The Trail of Time : Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521021634
ISBN-13
9780521021630
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 3rd, 2005
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
667 grams
Dimensions
24.70 x 18.90 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
General & world historyAncient history: to c 500 CEClocks, chronometers & watches (horology)
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A scholarly study of a previously neglected aspect of Oriental culture. Compiled from Chinese and Japanese historical records, some of which are translated and published here for the first time, this book demonstrates the important role which incense timekeepers played in early Chinese social and technological history, in addition to their use for time measurement.
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