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... Verbiest labored , apparently with success , though as yet he was not an expert at the Chinese language ; then in February 1660 the Shun - chih Emperor summoned him to Peking , to assist Schall in his astronomi- cal work . Verbiest ...
... Verbiest labored , apparently with success , though as yet he was not an expert at the Chinese language ; then in February 1660 the Shun - chih Emperor summoned him to Peking , to assist Schall in his astronomi- cal work . Verbiest ...
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... Verbiest before memorializing to Us . This is improper . We order you to de- liberate this matter again ! 54 Verbiest and Wu Ming - hsüan were ordered to carry out a final round of competitive experiments , by calculating the precise ...
... Verbiest before memorializing to Us . This is improper . We order you to de- liberate this matter again ! 54 Verbiest and Wu Ming - hsüan were ordered to carry out a final round of competitive experiments , by calculating the precise ...
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... Verbiest also learned Manchu so that they could converse informally , and finally wrote a Manchu grammar to help other missionaries in learning the lan- guage . Under his direction K'ang - hsi studied the principles of astron- omy ...
... Verbiest also learned Manchu so that they could converse informally , and finally wrote a Manchu grammar to help other missionaries in learning the lan- guage . Under his direction K'ang - hsi studied the principles of astron- omy ...
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Glorious Days of Looting | 57 |
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