num_pages: 384
description: This 1637 classic on the history of traditional Chinese technology, profusely illustrated with 152 original woodcuts, covers agriculture, textiles, mining, metallurgy, chemical engineering, boat-building weapons manufacture, and more. Rich in scientific and historical background, its many annotations round out an impressive survey of technological progress.
language: English
title: Chinese Technology in the Seventeenth Century: T'ien-kung K'ai-wu
titlecomplete: Chinese Technology in the Seventeenth Century: T'ien-kung K'ai-wu
genres: 17th Century, History, China
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Dover Publications