Yellow Shoes Villa - Huáng Lǚ zhuāng (English)

Japanese: 黄履荘 - こうりそう（英語表記）Huáng Lǚ zhuāng

1656‐?
A scientist from the early Qing Dynasty in China. A native of Jiangsu. He designed and built many ritual objects and machines. His meteorological devices include a type of thermometer (a device for testing heat and cold) for measuring air temperature and testing the properties of medicines, and a type of hygrometer (a device for testing dryness and humidity) for predicting rain and shine. The latter uses the fact that the string of a string expands and contracts with changes in humidity, and is based on the same principle as the later hair hygrometer. Wang Chong of the Later Han Dynasty had already noticed that the strings of the koto loosen when it rains, and his hygrometer was based on this discovery.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1656‐？
中国の清朝初期の科学者。江蘇の人。多数の儀器，機械を設計，製作した。気象学に関するものに，気温を測定したり薬性を検査するための一種の温度計(験冷熱器)，晴雨を予測するための一種の湿度計(験燥湿器)がある。後者は湿度の変化にしたがって弦線が伸縮することを利用したもので，後代の毛髪湿度計と同じ原理による。すでに後漢の王充は，雨が降ると琴の弦がゆるむことに気付いていたが，彼の湿度計はこうした発見にもとづく。

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