The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China

Klappentext This fifth volume of Colin Ronan's abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the staggering civil engineering feats made in early and medieval China. No other country did more, both as to scale and skill, than China. This book opens with an account of the road system, which compared and unfavourably with that of the Roman Empire. Zusammenfassung This fifth volume of Colin Ronan's abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the staggering civil engineering feats made in early and medieval China. This book helps to provide many clues as to the influence of Chinese innovation on Western engineering trends. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; 1. Roads; 2. Walls, and the Great Wall; 3. Building technology; 4. Bridges; 5. Hydraulic engineering (I), control, construction and maintenance of waterways; 6. Hydraulic engineering (II), water-raising machinery and the use of water as a power source; Bibliography; Table of Chinese dynasties; Index.

Inhalt
List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; 1. Roads; 2. Walls, and the Great Wall; 3. Building technology; 4. Bridges; 5. Hydraulic engineering (I), control, construction and maintenance of waterways; 6. Hydraulic engineering (II), water-raising machinery and the use of water as a power source; Bibliography; Table of Chinese dynasties; Index.

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