China 2008-13 Cao Chong Weights Elephant Stamps history kid fairy tale costume famous Chinese

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Start of the sale:
Friday, 25 January 2019 at 18:54
Item n°706640777
Sale ends:
Thursday, 25 April 2024 at 12:46

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2008 Cao Chong Weights the Elephant Stamps. PR China.

1.Marking the Water Level on Boat Loaded with Elephant.
2. Replacing the Elephant with Weighable Objects.

Cao Chong was born the eldest son of Cao Cao and Consort Huan. According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou, Cao Chong had the intelligence of an adult around the age of five and six. On one occasion, the southern warlord Sun Quan sent a gift of an elephant to Cao Cao, who wished to know the animal´s weight. No one could think of a method but young Cao Chong had an ingenious idea. Somewhat similar to Archimedes´ solution to the legendary Problem of the Crown, Cao Chong asked to have the elephant loaded onto a boat, on which the water level was marked. The elephant was then replaced with smaller weighable objects until the boat was submerged to the same level. The weight of the elephant could then be found out by summing up the weights of all the objects.

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Mint & never hinged(mnh).

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There are might have a little yellow spots on the folder /FDC/ covers, not on the stamp.

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