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Spagyrical discovery and invention : apparatus, theories and gifts

by Joseph Needham ; with the collaboration of Ho Ping-Yü and Lu Gwei-Djen ; and a contribution by Nathan Sivin

(Science and civilisation in China / by Joseph Needham, v. 5 . Chemistry and chemical technology ; pt. 4)

Caves Books, 1985, c1980

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Note

Bibliography: p. 510-692

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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).

Table of Contents

  • List of illustrations
  • List of tables
  • List of abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Author's note
  • 33. Alchemy and chemistry (continued)
  • Bibliographies
  • General index.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA04857225
  • ISBN
    • 052108573X
  • Country Code
    ch
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Taipei
  • Pages/Volumes
    xlviii, 772 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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