The shorter Science and civilisation in China : an abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text. Vol. 5, The first section of volume IV, part 3 [and] the final section of volume IV, part 2 of the major series / Colin A. Ronan.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

xvi, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

1. Roads.--2. Walls, and the Great Wall.--3. Building technology.--4. Bridges.--5. Hydraulic engineering (I), control, construction and maintenance of waterways.--6. Hydraulic engineering (II), water-raising machinery and the use of water as a power source

Includes bibliography and index