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Just now, Berserker said:

Romans?, Quin or Han dinasty?

Han Dynasty is correct.

The actual thing is also very interesting; it was an urn-like instrument with a central pendulum that apparently was sensitive to earth tremors hundreds of kilometers away. An earthquake would cause the pendulum to loose balance and activate a set of levers inside. Then, one of the eight dragons placed in eight directions outside the urn would release a bronze ball held in its mouth. The ball would fall into the mouth of a toad and give off a sound, letting people know when and in which direction an earthquake had occurred. 

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1 minute ago, nudge said:

Han Dynasty is correct.

The actual thing is also very interesting; it was an urn-like instrument with a central pendulum that apparently was sensitive to earth tremors hundreds of kilometers away. An earthquake would cause the pendulum to loose balance and activate a set of levers inside. Then, one of the eight dragons placed in eight directions outside the urn would release a bronze ball held in its mouth. The ball would fall into the mouth of a toad and give off a sound, letting people know when and in which direction an earthquake had occurred. 

seismoscope.jpg

Amazing, it looks like the helmet in an old diving suit haha.

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Just now, Azeem said:

Yenzu river in China, name might not be correct

No. 

Note there are two seperate answers, not one river that holds both titles.

One river is the words second longest, another is the second largest flowing.

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