[Bill[_13_]]

Beautiful out of print book. Many black and white images with a rich
detail of particulars.

Hommel, Rudolf, China at Work. M.I.T. Press Cambridge, Mass., reprint
1979. The author lived in China during the 1920s and recorded
traditional craft technology. ISBN. 262-08035-4

Chapter 1 Tools to make tools
Chapter 2 Tools for procuring food
Chapter 3 Tools for making clothing
Chapter 4 Tools for providing shelter
Chapter 5 Tools for enabling transport

All sort of info like making simply pumps and using feathers as a
lubricant.

Worth the search !

Bill

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