ISBN: 9780486295930
author:
Sung Ying-hsing
other title:
Chinese Technology in the Seventeenth Century: T'ien-kung K'ai-wu
publishing house: Dover Publications
publication date: 1997
-4
language:
English
binding: Paperback
price: USD 14.95
number of pages: 384
T'ien-kung K'ai-wu
Sung Ying-hsing
overview
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.
