Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology Part II: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality
Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology Part II: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality
The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, 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 and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).
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The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, 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 and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).
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Acceptable. 1974. Hardcover. Quarter cloth and pictorial boards, no dj. Quarto. xxxii & 510 pp. Mild shelf wear to boards. Front leaves loosening. Altogether a sound working copy. (Subject: China).