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Swetz, Frank: The Sea Island Mathematical 
                    Manual 
                    Surveying and Mathematics in Ancient China 
                    Frank J. Swetz 
                    Pennsylvania State University Press [c1992] 
                    xi, 73 p.; ill. 

                    An annotated translation and discussion of Liu Hui's Haidao Suanjing (Sea island mathematical manual), written in 263 A.D. 

                    Includes bibliographical references (p. [67]-70) and index. 

                    SUBJECTS: 
                    Mathematics, Chinese, History 
                    Surveying, China, History 

                    LC: 91013002 Class: TA527.C6 
                    ISBN: 0-271-00795-8 Cloth in US: $25.00 
                    ISBN: 0-271-00799-0 Paper in US: $9.95 

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