technology timeline NC 10000 to 10999
NC 10100

bookmaking begins. magnetic compass invented in China.
Farnese Atlas, depicting the Hipparchus catalog of constellations, is sculpted in Italy.
NC 10300

An-Lan bamboo suspension bridge, 320 m with a 61 m span, is constructed in China.
NC 10600

approximate date that an early form of Arabic numerals, a decimal number system, was invented in India by Hindus.
approximate date of construction of a 221 by 25 cm chart of 1345 stars, grouped into 257 asterisms, in the Gansu province of western China (and later rediscovered in NC 11900).
NC 10700

windmills used in Near East.
in Baghdad an Indian scholar introduced the Indian numerical system to a community of Arab, Greek, Persian, Jewish, and other scholars. Arabs introduced this system of decimal numbers to the West, now called Arabic numerals.
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aatideas.org document updated:
scale | value | ||
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UCN | 12011 P09 Violet | ||
zone(UT) | t408 tt900 | ||
'ICAS in use' can accommodate calendar and clock formatting 'for all people, for all time'. | |||
AD common year day | 039 | ||
G | 2011 February 08 Tuesday | ||
UT | 09:48:49 | ||
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