SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA. VOLUME 5. PART 9. Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Textile Technology: Spinning and Reeling.
KUHN, Dieter; NEEDHAM, Joseph (ed.)
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Title: SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA. VOLUME 5....
Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Publication Date: 1988
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