ISBN: 9780486295930
forfatter:
Sung Ying-hsing
anden titel:
Chinese Technology in the Seventeenth Century: T'ien-kung K'ai-wu
forlag: Dover Publications
udgivelsesdato: 1997
-4
sprog:
English
indbinding: Paperback
pris: USD 14.95
antal sider: 384
T'ien-kung K'ai-wu
Sung Ying-hsing
overblik
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 annotations round out an impressive survey of technological progress.
