Spagyrical discovery and invention : apparatus, theories and gifts
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Spagyrical discovery and invention : apparatus, theories and gifts
（Science and civilisation in China / by Joseph Needham, v. 5 . Chemistry and chemical technology ; pt. 4）
Caves Books, 1985, c1980
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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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