Close-up detail of Song Dynasty Chinese painter Ma Yuan's <i>Angler on a Wintry Lake</i>, featuring the oldest known depiction of a fishing reel.
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Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China: Volume 4, Part 2, Mechanical Engineering (1986, Taipei: Caves Books Ltd.)