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The Earth and Physical Sciences of Shen Kua: An entry from Gale's <i>Science and Its Times</i> by P. Andrew Karam, 2001
Shen Xiaolong zi xuan ji (Kua shi ji xue ren wen cun) (Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Xiaolong Shen, 1999
Fan xing er shang xue yu xian dai mei xue jing shen (Kua shi ji xue zhe cong shu) (Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Huimin Jin, 1997
Dui hua "shi wu": Zhongguo zhong chang qi fa zhan zhan lue zai shen shi (Kua shi ji jing ji lun tan cong shu) (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
Xin yue pai di shen shi feng qing (Kua shi ji wen lun cong shu) (Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Shoutong Zhu, 1995
Malaixiya di zheng zhi shen hua (Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Kia Soong Kua, 1990
Zhongguo xi nan yu dong nan Ya di kua jing min zu =: Border minorities of southwest China and southeast Asia (Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Xu Shen, 1988
Liu Taiying qian zhuan: Kua zu zheng shang xue jie de hua shen bo shi (Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Guangyuan Chen, 1997
Shi xian hong wei mu biao di jing shen dong li: Si xiang, dao de, wen hua (Kua yue shi ji di bao ding cong shu) (Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Huaipeng Chen, 1996
Kua shi ji di tiao zhan: Guo ji shen ji shu ping (Accounting & auditing knowledge renewal books) (Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Xianzhong Zhang, 1992
Kua shi ji di hong wei gang ling: Shen ru xue xi guan che dang di shi si jie wu zhong quan hui jing shen (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
Kua shi ji xi wang gong cheng shi (Zhong shen xue xi xi lie) (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
Shen sheng di tian zhi: Zhongguo xian dai ren shi guan li (Kua shi ji xian dai zheng fu guan li cong shu) (Mandarin Chinese Edition)

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CHRONOLOGY Some Selected Dates In The Development Of Sundials And Solar Astro
1086, Chinese scientist shen kuas Dream pool essays contains the first knownreference to a magnetic compass for navigation.
http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/glossary/chronology/chronology.htm

Extractions: CHRONOLOGY some selected dates in the development of sundials and solar astronomy Date Development 9000 BC to 8000 BC The Maya make astronomical inscriptions and constructions in Central America. A marked bone (possibly) indicating months and lunar phases in use in Ishango (Zaire) 4228 BC to 2773 BC The Egyptians institute a 365-day calendar. The start of the year, coinciding with the annual Nile floods, is linked to the rising of Sirius (the Dog Star) in line with the sun. 1500 BC to
Writer's Base Camp
shen kua wrote about the use of a navigational instrument with a magnetized ironneedle. The first recorded instance of European compass use occurred in
http://www.writersbasecamp.com/features/history.html

