Science and Civilisation in China. Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology.
Part 3: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin.
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1976. Stock ID #160187 The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately. The present part traces the history of alchemy and early chemistry in China from its origins in the fifth century B.C. until the time of its fusion with world chemical knowledge. When referring to this item please quote stockid 160187.
Black and white photographic plates, xxxv + 481pp, index, bibliographies, large octavo hardback, light wear to dustjacket, now protected, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy.
Price: $175.00 AU