RE: Religion and Science are 1000% Opposite
October 19, 2017 at 1:18 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2017 at 1:19 pm by Succubus.)
(October 19, 2017 at 12:04 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_treasure_ship
The size and dimensions of the treasures are heavily debated. According to British scientist, historian and sinologist Joseph Needham, the purported dimensions of the largest of these ships were 137 m (450 ft) by 55 m (180 ft), which would make them at least twice as long as the largest European ships at the end of the sixteenth century. These dimensions have been challenged on engineering grounds and on the reliability of their sources; some have claimed they could not have been more than 61–76 m (200–250 feet) or that they could only have been used on special occasions in the relative safety of the lower Yangtze River. However, in 1962 a large rudder was unearthed in the Treasure Ship Yard in Nanjing with dimensions corresponding with a 600-ft long ship.
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You should have read on a bit.
Quote:One explanation for the alleged size of these colossal ships was that the largest 44 Zhang treasure ships were merely for a display of imperial power by the Emperor and imperial bureaucrats on the Yangtze River when on court business, including when reviewing Zheng He's actual expedition fleet. The Yangtze River, with its calmer waters, may have been navigable for such large but unseaworthy ships.
If ships of this size were built the things were never intended for the open sea.
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It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.