JOURNAL OF DIALECTICS OF NATURE
A Comprehensive, Academic Journal of the Philosophy, History, Sociology and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology
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LIU Hongliang
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<p>College of Marxism</p><p>Henan University of Science and Technology</p><p>1378221156@qq.com</p>
Research Articles
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Study of Chinese Sea-River Fort Technology Before and After the Opium War Abstract: The ancient Chinese cities are built with lines of defense. But the city with square corners and hollow piers had flaws. Since Qing Dynasty, coast defense mainly adopted the form of garrison city and castle type battery. From the beginning to the end in Qing Dynasty, the position of gun in Chinese battery experienced the change from the top of a wall, ground to semi-underground. The building materials was transposed from the stone wall and the stone wall covered by concrete to the structure of imported cement and steel plate. The shape of battery experienced from castellated style, cannon hole type to the battery with a blind pass. In Ming and Qing dynasty the inferior fort technology is a reflection of people's thinking and other factors, which can be explained from the perspective of technology and society.Issue:Volume 39, lssue 3, May 2017Page: 14-21
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Research on the Technology of VOC Warships During Zheng Chenggong’s War to Drive Out the Dutch and Recover Taiwan Abstract: The war was the largest conflict between China and the West in the Age of Navigation. Since its beginning, both ancient and modern Chinese sources had greatly exaggerated the technology of the naval ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Based on some original Chinese and Dutch data, it is found that the size of VOC fleet had been ranging from 4 to 15 ships, which was far less than the number of 500 to 600 ships of the Mingzheng naval forces. Most VOC ships had deadweight of around 100 tons, with only four reaching 500 or 600 tons. In this Zheng Chenggong War to Drive out the Dutch and Recover Taiwan, the VOC forces, with their smaller numbers and fleet size, were defeated by Zheng Chenggong’s Ming Dynasty fleet with a larger number of people and ships. Key Words: Zheng Chenggong; VOC; War to Drive out the Dutch and Recover TaiwanIssue:Volume 46, lssue 2, February 2024Page: 68-76
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An Analysis of Two Krupp-Type Retractable Field Guns Replicated by the Ning Bureau for the Late Qing Dynasty’s Imperial Machine Corps Abstract: During the heyday of the Self-Strengthening Movement, the late Qing government was dedicated to reinforcing coastal defense, with military factories across the country eagerly importing and replicating advanced Western artillery technologies. These technologies included British-style Armstrong, Whitworth, and Vavasseur breech-loading and muzzle-loading rifled cannons, as well as German-style Krupp and Gruson dual-purpose breech-loading rifled cannons. In particular, the “Krupp” artillery, with its outstanding performance, quickly became the mainstream equipment in the military. However, details about the production scale, technical level, and actual combat performance of these copied cannon types remain largely unknown. The design inspiration for these cannons came from a delegation sent by the Qing court’s influential minister Li Hongzhang to inspect the Krupp factory, and they were replicated by the Jinling Machine Bureau (abbreviated as “Ning Bureau”). These cannons not only represent the Ning Bureau’s support for the Imperial Guard Camp but also mark the beginning of China’s early introduction of Krupp land-based cannon types, ending the late Qing era’s inability to produce breech-loading rifled cannons domestically. These two cannons were lost overseas for a long time, likely looted by the invading forces during the war. Key Words: Jinling Machinery Bureau; Krupp artillery; Shenji Camp; Li HongzhangIssue:Volume 47, lssue 6, June 2025Page: 16-23
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