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The Trail of Time: Time Measurement with Incense Clocks in East Asia.by Silvio A. Bedini

✍ Scribed by Review by: John S. Major

Book ID: 124360562
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1994
Tongue: English
Weight: 313 KB
Volume: 53
Category: Article
ISSN: 0021-9118
DOI: 10.2307/2059241

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