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SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA: VOLUME 5, CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, PART 4, SPAGYRICAL DISCOVERY AND INVENTION: APPARATUS, THEORIES AND GIFTS
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| Volume: |
Pt.4 |
| By: |
Joseph Needham, Ho Ping-Yu, Lu Gwei-Djen |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
052108573X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521085731 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
25 September, 1980 |
| Series: |
Science and Civilisation in China v. 5 |
| Pages: |
804 |
| Synopsis: |
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). |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations, bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |