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On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass

Note 4 — Front matter

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A general account of these important archaeological objects will be published by J. Needham, Science and civilisation in China, Cambridge, 1959(?), vol. 4. The original publications (in Chinese) are as follows: Wang Chen-to, "Investigations and reproduction in model form of the south-pointing carriage and hodometer," National Peiping Academy Historical Journal, 1937, vol. 3, p. 1. Liu Hsien-chou, "Chinese inventions in horological engineering," Ch'ing-Hua University Engineering Journal, 1956, vol. 4, p. 1.

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