Science and Civilisation in China, Part 9, Textile Technology: Spinning and Reeling

by Dieter Kuhn and Joseph Needham

This study, the first of two parts, gives a comprehensive account of Chinese textiles and textile technology and deals with the evolution of bast fibre spinning and silk-reeling in the history of China. These operations are the basic techniques in the production of yarn and thread, pre-requisite to weaving, and any study of Chinese textile technology must start with the raw material obtained from fibre plants such as hemp, ramie, jute, cotton, etc,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521320216
• ISBN13: 9780521320214
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.7" x 9.9"