Science and Civilisation in China, Part 6, Military Technology: Missiles and Sieges
Joseph (Needham Research Institute, Cambridge) Needham, Robin D. S. (McGill University, Montreal) Yates
Cambridge University Press, 1995
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Volume V Part 6 is the first of the three parts of Science and Civilisation in China which deal with the art of war in ancient and medieval China. Four sections follow the introduction: on the simple bow; on the cross-bow, standard weapon of the Han armies; and on pre-gunpowder artillery, including the invention of the trebuchet.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521327275
- ISBN-10
- 052132727X
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1995
- Publication date
- 1995-03-09
- Pages
- 620
- Dimensions
- 199x255x41
- Weight
- 1380