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Abe, Stanley: AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES - BACKHOFF AND WAGENER Acharya, Sanjay: Adams, Edward B: Alexander, William & Mason, George: Allen, H. M. ed: Andrews, F. H: ANNINGHE LIUYU DA SHI MU Yuhas, Louise ed: Asahi Shimbun ed: Asian Art Museum: THE ASIATIC JOURNAL AND MONTHLY MISCELLANY VOL II: THIRD SERIES |
RONS41 Ronan, Colin: THE SHORTER SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA. Volume 4. Cambridge, 1994. xv, 334 pp. 247-388 b/w illustrations (including many plates). Tables, bibliography, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth. GBP 20.00 The shortened version of Joseph Needham's monumental work is still a substantial and informative contribution to knowledge, although 'prepared with a general non-scientific readership in mind'. This volume covers the main sections of Volume IV, part 2 of its original: Engineers: their status, tools and materials; Basic mechanical principles and types of machines; Land transport; Clockwork; and Windmills and aeronautics. Subjects: Science Item 541 in List 214. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?r/RONS41.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |