E ai ki ngā rangahau, neke atu i te 3,000 tau te roa o te whakamahinga o ngā mekameka i tō tātou whenua. I ngā wā onamata, ko ngā taraka hurihuri me ngā wira wai i whakamahia i ngā wāhi tuawhenua o tōku whenua hei hiki i te wai mai i ngā wāhi iti ki ngā wāhi teitei he rite ki ngā mekameka kawe hou. I roto i te "Xinyixiangfayao" i tuhia e Su Song i te Northern Song Dynasty, kua tuhia ko te mea e akiaki ana i te hurihuri o te porowhita armillary he rite ki te taputapu tuku mekameka i hangaia ki te konganuku hou. Ka kitea ko tōku whenua tētahi o ngā whenua tuatahi i roto i te whakamahinga mekameka. Heoi, ko te hanganga taketake o te mekameka hou i whakaarohia tuatahitia, ā, i whakaarohia hoki e Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), te kaipūtaiao nui me te kaitoi i te wā o te Renaissance Pākehā. Mai i taua wā, i te tau 1832, i hangaia e Galle o Parani te mekameka pine, ā, i te tau 1864, ko te mekameka roera kore-ringa Slater o Peretānia. Engari ko te Hans Renault o Huiterangi i tino eke ki te taumata o te hoahoa hanganga mekameka hou. I te tau 1880, i whakapaitia e ia ngā ngoikoretanga o te hanganga mekameka o mua, ā, i hangaia te mekameka kia rite ki te mekameka roera rongonui o ēnei rā, ā, i whiwhi ia i te mana patene mō te mekameka roera i te UK.
Wā tuku: Hepetema-01-2023