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Michela CIGOLA,Yibing FANG
Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering 2016, Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 3-11 doi: 10.1007/s11465-015-0359-5
This study aims to investigate the role played by Xu Guangqi (1562–1633), minister of the Ming Dynasty, in the development of European scientific and technical knowledge in China between the 16th and 17th centuries by analyzing a book of Western technology that he wrote, namely, Taixi Shuifa (On Western Hydraulics). Several Western books related to machine knowledge are searched to trace the source of the illustrations in Taixi Shuifa. We found that Archimedes’ screw and Ctesibius’ machine, which are included in Vitruvius’ De Architectura volumes, also appear in the work of Xu Guangqi.
Keywords： Vitruvius’ De Architectura Xu Guangqi’s Taixi Shuifa Jesuit missionaries Italian Renaissance
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