The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 2
By Colin A. RonanThe Kuo Yü describes this as follows : For this reason the ancient kings took as their standard the chung vessel , ( and decreed that ) the ' size ' of its pitch should not exceed that ( produced by the string ) ...
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5
By Colin A. Ronan, Joseph Needham... 206 Zhi Hui ( Chih - Hui ] ( monk and engineer ) , Luoyang water supply , 280 Zhongliu ( Chung - liu ) ( household god ) , 86 Zhongmou , canal at , 194 , 195 Zhongquan ( Chung - chhüan ) , irrigation canal , 231-2 Zhongshan ( Chung ...
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1
By Colin A. RonanVolumes I and II of the major series: China: its language, geography and history ; Chinese philosophy and scientific thought.
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3
By Colin A. Ronan, Joseph NeedhamA section of Volume IV, part 1 and a section of Volume IV, part 3 of the major series:
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1
By Colin A. RonanThe major part of the book is then devoted to the history of scientific thought in China itself. Beginning with ancient times, it describes the milieu in which arose the schools of the Confucians, Taoists, Mohists, Logicians and Legalists.
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China
By Colin A. RonanIn the original text, the material covered here appeared in Volume IV Part I and Volume IV Part 3. In abridging the text, the opportunity has been taken to include the official Pin Yin transliterations alongside those of the original work.
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China
By Colin A. RonanDigesting the main sections of Volume IV of Dr. Needham's magnum opus, this book is concerned with the immense advances made in early and medieval China in mechanical engineering.