祖冲之成功地复原过指南车与诸葛亮的木牛流马，他制造的“欹器”用来盛水，“中则正，满则覆”。祖冲之还制造过一种千里船，并在江上试航，日行百余里。
He was also the inventor of a " tilted container " used to bail water and a long-distance boat believed to have the capacity of traveling over 50 kilometers a day .
千里船