Needham, Joseph: Science and Civilization in China, Volume 4, Part
II, 1965
This is the bible on our topic; some chinese may
be necessary to further follow HIS sources...
Strandh, Sigvard: The History of the Machine, 1989
I'm still looking for this book myself, but it was
mentioned elsewhere as source
Ambrose, Bernard: A Chinese South Pointing Chariot, Model Engineer
12 March 1999
Pretty pictures of a Lanchester type model
Burstall, Andrew F.: Simple Working Models of Historic Machines,
1968
Very short instructions
for a Lanchester type model (courtesy John Dickins)
Hill, Donald R.: A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval
Times, 1984
Another book on my most wanted list
Wegener Sleeswyk, André: Reconstruction of the South-Pointing
Chariots of the Northern Sung Dynasty,
in: Chinese Science, Volume II, 1977
A new approach leads
to new reconstructions, quite apart from the specimen known before
Cousins, F. W.: A Mystery of Ancient China; Meccano Magazine September
1955
The starting point of many a modeller's efforts,
see here
Ta'Bois, Noel C.: Chinese South-Seeking Chariots; Meccano Magazine
October 1979
Some maths on Lanchester type models, see
here
Lancester, George: The Yellow Emperor's South-Pointing Chariot; China
Society, London 1947
The famous rollout of his model
