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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
Rational Understanding about Renaissance Path of China's Road and Bridge Engineering
Mao-run Feng,Zheng-song Zhao
Frontiers of Engineering Management 2014, Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 42-51 doi: 10.15302/J-FEM-2014013
Keywords: road network expressway bridge project technological innovation construction management social management
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Traces and echoes of De Architectura by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio in the work of Xu Guangqi in 17th century China
Michela CIGOLA,Yibing FANG
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