Chinese Technology in the Seventeenth Century
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This 1637 classic on the history of traditional Chinese technology, profusely illustrated with 152 original woodcuts, covers agriculture, textiles, mining, metallurgy, chemical engineering, boat-building weapons manufacture, and more. Rich in scientific and historical background, its many annotationsround out an impressive survey oftechnological progress. "
Author: Sung Ying-Hsing
Format: Paperback, 384 pages, 155mm x 235mm, 578 g
Published: 1997, Dover Publications Inc., United States
Genre: Inventions & Technology: General Interest
This 1637 classic on the history of traditional Chinese technology, profusely illustrated with 152 original woodcuts, covers agriculture, textiles, mining, metallurgy, chemical engineering, boat-building weapons manufacture, and more. Rich in scientific and historical background, its many annotationsround out an impressive survey oftechnological progress. "