Abstract
From the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 18th century, Jesuit missionaries introduced Chinese the Western scientific knowledge and technology. In 1612, Archimedean-screw was introduced by Sabbathinus de Ursis and Xu guangqi. Since then, Part of Archimedean mecanical knowledge was transmitted into China. In this paper we will present an account about this transimission. The main points are as the following: in the 17th century, parts of both theoritical were introduced to China; Chinese paid more attention to the practical knowledge then, Theoretical knolwedge was only studied becase that it is the base of making useful devices.
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Baichun, Z., Miao, T. (2010). Archimedean Mechanical Knowledge in 17th Century China. In: Paipetis, S., Ceccarelli, M. (eds) The Genius of Archimedes -- 23 Centuries of Influence on Mathematics, Science and Engineering. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9091-1_13
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