Early precision compound machine from ancient China

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5677, 2004, Pages 1638-

  Lu, Peter J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; MACHINE; MATERIALS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 2942673038     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1096588     Document Type: Article

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