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Science and Civilisation in China Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part II: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality
by Joseph Needham, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen
December 12, 1974 issue
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