Spagyrical discovery and invention : magisteries of gold and immortality
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Spagyrical discovery and invention : magisteries of gold and immortality
(Science and civilisation in China / by Joseph Needham ; with the research assistance of Wang Ling, v. 5 . Chemistry and chemical technology ; pt. 2)
Cambridge University Press, 1990
Reprinted 1990
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Includes bibliographies and 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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