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OPRACOWANIE
Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin
WYDANIE
Cambridge 1980
Cambridge University Press
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Science & Civilisation in China
KOMENTARZ
Contents:
Volume V. Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Part I. Paper and Printing
Introduction
Nature and evolution of paper
Technology and processes of papermaking
Uses of paper and paper products
Origin and development of printing in China
Techniques and procedures of Chinese printing
Aesthetic aspects of Chinese printings
Spread of paper and printing to the West
Migration of paper and printing east wards and southwards
Contribution of paper and printing to world civilisation
Bibliographies
Part II. Spagyrical discovery and invention: magisteries of gold and immortality
Alchemy and Chemistry
Introduction
Concepts, terminology and definitions
The metallurgical-chemical background; identifications of alchemical processes
The physiological background; verifications of the efficacy of elixirs
Bibliographies
Part III. Spagyrical discovery and invention: historical survey, from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin
Alchemy and Chemistry (continued)
The historical development of alchemy and early chemistry
1. The origins of alchemy in Chou, Chhin and Early Han; its relation with Taoism
2. Wei Po-Yang; the beginnings of alchemical literature in the Later Han
3. Ko Hung, systematiser of Chinese alchemy (c. + 300), and his times
4. Alchemy in the Taoist Patrology (Tao Tsang)
5. The golden age of alchemy; from the end of Chin (+ 400) to late Thang (+ 800)
6. The silver age of alchemy; from the late Thang (+ 800) to the end of the Sung (+ 1300)
7. Alchemy in its decline; Yuan, Ming and Chhing
8. The coming of modern chemistry
Bibliographies
Part IV. Spagyrical discovery and invention: apparatus, theories and gifts
Alchemy and Chemistry (continued)
Laboratory apparatus and equipment
1. The laboratory bench
2. The stoves lu and tsao
3. The reaction-vessels ting (tripod, container, cauldron) and kuei (box, casing, container, aludel)
4. The sealed reaction-vessels shen shih (aludel, lit. magical reactionchamber) and yao fu (chemical pyx)
5. Steaming apparatus, water baths, cooling jackets, condenser tubes and temperature stabilisers
6. Sublimation apparatus
7. Distillation and extraction apparatus
8. The coming of Ardent Water
9. Laboratory instruments and accessory equipment
Reactions in aqueous medium
The theoretical background of elixir alchemy [with Nathan Sivin]
Comparative macrobiotics
Bibliographies
Summary of the Contents of Volume 5.
Wszelkie prawa zastrzezone. Antykwariat Galeria Atticus - Juliusz Klosinsk