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This includes a copy of a letter from Ho Peng-Yoke to Hirakawa Yukiko of the National Institute for Research Advancement, Tokyo, Japan, accompanying a copy of a research proposal for the work on 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 7'.

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Other matters discussed include riots in Hong Kong. The documents also include a telex message from C. W. Toogood of Cambridge University Press, requesting Needham's choice of illustration for the published lecture.

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The documents also include Ho's reply; related notes by Needham.
Needham wrote this letter whilst staying with Erwin and Evelyn Salk in Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.

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Other matters discussed include a court case revolving around Chinese medicine for which Nathan Sivin is an expert witness.

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The related documents comprise a copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Partington originally accompanying the memorandum; part of a letter from Partington about the 'copper-lead system'; notes by Needham.

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This volume was written by Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin of the University of Chicago, U.S.A. These reviews for the volume were collected by Joseph Needham.

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For reviews of 'Heavenly Clockwork' see SCC2/108.

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The correspondence comprises 2 letters from Mahdihassan; copies of 2 letters from Joseph Needham. Specific symbols discussed are the phoenix, red-bird and dragon.

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The correpondence comprises copies of 2 letters from Needham; part of 1 letter from Ho.

Scope and Contents The letters reflect the fact that the correspondence took place during Joseph Needham's 1958 tour of Ceylon, Singapore, Thailand and China. The correspondence comprises 9 letters from Ho; copies of 3 letters from Needham to Ho; copy of 1 letter from Needham to Prof. A. Oppenheim of the University of Malaya, Singapore, about Ho's work. Other matters discussed include sources of Japanese and Korean astronomical records in Cambridge University Library; useful people to meet in Singapore; Ho's...

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The documents include a letter from Joseph Needham suggesting that Ho could either work towards a Cambridge Ph.D. or collaborate on 'Science and Civilisation in China'. He explains that 'the two are mutually incompatible, because we have now gone past our astronomical chapters and must concentrate on other work', 6 April 1956; letter from Ho stating that he would rather collaborate on the project than aim for a Cambridge Ph. D., 11 April, 1956.

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Other matters discussed include Ho's 'discoveries about the technical terms used by the Chinese astronomers in the 7th century for parhelia and solar haloes'; the question of finding another external examiner for Ho's work. The documents also include a parcel post receipt; related Joseph Needham notes.

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The documents comprise 2 letters from Lisowski to Needham; 4 letters from Ho to Needham; copies of 2 letters from Needham to Ho; copy of 1 letter from Ho to Lisowski; copy of a letter from H. T. Huang of the National Science Foundation, Washington D. C., U.S.A.
Needham suggests that he speak on the history of gunpowder.

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The documents also include a British Overseas Airways Corporation 'delivery sheet', which accompanied the thesis when it was sent to Joseph Needham; copy of the Act and Regulations covering the Doctorate of Philosophy at the University of Malaya.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

Scope and Contents The documents comprise Lu Gwei-Djen's note of telephone conversation with Philip Mao about the collapse of the conference and the possible arrangements for the conferment of Joseph Needham's honorary degree in October 1982; telex message from Peter Lee about the visit; copy of Needham's telexed reply; copy of a letter from Needham to Mao, about the arrangements; letter from Ho Peng-Yoke to Ma Lin of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, about the cancellation of the conference and plans for...

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The draft has been heavily annotated by Needham.

Scope and Contents The related correspondence includes typed comments by Leeming on Nathan Sivin's criticism of his work; letter from Leeming to Kenneth Robinson, written to accompany a corrected typescript; copies of 3 letters from Loewe to Robinson and Ho Peng-Yoke, commenting on the treatment of the section on 'Geographical Factors'; copies of 2 letters from Robinson to Leeming, commenting on his contribution; copies of 3 letters from Robinson to Loewe, commenting on Leeming's contribution; copies of 2...

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On the outside of the file Joseph Needham notes that the 'New Effort' was begun by WL [Wang Ling]/HPY [Ho Peng-Yoke]. However, it is clear that Wang Ling had less of an input into the volume during this time. Much of the correspondence is with Ho Peng-Yoke, who was responsible for completing a complete draft of the gunpowder volume in the late 1978.

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Joseph Needham's file title also reads 'Eratosthenes and I-Hsing's line of gnomons, Khang-Hsi and Antoine Thomas and the proto-metric system'.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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Joseph Needham has noted 'recd. from H P-Y, 11 Apr 62'.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.