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The Junks And Sampans Of The Yangtze The Craft Of The Lower And Middle Yangtze And Tributaries
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Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze: The craft of the Lower and Middle Yangtze and tributaries by : G. R. G. Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze: The craft of the Lower and Middle Yangtze and tributaries written by G. R. G. Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the prefatory note to Mr. Worcester's earlier book--"Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze"-Sir Frederick Maze, former Inspector General of Customs, pointed out that the Chinese have probably shown more originality than any other people in connection with shipbuilding, and commented on their ingenuity in designing vessels to suit special requirements and different conditions. Mr. Worcester's present book, which deals with the craft of the Yangtze Estuary, provides further striking evidence of the high degree of specialization in design and function achieved by Chinese shipbuilders. Steam and internal combustion engines, with their superior speed and economy, have already supplanted the sail and the oar on certain routes and in certain types of vessels, and these developments must inevitably continue, but even to-day an immense tonnage of cargo, and uncounted thousands of passengers, are carried by the junks and sampans described in this book. -- Prefactory note.
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : George Raleigh Gray Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze written by George Raleigh Gray Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3 by : Joseph Needham
Download or read book The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3 written by Joseph Needham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A section of Volume IV, part 1 and a section of Volume IV, part 3 of the major series:
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : G Rg Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze written by G Rg Worcester and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive study of the Yangtze craft, complete with carefully detailed scale drawings, the result of the author's research and experience during his 30-year career as a river inspector in China. A lavishly produced volume. "There is really nothing to compare it with, and it is unlikely that it will be superseded in the foreseeable future."--The New York Times "Definitive in its genre."--Publishers Weekly "The best single reference on the subject."--American Neptune "Worcester's imposing work has no equal and not even a close competitor."--Dolphin Book Club News Ever since Marco Polo came home from Cathay some seven hundred years ago with colorful tales of a strange land, westerners have marveled at the timelessness and vastness of China, and the infinite variety of all things Chinese. One such aspect of China was noted by another traveller, Gabriel Magaillans, who nearly three hundred years ago wrote ". . . there are more vessels in China than in all the rest of the known world." In a country so dependent on water transportation for thousands of years, this was most true. The rivers and harbors of China teem with junks and sampans, and almost as amazing as their numbers is the multitudinous variety of types, evolved over the centuries to meet the needs of special and sometimes rather exotic kinds of waterborne commerce. What one brings home from China depends in part on what one took there; what Worcester took was curiosity and understanding, and what he brought back was the warp and woof with which he has masterfully woven a rich fabric of Chinese culture and customs. The China seen by Marco Polo has disappeared, and that known by Worcester is fast going. Here is a chance to let an old China hand take you to one of the great rivers of the world for a last look at a timeless land just before time there ceased to stand still. In The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze, G. R. G. Worcester has written and illustrated a definitive work that will excite the historian, traveler, collector, naval architect, sailor, and modelmaker alike. "This unique book is a comprehensive and authoritative record of the vessels which for centuries provided practically the sole means of communication and transportation in the vast area drained by one of the world's greatest waterways," writes L. K. Little, former Inspector General of the Chinese Customs Service. "These remarkable ships deserve an unusual biographer, and in Mr. Worcester they have found one." 656 pages with over 900 illustrations, fully indexed, including margin notes and personal comments on the author's 30 years among the resourceful and ingenious junkmen of the Yangtze River.
Book Synopsis Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Mechanical Engineering by : Joseph Needham
Download or read book Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Mechanical Engineering written by Joseph Needham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1965-01-02 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each to be bound and published separately. The first part of Volume 4, already published, deals with the physical sciences; the second with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering; and the third will deal with civil and hydraulic engineering and nautical technology. With this part of Volume 4, then, we come to the application by the Chinese of physical principles in the control of forces and in the use of power; we cross the frontier separating tools from the machine. We have already noticed that the ancient Chinese concept of chhi (somewhat similar to the pneuma of the Greeks) asserted itself prominently in acoustics; but we discover here that the Chinese tendency to think pneumatically was also responsible for a whole range of brilliant technological achievements, for example, the double-acting piston-bellows, the rotary winnowing-fan, and the water-powered metallurgical blowing-machine (ancestor of the steam-engine); as well as for some extraordinary insights and predictions in aeronautics.
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze: Introduction; and craft of the estuary and Shanghai area by : G. R. G. Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze: Introduction; and craft of the estuary and Shanghai area written by G. R. G. Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the prefatory note to Mr. Worcester's earlier book--"Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze"-Sir Frederick Maze, former Inspector General of Customs, pointed out that the Chinese have probably shown more originality than any other people in connection with shipbuilding, and commented on their ingenuity in designing vessels to suit special requirements and different conditions. Mr. Worcester's present book, which deals with the craft of the Yangtze Estuary, provides further striking evidence of the high degree of specialization in design and function achieved by Chinese shipbuilders. Steam and internal combustion engines, with their superior speed and economy, have already supplanted the sail and the oar on certain routes and in certain types of vessels, and these developments must inevitably continue, but even to-day an immense tonnage of cargo, and uncounted thousands of passengers, are carried by the junks and sampans described in this book. -- Prefactory note.
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : G. R. G. Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze written by G. R. G. Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the prefatory note to Mr. Worcester's earlier book--"Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze"-Sir Frederick Maze, former Inspector General of Customs, pointed out that the Chinese have probably shown more originality than any other people in connection with shipbuilding, and commented on their ingenuity in designing vessels to suit special requirements and different conditions. Mr. Worcester's present book, which deals with the craft of the Yangtze Estuary, provides further striking evidence of the high degree of specialization in design and function achieved by Chinese shipbuilders. Steam and internal combustion engines, with their superior speed and economy, have already supplanted the sail and the oar on certain routes and in certain types of vessels, and these developments must inevitably continue, but even to-day an immense tonnage of cargo, and uncounted thousands of passengers, are carried by the junks and sampans described in this book. -- Prefactory note.
Book Synopsis Science and Civilisation in China by : Joseph Needham
Download or read book Science and Civilisation in China written by Joseph Needham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1, Introductory Orientations by : Joseph Needham
Download or read book Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1, Introductory Orientations written by Joseph Needham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1954 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For contents, see Author Catalog.
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Author :Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North China Branch, Shanghai Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :316 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by : Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North China Branch, Shanghai
Download or read book Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society written by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North China Branch, Shanghai and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains list of members.
Book Synopsis The Mariner's Mirror by : Leonard George Carr Laughton
Download or read book The Mariner's Mirror written by Leonard George Carr Laughton and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : George Raleigh Gray Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze written by George Raleigh Gray Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze by : George R. G. Worcester
Download or read book The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze written by George R. G. Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Science and Civilisation in China by : Joseph Needham
Download or read book Science and Civilisation in China written by Joseph Needham and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For contents, see Author Catalog.
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