It takes the average reader 3 hours and 57 minutes to read Western Technology and China’s Industrial Development by Hsien-ch'un Wang
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This book explores how steam engine technology was transferred into nineteenth-century China in the second half of the nineteenth century by focusing on the transmission of knowledge and skills. It takes on the long-term problem in historiography that puts too much emphasis on politics but ignores the techno-scientific and institutional requirements for launching such an endeavor. It examines how translations broke linguistic and conceptual barriers and brought new a understanding of heat to the Chinese readership. It also explores how the Fuzhou Navy Yard’s shipbuilding and training program...
Western Technology and China’s Industrial Development by Hsien-ch'un Wang is 229 pages long, and a total of 59,311 words.
This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 24 minutes to read Western Technology and China’s Industrial Development aloud.
Western Technology and China’s Industrial Development is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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