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  2. Su Song - Wikipedia

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    Su Song was of Hokkien ancestry [14] who was born in modern-day Fujian, near medieval Quanzhou. [15] Like his contemporary, Shen Kuo (1031–1095), Su Song was a polymath, a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different fields of study.

  3. Portal:Society/Featured biography/36 - Wikipedia

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    Su's clock tower also featured the oldest known endless power-transmitting chain drive, called the tian ti (天梯), or "celestial ladder", as depicted in his horological treatise.The clock tower had 133 different clock jacks to indicate and sound the hours. Su Song's treatise about the clock tower, Xinyi Xiangfayao (新 儀 . 象 法 要), has ...

  4. Science and technology of the Song dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The original diagram of the book by Su Song in 1092, showing the inner workings of his clock tower, with the clepsydra tank, a waterwheel with scoops and the escapement, a chain drive, the armillary sphere crowning the top, and the rotating wheel with clock jacks that sounded the hours with bells, gongs, and drums.

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  6. Astronomical clock - Wikipedia

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    A full-sized working replica of Su Song's clock exists in the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung city. This full-scale, fully functional replica, approximately 12 meters (39 feet) in height, was constructed from Su Song's original descriptions and mechanical drawings. [14]

  7. Every surprise song Taylor Swift has performed on the ... - AOL

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    During every “Eras Tour” concert, there comes a time that audiences are always waiting for: surprise-song o’clock. This is when Taylor Swift sits down with just a guitar and a piano to play ...

  8. Clock - Wikipedia

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    A full-sized working replica of Su Song's clock exists in the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung city. This full-scale, fully functional replica, approximately 12 meters (39 feet) in height, was constructed from Su Song's original descriptions and mechanical drawings. [25]

  9. The Violent Sleep of Reason - Wikipedia

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    In advance of the album, three songs were released on the YouTube channel of the band's record label, Nuclear Blast. "Born in Dissonance", also released as a single, was uploaded on 25 August 2016; [7] a lyric video for "Nostrum" was released on 15 September 2016, [8] while the official video for "Clockworks" was released on 7 October 2016. [9]