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In the form of a "popular science picture book", this set of books introduces in detail ancient China's achievements in scientific discoveries, technological inventions, and engineering constructions. If the "Four Great Inventions" in the first volume gave a relatively independent and detailed introduction to a technological invention, the second volume introduces the achievements of ancient China in a technical field in a comprehensive and systematic manner. These include farming, textile, porcelain and construction techniques.
This book vividly describes the origin and development of ancient China's textile technology through a combination of pictures and text. The processing and application of silk, wool fiber, cotton and other common textile raw materials are introduced, with the emphasis on how the improvement of tools impacted the development of textile technology.