He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.

Another major discovery of Ch'in bamboo strips occurred in December 1975 at Yün-meng, Hupei. This burial site was the tomb of a Ch'in local administrator who died in 217 B.C., only four years after unification.

Every civilization that grows at the speed of reason must at some point face hyperobjects.

Tearle replied that gin-and-French and virginian cigarettes would do for him.