Extractions: How Silva Came To Be The invention of the compass changed the world. With this revolutionary device, sailors were able to navigate more accurately. Oceans were crossed, and new lands were discovered. Even with today's technological innovations, travelers still depend on compasses to lead them in the right direction. Who Invented the Compass? Legend has it that the original compass can be traced back to the ancient Chinese. The first known use of a compass occurred in the fourth century B.C. It was used in Feng Shui, the Taoist method of environment organization. Chinese fortunetellers used lodestones, a mineral composed of an iron oxide that aligns itself in a north-south direction, to construct their fortune telling boards. The Chinese eventually noticed that the lodestones were consistent at pointing out actual directions, leading to the first compasses. They designed the compass on a square slab with markings for the cardinal points and the constellations. The pointing needle was a lodestone spoon-shaped device, with a handle that would always point south. The first written mention of the compass was by a Chinese mathematician in about 1050. Shen Kua wrote about the use of a navigational instrument with a magnetized iron needle. The first recorded instance of European compass use occurred in 1190. Very little was understood, though, about how the compass worked. Superstitions abounded, including sea captains believing that if the crew ate onions it would impact the device. In the centuries that follow, historical references of compass use increases. Arabian and Viking explorers are described using the device to navigate across many miles of water in the early and mid-1200s.
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1088 Compass using magnetic needle described by shen kua of China Invented;1088 Compass using magnetic needle described by shen kua of China Invented;
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The Last Viking: Viking Press And Viking Ships
shen kua, in his Dream Pool Essays of 1086, gives the following illuminating story. In the HsiNing reign-period 1068 to 1077 AD ambassadors came from
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Extractions: Suddenly, it seemed, the northern seas were swarming with lean, low-hulled predators with snarling dragon figureheads, manned by men of reckless courage and invincible ferocity. Everywhere they went they plundered, burned and raped. Holy Church in particular was a target for their insensate violence, and ecclesiastical treasures looted from unsuspecting chapels and monasteries flowed back into Scandinavia in an unending stream: ' In a word, although there were an hundred hard steeled iron heads on one neck, and an hundred sharp, ready, never-rusting brazen tongues in every head, and an hundred garrulous, loud, unceasing voices from every tongue, they could not recount or narrate or enumerate or tell what all the people of Ireland suffered in common, both men and women, laymen and priests, old and young, noble and ignoble, of hardship and injury and oppression in every house from these ruthless, wrathful, foreign, purely pagan people.' It was the shrill and outraged gibbering of priests, like the writer of this passage from
11th Century
shen kua of China develops the magnetic compass. 1086, William I of England ordersThe Doomsday Book compiled listing slaves as assets of landowners.
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Extractions: Right Ahead Left Behind 11th Century Web GoCreate.com Chinese invent magnifying glass. Crusaders sack Jerusalem, killing 40,000. Crusaders begin slaughtering French Jews. Pope Urban II begins the first of eight Crusades. Shen Kua of China develops the magnetic compass. William I of England orders The Doomsday Book compiled listing slaves as assets of landowners. Constantine the African, disguised as a monk, compiles medical works and helps free medicine from religious hands. Pope Gregory VII excommunicates all married priests. Pope Benedict IX sells papacy to Gregory VI. Chinese begin printing with movable type. Lady Godiva removes a heavy tax burden imposed on her people by riding naked on a horse through the streets of Coventry. Guido d'Arezzo introduces names for pitches the octave scale. Guido d'Arezzo develops the invents modern musical notation. Arab physician Ibn Sina publishes his Canon of Medicine Boleslav the Brave frees Poland from the Holy Roman Empire. Japanese baroness Shikibu Murasaki publishes The Tale of Genji Germany begins to persecute heretics.
1070 To 1089 World History - Din Timelines
+ shen kua b.1030 d.1093 gave an account of a magnetic compass for navigation inhis work Dream Pool Essays. and other scientific observations. x France ?
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Extractions: x England ? Lanfranc becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. x Egypt ? A famine forced Al-Mustansir to send the women of Cairo to Baghdad to escape starvation. x England Castle at Old Sarum. x Possible founding date of the Hospital of St. John in Jerusalem ? by Amalfi merchants x England Castles at Chester and Stafford begun. jun 00 England Hereward the Wake sacks Peterborough Abbey. jun 04 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France. jul 17 Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies. jul 17 Arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders. x England ? Ely castle ordered. x England William I + puts down revolt. x Turks conquer Syria, Jerusalem ? and parts of Palestine. x Seljuks defeat Byzantine army at Battle of Manzikert; they capture Jerusalem in x England Canterbury Cathedral rebuilt by Lanfranc. feb 22 Battle of Cassel - Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I) who is killed in battle. x England ? First Cathedral at Lincoln begun. x England Treaty of Abernethy.
Storia Dell'Arte, Info Tratte Dal Dizionario Comanducci
SHEN FENG o Shên Fêng o Chen Feng SHEN GUA o Chen Koua o shen kua SHEN SHIo Chen Che o Shên Shih, «Maoxue» o «Mouxue» e «Zideng», nom pinceau
http://www.comanducci.it/elenco/elencoS46.htm
Geoffrey Nunberg - Timeline
1050 The Chinese mathematician shen kua writes first description of movable type.1086 William the Conqueror undertakes the first complete government census
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~nunberg/timeline.html

Extractions: Timeline of the History of Information This is a pretty arbitrary list of landmarks in the history of information (whatever those might be), which I compiled for the Encyclopedia Britannica with the historian Daniel Brownstein. c. 20,000 B.C. Cave painting is widespread in Eurasia. 3500 B.C. Earliest use of clay bullae in Sumer, envelopes bearing marks that correspond to clay tokens inside; the precursor of the Sumerian writing system. 3100 B.C. Earliest cuneiform markings representing words in Sumer, first language-based writing system. c. 3000 B.C. In Egypt, the earliest instances of hieroglyphic writing appear on slabs of slate in chapels and tombs. The papyrus roll and clay tablet soon become the dominant surfaces of writing. c. 2800 B.C. Egyptians introduce lunar calendar of 365 days as a civil calendar. c. 2500 B.C. Ink is in use in both Egypt and China. c. 1800 B.C. Earliest known samples of Chinese writing, which originated well before this date. c. 1800 B.C. The Babylonians are using an early form of the abacus. c. 1500 B.C. Water clocks are used in Egypt.
The History Of Acupuncture
The Sung Dynasty (9601279 AD) during time which lived shen kua, an intellectualgenius who postulated (before Kepler did in Regensburg, Europe,
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Free Essays On Astronomy
Free Essays shen kua Astronomy 201 Astronomer, shen kua shen kua was born inChina in the year 1026. shen kua was born to Shen Chou and his wife Hsa.
http://www.creativeessays.com/Astronomy1.html
Engineering Database
shen kua, a Chinese scientist, writes his Dream Pool Essays, in these he outlinesthe principles of erosion, sedimentation and uplift which are still used
http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/t/i/timeline/source.html

