Spagyrical discovery and invention : historical survey, from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin

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Spagyrical discovery and invention : historical survey, from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin

(Science and civilisation in China / by Joseph Needham ; with the research assistance of Wang Ling, v. 5 . Chemistry and chemical technology ; pt. 3)

Cambridge University Press, 1976

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Bibliography: p. 263-431

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The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, 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; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).

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