Science and Technology in East Asia

Sivin, Nathan, Ed.

Published by Science History Publications, New York, 1977

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(History of Science: Selections from Isis, general editor Robert P. Multhauf.) Nineteen articles: "On the Japanese Theory of Determinants" by Yoshio Mikami; "Some Notes on the Chinese Musical Art" and "The Astronomical Instruments of Cha-ma-lu-ting, Their Identification, and Their Relations to the Instruments of Maragha" by Willy Hartner; "The Geometrical Basis of the Ancient Chinese Square-Root Method" and "The 'Jih yng suan fa': An Elementary Arithmetic Textbook of the Thirteenth Century" by Lam Lay Yong; "A Contribution to the History of Chinese Dietetics" by Lu Gwi-Djen and Joseph Needham; "Characteristics of Chinese Astrology" by Shigeru Nakayama; "Chinese Alchemy and the Manipulation of Time" by Nathan Sivin; "Note on a Few Early Chinese Bombards," "Firearms among the Chinese: A Supplementary Note," "Early Cannon in Chine" and (with Feng Chia-Sheng) "The Early Development of Firearms in China" by L. Carrington Goodrich; "On the Invention and Use of Gunpowder and Firearms in China" by Wang Ling; "An Account of the Salt Industry at Tzu-liu-ching 'Tzu-liu-ching-chi'" by Li Jung; "The Chinese-Uighur Calendar as Described in the Islamic Sources" by E. S. Kennedy; "A Link in the Westward Transmission of Chinese Anatomy in the Later Middle Ages" by Saburo Miyasita; "A Biography of Hua Lo-keng" by Stephen Salaff and "The Reception of Lavoisier's Chemistry in Japan" by Eikoh Shimao. Includes illustrations and biographical information. xxiv + 260 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 006162

Bibliographic Details

Title: Science and Technology in East Asia

Publisher: Science History Publications, New York

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No dustjacket

Edition: First Edition.