Spagyrical Discovery and Invention - Apparatus, Theories and Gifts |
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| Author:
| Needham, Joseph
Gwei-Djen, Lu
Ping-Yu, Ho
Sivin, Nathan |
| Contribution by:
| Needham, Joseph
Cullen, C. |
| Series title: | Science and Civilisation in China Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-08573-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1980 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $470.00 |
Book Description:
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The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).
The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).