Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
323–325), a descendant of Sima Yi, once asked an official named Wang Dao to tell him about the origins of the Jin dynasty. Wang Dao told him everything from Sima Yi's career to Cao Mao's attempted coup against Sima Zhao. After hearing from Wang Dao, Emperor Ming said: "If what you said is true, how can the Jin (dynasty) expect to last long ...
Self-leveling concrete was invented in 1952 by Axel Karlsson from Sweden. The first product was a combination of wood glue, fine sand and cement with additives. [1] It was called flytspackel, which directly translates to "floating putty". The term self-leveling can be traced back to a patent applied by the company Lafarge in 1997. [2]
Đạo is a Sino-Vietnamese word for "religion," similar to the Chinese term dao meaning "path," while Mẫu means "mother" and is loaned from Middle Chinese /məuX/. While scholars like Ngô Đức Thịnh propose that it represents a systematic worship of mother goddesses, Đạo Mẫu draws together fairly disparate beliefs and practices.
Turning is a term used when referring to moving the level to take an elevation shot from a different location. To "turn" the level, one must first take a reading and record the elevation of the point the rod is located on. While the rod is being kept in exactly the same location, the level is moved to a new location where the rod is still visible.
Vu, Tu Anh T (2006), "Worshipping the Mother Goddess. The Dao Mao movement in Northern Vietnam" (PDF) , Explorations in Southeast Asian Studies , 6 (1): 27– 44 Goossaert, Vincent; Palmer, David A. (2011), The Religious Question in Modern China , University of Chicago Press, ISBN 9780226304168
Fan Hua (范驊; Fàn Huá), Ba Tianshi (巴天石; Bā Tiānshí) and Hua Hegen (華赫艮; Huà Hègěn) are the Three Ducal Ministers in the Dali government who are also highly skilled in martial arts. The Four Bodyguards (四大護衛) are four highly skilled martial artists who are sworn to protect Duan Zhengchun and his family. They ...
Strong bases are leveling solvents for acids, weak bases are differentiating solvents for acids. In a leveling solvent, many acids are completely dissociated and are thus of the same strength. All acids tend to become indistinguishable in strength when dissolved in strongly basic solvents owing to the greater affinity of strong bases for protons.
The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Chinese: 五斗米道; pinyin: Wǔ Dǒu Mǐ Dào) or the Way of the Celestial Master, commonly abbreviated to simply The Celestial Masters, was a Chinese Taoist movement founded by the first Celestial Master Zhang Daoling in 142 CE.