IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) is a 11 digit alpha numeric code issued by the RBI (Reserve Bank Of India). This is a unique code provided to each bank branch for easy identification of individual bank branches in India.
The incredible earthquake detector invented nearly 2,000 years ago. (Read the article on one page) Although we still cannot accurately predict earthquakes, we have come a long way in detecting, recording, and measuring seismic shocks. Many donât realise that this process began nearly 2000 years ago, with the invention of the first seismoscope in 132 AD by a Chinese inventor called Zhang (âChangâ) Heng.
Seismographs are instruments that record the vibrations of the Earthâs surface caused by seismic waves. Chang Heng invented the first seismograph in A.D. 132 and called the instrument an earthquake weathercock. This instrument featured eight dragons, each with a bronze ball in its mouth. Whenever a tremor occurred, a mechanism within the seismograph would cause one of the dragon's mouths to open.