,和珅还贪污了不少呢,没错吧?而且,故宫奉先殿里陈列着皇宫收藏的各式各样精美的钟表,琳琅满目,华丽多彩,其中不少来自英国、法国、瑞士、日本等国。想象中一道靓丽的风景便是,在皇宫的每个角落几乎都摆放着钟表,滴答、滴答的钟鸣声响彻整个紫禁城。
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带着Where did the mechanical clock came from?这个问题,问了身边的几位朋友,他们的回答都印证了我们固有的思维定势:机械钟表起源于欧洲。7 F8 y0 Q. U X5 n' U
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The mechanical clock came from China这句话源于犬子的一本英语读物,是剑桥出版的啊!老外不会奉承中国人的,他们在骨子里就没有那么善良。于是,在大不列颠百科全书网站查到这样一个事实:The Chinese designed the very first mechanical clock in 700 A.D. 然后,还找到了以下的一些facts:
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The first European public clock that struck the hours was erected in Milan in 1335.
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* g/ Q; b6 z G1 R" q, \; ]6 ZThe oldest surviving clocks are in England (1386) and France (1389).
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The first domestic clocks appeared late in the 14th century.9 o- B/ X& M6 c) S2 M: w
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About 1500 Peter Henlein, a German locksmith, began to make the first portable timepieces, small clocks driven by a spring.
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Christiaan Huygens invented pendulum clocks in 1656.
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The most accurate mechanical timekeepers (within a few thousandths of a second per day) are clocks with short pendulums (about 39 in. [or 990 mm]).
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The first atomic clock went into operation in 1951. Atomic clocks, regulated by the natural periodic behaviour of a system of atoms (such as vibrations or emission of radiation), can have accuracies exceeding one billionth of a second per day, making them the most accurate clocks yet invented.6 o: |; e8 H9 P5 H* O& H
在敲打以上这些文字的时候,真为自己的无知而羞愧,也为中学的历史老师没有告诉我们这一点而遗憾;同时,也为这个伟大的发明源于中国而自豪!我们的祖先真了不起,给我们留下的东西那就让我们这一代表友们去继续发扬、光大吧!预祝7月31日在上海举行FPJ交流会圆满成功!。。。。。2010年7月25日。阿力神剑于长白山寓所 |