Chemistry and chemical technology, part I
Subtitle: paper and printing
By: by Tsuen-hsuin Tsien.
Contributors: Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995
Series: Science and civilisation in China / Joseph Needham -- v. 5
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Cambridge, [Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
Subjects: Printing -- China -- History; Papermaking -- China -- History; Science -- China -- History
Other titles: Paper and printing
Notes: Includes bibliographies (p. 384-450) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Nature and evolution of paper; title: Technology and proceses of papermaking; title: Uses of paper and paper products; title: origin and development of printing in China; title: Techniques and procedures of Chinese printing; title: Aesthetic aspects of Chinese printing; title: Spread of paper and printing to the West; title: Migration of paper and printing eastwards and southwards; title: Contribution of paper and printing to world civilization; title: Bibliographies.