Sabatino de Ursis

The 1612 book in Chinese on Western hydraulics, by Sabatino de Ursis. It describes a traditional European force pump.

Sabatino de Ursis (1575–1620, Chinese name: 熊三拔; pinyin: Xióng Sānbá) was an Italian Jesuit who was active in 17th-century China, during the Jesuit China missions.


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