♀ Heilika of Swabia

1088 - 1110

 

Hedwig-Eilike

Heilika of Swabia
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Agnes Of Germany
Agnes Of Germany
1072 - 1143
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Heilika of Pettendorf
Heilika of Pettendorf
1103 - 1170
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Frederick II
Frederick II
1090 - 1147
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1088

1088 • The Dream Pool Essays is published in this year by the polymath Chinese scientist and statesman Shen Kuo. His book represents the earliest known writing about the magnetic compass, movable type printing, experimentation with the camera obscura only decades after Ibn al-Haytham, and includes many different fields of study in essay and encyclopedic form, including geology, astronomy, botany, zoology, mineralogy, anatomy, pharmacology, geography, optics, economics, military strategy, philosophy, etc. Some of Shen's most advanced theories include geomorphology and gradual climate change, while he improves Chinese astronomy by fixing the position of the pole star and correcting the lunar error by plotting its orbital course every night for a continuum of five years. Shen's book is also the first to describe the drydock in China, and discusses the advantages of the relatively recent invention of the canal pound lock over the old flash lock.
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1103


Age: 15y
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1110


Age: 22y

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