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Science and Civilisation in China, Part 3, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin

Science and Civilisation in China, Part 3, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin

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Series: Science and Civilisation in China, Book 5

Medical ReferenceSports GeneralChinese History

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ISBN10: 0521210283
ISBN13: 9780521210287
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 13 1976
Pages: 516
Weight: 2.70
Height: 1.50 Width: 7.70 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
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).

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