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English: A star map of the south polar projection found for the celestial globe of Su Song (1020-1101), a Chinese scientist and mechanical engineer of the Song Dynasty (960-1279). This diagram of a star chart was first published in the year 1092 in Su's book known as the Xin Yi Xiang Fa Yao (Wade-Giles: Hsin I Hsiang Fa Yao).
中文：北宋蘇頌所著《新儀象法要》中的渾象南極圖
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Source Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3 by Joseph Needham
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