Extractions: A brief overview of the major milestones in science and engineering. Palaeolithic peoples in central Europe and France record numbers on bones. Early geometric designs used. Sheep are domesticated in the Middle East. Corn is domesticated in the Oaxaca Valley. Wheat is domesticated in Mesopotamia. Cattle are domesticated in Mesopotamia. Copper artifacts are common in the Middle East. Barley is domesticated in Egypt. Potatoes are domesticated in Peru and Bolivia. Light wooden plows are used in Mesopotamia. Kiln-fired bricks and pots are made in Mesopotamia. Potter's wheel used in Mesopotamia. Pyramids are built in Egypt. Bronze is developed in Mesopotamia. Horse drawn vehicles are used in Egypt. Horse riding is developed on the Eurasia steppes. Copper is smelted in China. Rice paddies are developed in China. Iron working is developed in the Middle East.
Engineering Database
shen kua, a Chinese scientist, writes his Dream Pool Essays,in these he outlinesthe principles of erosion, sedimentation and uplift which are still used in
http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/c/o/compass/source.html

Extractions: The earliest-known compass dates from China, during the Han Dynasty (2nd century BC - 2nd century AD). This early compass was made from lodestone, a naturally-magnetic variety of magnetite ore. A spoon-shaped piece of lodestone was placed upon a bronze disk, and the lodestone always pointed north. This early compass was not used for navigation at first; it was used for divination (like Feng Shui), to determine fortuitous placement of buildings, etc. Historical Notes Chinese mathematicians invented the magnetic compass. The domesday Book was written. Shen Kua, a Chinese scientist, writes his Dream Pool Essays,in these he outlines the principles of erosion, sedimentation and uplift which are still used in earth science today. He also makes the first known reference to the use of a magnetic compass for navigation. Alexander Neckam from St Albans writes De naturis rerum ("On natural things") and makes the first known Western reference to the magnetic compass. Maricourt used compass to discover that a magnet is encircled by lines which terminate on two poles. See also: Magnet
Rugby: Autumn 2005
Who was shen kua? This module presents an exciting, stimulating tour across thelast 2000 years looking at the lives and discoveries of forgotten scientists
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Extractions: Privacy [c] All modules in this section are held at: The Percival Guildhouse, St Matthew's Street, Rugby CV21 3BY Telephone: 01788 542 467 Website: www.percival-guildhouse.co.uk Office hours: 09:30 to Register by post direct to the Percival Guildhouse (cheques payable to 'The Percival Guildhouse') - see link in right-hand column for downloadable Registration Form British Imperialism and foreign policy 1846-1902 Steve Calcutt Fees Credits 10 Number of meetings 10 This module deals with the way in which Britain protected her interests in maintaining the balance of power in Europe and how she protected her key imperial possessions, most notably India. We will consider the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston, Salisbury, Gladstone and Disraeli and also look at Rhodes, Milner and Chamberlain. Emphasis will be on the causes of the Crimean and Second Boer Wars, and Britain's increasing colonial activities in Africa during the latter part of the 19th century. Reference 1297/AU05 Starts Monday 26 September 09:30 to Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael
SYLLABUS: HISTORY 201L
Sivin, shen kua (10311095). Revised version in Science in Ancient ChinaResearches and Reflections. Robert Hymes, Not Quite Gentlemen?
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/elman/classes/201L/f97/

