Science and civilisation in China. Volume 4, Physics and physical technology. Part 3, Civil engineering and nautics

Needham Joseph. Science and Civilisation in China Vol. 4 Physics and Physical Technology - Part 3 Civil Engineering and Nautics 1971 [pdf 594sc 931c. 135.87mb] As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each bound and published separately. The first two parts of Volume IV deal respectively with the physical sciences and with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering. The third deals with civil and hydraulic engineering and with nautical technology. No ancient country in the world did more in civil engineering, both as to scale and skill, than China, yet very little has been done towards making known the history of fit.