The bronze cart and horses


The bronze cart and horses excavated in 1980 in the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum (site of the Terracotta Warriors) of Xi'an in North China's Shaanxi Province represented the development level of casting technology, metal processing, and assembly skills at the time. The Jiligu cart (which had a group of decelerating gear insides) and the compass vehicle appeared after the Eastern Han Dynasty


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