Chinese Technology in the Seventeenth CenturyThis 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. |
Contents
Chapter 2 Clothing materials | 35 |
Chapter 3 Dyes | 73 |
Chapter 4 The preparation of grains | 81 |
Chapter 5 Salt | 109 |
Chapter 6 Sugars | 124 |
Chapter 7 Ceramics | 135 |
Chapter 8 Casting | 159 |
Chapter 9 Boats and carts | 171 |
Chapter 15 Weapons | 261 |
Chapter 16 Vermilion and ink | 279 |
Chapter 17 Yeasts | 289 |
Chapter 18 Pearls and gems | 295 |
Bibliography A Chinese sources | 311 |
Bibliography B nonChinese sources | 321 |
Chapter 13 Paper 223 | 334 |
Glossary | 339 |
Chapter 10 Hammer forging | 189 |
Chapter 11 Calcination of stones | 201 |
Chapter 12 Vegetable oils and fats | 215 |
Chapter 14 The metals | 235 |
Appendix A Summary of Chinese dynasties | 357 |
Transmission of certain techniques from China to the West | 364 |
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