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Science and technology in East Asia / Nathan Sivin, editor.
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LIBRA Q127.E26 S26
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Spangenburg, Ray, 1939- Selections from ISIS. History of science.
- History of science : Selections from Isis
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--East Asia--History.
- Science.
- Technology--East Asia--History.
- Technology.
- History.
- East Asia.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (autograph) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Science History Publications, 1977.
- Contents:
- On the Japanese Theory of Determinants / Yoshio Mikami
- Some notes on the Chinese Musical Art / Willy Hartner
- The Geometrical basis of the ancient Chinese square-root method
- The Jih yung suan fa: An elementary arithmetic textbook of the thirteenth century / Lam Lay Yong
- A Contribution to the history of Chinese dietetics / Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham
- Characteristics of Chinese astrology / Shigeru Nakayama
- Chinese alchemy and the manipulation of time / Nathan Sivin
- Note on a few early Chinese bombards / L. Carrington Goodrich
- The Early development of firearms in China / L. Carrington Goodrich and Feng Chia-Sheng
- On the invention and use of gunpowder and firearms in China / Wang Ling
- An Account of the salt industry at Tzu-liu-ching / Li Jung
- Firearms among the Chinese. A supplementary note / L. Carrington Goodrich
- A Second-century Chinese illustration of salt mining / Richard C. Rudolph
- Early cannon in China / L. Carrington Goodrich
- The Astronomical instruments of Cha-ma-lu-ting, their identification, and their relations to the instruments of Maragha / Wally Hartner
- The Chinese-Uighur calendar as described in the Islamic sources / E.S. Kennedy
- A Link in the westward transmission of Chinese anatomy in the later Middle Ages / Saburo Miyasita
- A Biography of Hua Lo-keng / Stephen Salaff
- The Reception of Lavoisier's chemistry in Japan / Eikoh Shimao.
- Notes:
- Selected essays from Isis.
- "© Neale Watson Academic Publications, Inc. 1977"--verso of title page.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- ISBN:
- 0882021613 :
- 0882021613
- OCLC:
- 3003765
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