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Science and civilisation in China : Vol. 4 : Physics and physical technology : pt. 2. Mechanical engineering /

by Needham, Joseph.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1965Description: v. : ill., maps (part fold.) ; 26 cm.Subject(s): Science -- China -- History | Technology -- China -- History | China | Collected Works
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v. 1. Introductory orientations.--v. 2. History of scientific thought.--v. 3. Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth.--v. 4. Physics and physical technology: pt. 1. Physics, with the collaboration of Wang Ling and the special co-operation of Kenneth Girdwood Robinson. pt. 2. Mechanical engineering. pt. 3. Civil engineering and nautics with the collaboration of Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-Djen.--v. 5. Chemistry and chemical technology. pt. 1. Paper and printing, by Tsien Tsuen-hsuin. pt. 2. Spagyrical discovery and invention: magisteries of gold and immortality, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 3. Spagyrical discovery and invention: historical survey, from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin. pt. 4. Spagyrical discovery and invention: apparatus, theories, and gifts. pt. 5. Spagyrical discovery and invention : physiological alchemy, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 7. Military technology: the gunpowder epic. pt. 9. Textile technology : spinning and reeling.--v. 6. Biology and biological technology. pt. 1. Botany. pt. 2. Agriculture, by Francesca Bray.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. Introductory orientations.--v. 2. History of scientific thought.--v. 3. Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth.--v. 4. Physics and physical technology: pt. 1. Physics, with the collaboration of Wang Ling and the special co-operation of Kenneth Girdwood Robinson. pt. 2. Mechanical engineering. pt. 3. Civil engineering and nautics with the collaboration of Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-Djen.--v. 5. Chemistry and chemical technology. pt. 1. Paper and printing, by Tsien Tsuen-hsuin. pt. 2. Spagyrical discovery and invention: magisteries of gold and immortality, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 3. Spagyrical discovery and invention: historical survey, from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin. pt. 4. Spagyrical discovery and invention: apparatus, theories, and gifts. pt. 5. Spagyrical discovery and invention : physiological alchemy, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 7. Military technology: the gunpowder epic. pt. 9. Textile technology : spinning and reeling.--v. 6. Biology and biological technology. pt. 1. Botany. pt. 2. Agriculture, by Francesca Bray.

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