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Page 128
... employed in China in 618 B. C. It bore the legend , " I hurl death to the traitor , and extermina- tion to the rebel . " Genghis Khan seems to have used powder in cannon in China in 1234 A. D. Some authorities believe that the ...
... employed in China in 618 B. C. It bore the legend , " I hurl death to the traitor , and extermina- tion to the rebel . " Genghis Khan seems to have used powder in cannon in China in 1234 A. D. Some authorities believe that the ...
Page 219
... employed compasses as early as 2364 B. C. There is evidence , however , that Chinese mariners employed some sort of direction - finding device between 300 and 800 A. D. , which antedates the known use of any kind of seaman's compass in ...
... employed compasses as early as 2364 B. C. There is evidence , however , that Chinese mariners employed some sort of direction - finding device between 300 and 800 A. D. , which antedates the known use of any kind of seaman's compass in ...
Page 307
... employ only Chinese clerks ? There is a popular but absurd notion among many Americans that the Japanese are so ... employed for that purpose it is because they afford cheap and efficient clerical help . The notion that Chinese are ...
... employ only Chinese clerks ? There is a popular but absurd notion among many Americans that the Japanese are so ... employed for that purpose it is because they afford cheap and efficient clerical help . The notion that Chinese are ...
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