SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA. VOLUME 5: CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY. PART 3, SPAGYRICAL DISCOVERY AND INVENTION : HISTORICAL SURVEY, FROM CINNABAR ELIXIRS TO SYNTHETIC INSULIN.

NEEDHAM, Joseph, Ho Ping-Yu, Lu Gwei-Djen.

ISBN 10: 0521210283 / ISBN 13: 9780521210287

Published by Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge,, 1976

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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Small 4to. pp xxxv, 481. Original publisher's black cloth over illustrated papered boards, lettered gilt on spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. This book is heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. ISBN: 0521210283 Very good indeed in slightly used and rubbed, close very good dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA. VOLUME 5: CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY. PART 3, SPAGYRICAL DISCOVERY AND INVENTION : HISTORICAL SURVEY, FROM CINNABAR ELIXIRS TO SYNTHETIC INSULIN.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge,
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521210283
• ISBN 13: 9780521210287
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Technology
  • China

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Synopsis

The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, 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; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).

Book Description

The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology.