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The Crafting of the 10,000 ...
The last decades of the Ming dynasty, though plagued by chaos and destruction, saw a significant increase of publications that examined advances in knowledge and technology. Among the numerous guides and reference books that appeared during this period was a series of texts by Song Yingxing (1587-1666?), a minor local official living in southern China. His Tiangong kaiwu, the longest and most prominent of these works, documents the extraction and processing of raw materials and the manufacture of goods essential to everyday life, from yeast and wine to paper and ink to boats, carts, and firea
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monografia Rebiun29749089 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun29749089 m o d cr |n|---||||| 110425s2011 ilu ob 001 0 eng d 2010022421 717514586 723440434 743409231 816836415 982068098 988450081 992112012 992520060 994403760 999419688 999702225 1037907790 1038699467 1055397903 1066510804 1081222472 1153463064 1228581452 1235846638 1259081528 9780226735856 0226735850 1283078457 9781283078450 9780226735849 0226735842 9786613078452 661307845X 10.7208/9780226735856 doi AU@ 000059818361 DEBSZ 372695280 DEBSZ 396981186 DEBSZ 489844197 NLGGC 333738845 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ UBY OCLCQ IDEBK DEBSZ OCLCQ OCLCO CDX OCLCF OCLCQ N$T YDXCP E7B OCLCO OCL OCLCQ OCLCO UPM UKOUP COCUF K6U AGLDB ICG LOA MOR ICA PIFAG ZCU XFH OCLCQ MERUC OCLCQ OCLCO U3W D6H STF WRM OCLCQ VTS INT VT2 AU@ OCLCQ OCLCO WYU OCLCQ LEAUB AUW BTN INTCL MHW SNK DKC OCLCO OCLCQ M8D OCLCA OCLCQ DEGRU OCLCQ UKCRE OCLCA QGK a-cc--- TEC 056000 bisacsh Schäfer, Dagmar The Crafting of the 10,000 Things Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century China Chicago University of Chicago Press 2011 Chicago Chicago University of Chicago Press 1 online resource (353 pages) 1 online resource (353 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Alexander von Humboldt in English Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-326) and index Introduction; 1. Private Affairs; 2. Affairs of Honor; 3. Public Affairs; 4. Written Affairs; 5. Formulating the Transformation; 6. Acoustics; Conclusion. Leaving the Theater; Epilogue. The Aftermath; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1. Chinese Dynasties and Various Rulers; Appendix 2. Song Yingxing Curriculum Vitae; Appendix 3. Editions of the Tiangong kaiwu; Notes; Bibliography; Index The last decades of the Ming dynasty, though plagued by chaos and destruction, saw a significant increase of publications that examined advances in knowledge and technology. Among the numerous guides and reference books that appeared during this period was a series of texts by Song Yingxing (1587-1666?), a minor local official living in southern China. His Tiangong kaiwu, the longest and most prominent of these works, documents the extraction and processing of raw materials and the manufacture of goods essential to everyday life, from yeast and wine to paper and ink to boats, carts, and firea English Song, Yingxing 1587-approximately 1666). Tian gong kai wu Tian gong kai wu (Song, Yingxing) Science- China- History- 17th century Technology- China- History- 17th century Cosmology, Chinese Qi (Chinese philosophy) TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING- History. Cosmology, Chinese. Qi (Chinese philosophy) Science. Technology. Physical Sciences & Mathematics. Sciences - General. Anhui (China, Provincia) Electronic book Electronic books History. Schafer, Dagmar Print version Schäfer, Dagmar. Crafting of the 10,000 Things : Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century China. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2011 9780226735849 Alexander von Humboldt in English