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... K'ang - hsi studied the principles of astron- omy , worked through the Elements of Euclid ( which Ricci had translated into Chinese long before ) , moved on to spherical trigo- nometry , and finally to practical experiments in ...
... K'ang - hsi studied the principles of astron- omy , worked through the Elements of Euclid ( which Ricci had translated into Chinese long before ) , moved on to spherical trigo- nometry , and finally to practical experiments in ...
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... K'ang - hsi's request , he drew up new tables of the latitudes of cities in Manchuria which K'ang - hsi ordered adopted in all future Chinese maps.68 As vice - provincial of the order in China he worked for all missionaries ; Franciscan ...
... K'ang - hsi's request , he drew up new tables of the latitudes of cities in Manchuria which K'ang - hsi ordered adopted in all future Chinese maps.68 As vice - provincial of the order in China he worked for all missionaries ; Franciscan ...
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... K'ang - hsi of a dangerous malarial fever by using quinine . The Jesuits were given land inside the Imperial city to build a church , and were commis- sioned by K'ang - hsi to undertake a full cartographic survey of his empire . K'ang - hsi ...
... K'ang - hsi of a dangerous malarial fever by using quinine . The Jesuits were given land inside the Imperial city to build a church , and were commis- sioned by K'ang - hsi to undertake a full cartographic survey of his empire . K'ang - hsi ...
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To God Through the Stars | 3 |
Bodies or Souls | 34 |
Glorious Days of Looting | 57 |
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