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

Science and Civilisation in China Vol. 5 Chemistry and Chemical Technology - Part 2 Spagyrical Discovery and Invention - Magisteries of Gold and Immortality 1974 [pdf 569sc 517c. 56.60mb] The fifth volume of Dr Needham's 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). THE first question which is likely to occur to anyone curious about the ways and means of finding out what China accomplished in the chemical arts and sciences is-what documents do we have?