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9780486295930

Chinese Technology in the Seventeenth Century

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486295930

  • ISBN10:

    0486295931

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-04-01
  • Publisher: Dover Pubns
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Translators' Preface v(6)
Author's Preface to the 1637 edition xi
PART I 3(132)
Chapter 1, The growing of grains
3(32)
Chapter 2, Clothing materials
35(38)
Chapter 3, Dyes
73(8)
Chapter 4, The preparation of grains
81(28)
Chapter 5, Salt
109(15)
Chapter 6, Sugars
124(11)
PART II 135(100)
Chapter 7, Ceramics
135(24)
Chapter 8, Casting
159(12)
Chapter 9, Boats and carts
171(18)
Chapter 10, Hammer forging
189(12)
Chapter 11, Calcination of stones
201(14)
Chapter 12, Vegetable oils and fats
215(8)
Chapter 13, Paper
223(12)
PART III 235(76)
Chapter 14, The metals
235(26)
Chapter 15, Weapons
261(18)
Chapter 16, Vermilion and ink
279(10)
Chapter 17, Yeasts
289(6)
Chapter 18, Pearls and gems
295(16)
Bibliography A (Chinese sources) 311(10)
Bibliography B (non-Chinese sources) 321(18)
Glossary 339(18)
Appendix A (Summary of Chinese dynasties) 357(3)
Appendix B (The twenty-four Chinese solar terms) 360(2)
Appendix C (Equivalence of Chinese weights and measures in metric units) 362(2)
Appendix D (Transmission of certain techniques from China to the West) 364(5)
Index 369

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