Qing · Engineer

Gong Yuntang 龔芸棠

Attested AD 1861

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gong Yuntang was an Engineer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1861 咸豐十一年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 505, passages 239-240

Events and relationships

Built wooden steamship
Technical · Builder · With Xu Shou (徐壽), Hua Hengfang (華蘅芳), Wu Jialian (吳嘉廉)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 240

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 505Volume 505 Biographies 292: Yi Shu Si · 1 passage

壽與蘅芳及吳嘉廉、龔芸棠試造木質輪船，推求動理，測算汽機，蘅芳之力為多； Shou, Hengfang, Wu Jialian, and Gong Yuntang attempted to build a wooden steamship, working out the laws of motion and calculating the steam engine—Hengfang bore the heaviest share of that labor;