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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology; Part 2, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality

hardcover – September 27, 1974
by Needham, Joseph
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ISBN-13: 9780521085717 ISBN-10: 0521085713
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Binding
hardcover
Published
September 27, 1974
Weight
3.3 lbs
Dimensions
26.00×4.40×20.30 cm

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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology; Part 2, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality by Needham, Joseph. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780521085717.

The fifth volume of Dr Needhams 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).