Extractions: INTRODUCTION : This course has three goals: to introduce the student to the discipline of the history of science; to present the major themes in the history of the traditional "Chinese sciences"; and to challenge the student to do some critical analysis of his/her own. Our overall agenda will be to trace the historical trajectory of Chinese interest in the "natural world" from a subordinate domain in imperial China to a field called "natural science" in the 20th century. This course has an ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD, click here for access 3. Satisfactory completion of four of nine weekly written assignments (7-10 pages for graduate students) should be completed at the time assigned and handed in on the date specified. Students may not go back to earlier assignments if they were not chosen at the time assigned. Alternatively, students may define by the second week a specific and clearly defined area of concentration that is related to the problem of "science and society" in imperial China and with permission prepare a single final paper of 25-30 pages that will be drawn from the course readings and outside materials relevant to the student.
Encyclopedia: List Of Polymaths
Shen Kuo or shen kua (Chinese ; pinyin ) (1031 1095) Chinese scientist,polymath, general, diplomat, financial officer was the inventor of compasses
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Newton's Apple Season 15: Wilderness Training
Almost a thousand years ago, the Chinese writer shen kua first described the useof a magnetic compass in navigation. At the time, this orienting
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Extractions: Begin the lesson by asking these questions: Do you like hiking in the woods? What equipment do you take on a camping trip? Most camping areas have at least some comforts, such as trash removal, trails, and rest rooms, but real wilderness has none of those things. How would you plan for wilderness travel, such as climbing a mountain? How much and what kinds of food would you take? How would you find shelter, build a fire, and stay warm? How would you navigate with no trails or constructed landmarks? How would you avoid falling on a steep slope? What specialized equipment would you need? In 1997, four teenagers from Oregon won the Outside Adventure Grant for their proposal to climb Mt. Sir Sanford, a remote peak in the Canadian Rockies. To get there, these wilderness enthusiasts had to kayak and hike to the base of the mountain and then climb up a glacier to the peak. The group's winning proposal included tracking and documenting the habits of an endangered species of caribou along the way. The grant outfitted them for their expedition. As these outdoor adventurers could tell you, alpine climbing and snow travel require particular skills and knowledge. Climbers must have good strength and endurance. They must work effectively in the thin air at high altitude.
Resources Of Chinese Inventions, Including Paper, Compass, Gunpowder, Kite, Prin
In China, shen kua, had already given the first accurate description of a magneticneedle and clearly mentioned the phenomenon of magnetic declination.
http://chineseculture.about.com/od/inventions/

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List Of Scientists By Field
Translate this page shen kua. Sheppard, Philip MacDonald. Sheppard, Philip MacDonald. Sherard, William.Sherrington, Charles Scott. Shewhart, Walter Andrew
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Extractions: Sabatier, Armand Sabatier, Armand Sabatier, Armand Sabatier, Paul Sabin, Florence Rena Sabin, Florence Rena Sabine, Edward Sabine, Edward Sabine, Paul Earls Sabine, Wallace Clement Ware Saccheri, Girolamo Sacco, Luigi Sachs, Julius von Sacrobosco, Johannes de Sage, Balthazar-Georges Sage, Balthazar-Georges Sagnac, Georges M. M. Saha, Meghnad Saint Vincent, Gregorius Saint Vincent, Gregorius Sakata, Shoichi Sakharov, Vladimir Vladimirovich Saks, Stanislaw Sala, Angelo Sala, Angelo Salernitan Anatomists Salernitan Anatomists Salisbury, Rollin Daniel Salisbury, Rollin Daniel Sallo, Denys de Salmon, George Salomonsen, Carl Julius Salomonsen, Carl Julius Salviani, Ippolito Salviani, Ippolito Samoylov, Aleksandr Filippovich Samoylov, Aleksandr Filippovich Samoylov, Aleksandr Filippovich Samoylov, Aleksandr Filippovich Sampson, Ralph Allen Sanarelli, Giuseppe Sanchez, Francisco Sanchez, Francisco Sanderson, Ezra Dwight Sanderson, Ezra Dwight Sanio, Karl Gustav Santorini, Giovanni Domenico Santorini, Giovanni Domenico Santorio, Santorio Santorio, Santorio Santorio, Santorio
III. EL MAGNETISMO HASTA EL AÑO 1800
Translate this page Un matemático chino, shen kua (1030-1090) fue el primero que escribió acerca deluso de una aguja magnética para indicar direcciones, que fue el antecedente
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Extractions: E N EL caso del magnetismo, al igual que en el de la electricidad, desde tiempos remotos el hombre se dio cuenta de que el mineral magnetita o imán (un óxido de hierro) tenía la propiedad peculiar de atraer el hierro. Tanto Tales de Mileto como Platón y Sócrates escribieron acerca de este hecho. En el periodo comprendido entre los años 1000-1200 d.C. se hizo la primera aplicación práctica del imán. Un matemático chino, Shen Kua (1030-1090) fue el primero que escribió acerca del uso de una aguja magnética para indicar direcciones, que fue el antecedente de la brújula. Este instrumento se basa en el principio de que si se suspende un imán en forma de aguja, de tal manera que pueda girar libremente, uno de sus extremos siempre apuntará hacia el norte. Más tarde, después del año 1100, Chu Yu informó que la brújula se utilizaba también para la navegación entre Cantón y Sumatra. La primera mención europea acerca de la brújula fue dada por un inglés, Alexander Neckham (1157-1217). Hacia 1269 Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, un cruzado francés, hizo una descripción detallada de la brújula corno instrumento de navegación. En el año 1600 el inglés William Gilbert (1544-1603), médico de la reina Isabel I, publicó un famoso tratado
Z Dziejów Geografii (czê¶æ 1)
1080, shen kua, Skamieniale szczatki drewna, traktowane jako dowód zmianklimatycznych, a odciski muszli w skalach jako dowód zmiany zasiegu mórz w
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