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The Hydraulic Tilt Hammer in Ancient China

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Abstract

In Ancient China, the hydraulic tilt hammer has three types: the battery of hydraulic hammers, the spoon tilt hammer and the ship tilt hammer. According to the two cultural relics, the battery of hydraulic hammers had been invented in Han Dynasty. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, an advanced system combing the battery hydraulic hammers and mill was been used. Since the Norther Song Dynasty, the spoon tilt hammer had begun to use. In the Ming Dynasty, the ship tilt hammer appeared, the structure of which is different from the ones in Europe. The hydraulic tilt hammer mainly hulls and pounds the grain, can also process porcelain clay, raw material of papermaking and incense.

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  1. Institute for the History of Natural Sciences (IHNS), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaolei Shi

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  1. Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Baichun Zhang

  2. LARM: Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics, University of Cassino and South Latium, Cassino, Italy

    Marco Ceccarelli

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Shi, X. (2019). The Hydraulic Tilt Hammer in Ancient China. In: Zhang, B., Ceccarelli, M. (eds) Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03538-9_10

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