Station

Star system
Station distance
2,671 Ls
Landing pad
Medium
Station type
Outpost (Civilian)

Station services
Commodity marketOutfittingRearmRefuelRepairShipyard

Black marketContactsFleet carrier administrationFleet carrier servicesFleet carrier vendorInterstellar factorsMaterial traderPower contactRedemption officeSearch and rescueTechnology brokerUniversal CartographicsVendorsWorkshop

BartenderConcourseCrew loungeMissionsPioneer SuppliesTuning


Economy
Industrial / Refinery
Wealth
Population
Large population
Government
Democracy
Allegiance
Federation
Minor faction

Station update
23 Nov 2024, 7:44pm
Location update
23 Nov 2024, 2:03pm
Market update
15 Nov 2024, 8:02pm
Shipyard update
Outfitting update
15 Nov 2024, 8:02pm

Galpedia

Ma Jun

Ma Jun (fl. 220–265), courtesy name Deheng (徳衡), was a Chinese mechanical engineer and government official during the Three Kingdoms era of China. His most notable invention was that of the south-pointing chariot, a directional compass vehicle which actually had no magnetic function, but was operated by use of differential gears (which applies equal amount of torque to driving wheels rotating at different speeds). It is because of this revolutionary device (and other achievements) that Ma Jun is known as one of the most brilliant mechanical engineers and inventors of his day (alongside Zhang Heng of the earlier Eastern Han Dynasty). The device was re-invented by many after Ma Jun, including the astronomer and mathematician Zu Chongzhi (429-500 AD). In the later medieval dynastic periods, Ma Jun's south-pointing chariot was combined in a single device with the distance-measuring odometer.



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