著者

緒方 正則 下間 頼一 塩津 宣子

出版者

一般社団法人日本機械学会

雑誌

公開研究会・講演会技術と社会の関連を巡って : 技術史から経営戦略まで : 講演論文集

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2006, pp.51-54, 2006-12-01

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Authors assumed that the origin of the standard gauge of the railway is in the interval of wheel tracks of ancient carriages such as war chariots, two-wheeled carts and four-wheeled wagons. Basing on the assumption, authors have measured the interval of wheel track at ancient ruins and ancient highway of the Eurasian Continent and the African Continent for long years. On the other hand, the oldest vehicle that exists in the world is chariot of Tut-ankh-Amen who was the Pharaoh of ancient Egyptian of the 18th New Dynasty before 3,500 years and another two chariots of the former dynasty. Authors visited at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo for four times till now and observed six chariots in detail that were displayed inside the glass case. Considering findings of the interval of wheel tracks, authors report the specifications of Tut-ankh-Amen's chariots in this paper.

著者

緒方 正則 下間 頼一 塩津 宣子

出版者

一般社団法人日本機械学会

雑誌

年次大会講演論文集

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2007, pp.97-98, 2007

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Up to the present, authors surveyed the cart ruts in ruins of the Greece age and the Rome age in Turkey. The places are the western coastal region around the Aegean Sea. Those investigated places were Perge, Hierapolis of Pamukkale, and Efes. The date was August, 1998. The wheels and the chassis of the carriages were mentioned in the investigation results. The carriages in various places by the field survey were thought to be used in the ancient times.

著者

下間 頼一 塩津 宣子 亀谷 勝 緒方 正則

出版者

一般社団法人日本機械学会

雑誌

年次大会講演論文集 : JSME annual meeting

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2007, no.5, pp.93-94, 2007-09-07

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The thought of Circular Heaven and Square Earth is the Chinese traditional thought. The root of the thought is Jade disc (玉壁) and Jade cube (玉〓) at Liangzhu culture (良渚文化). Jade disc is a circular disc with a small hole at center of it. Jade cube is almost a rectangular solid body with a big hole within it. Authors performed field survey in Liangzhu culture area. The places are Liangzhu ruins (3300-2000BC) and ruins of Yin dynasty (1600-1046BC) in Anyang (安陽). In Yin Museum, authors researched oracle bone inscriptions.