Partington, James Riddick, 1886 - 1965 (British chemist and historian of chemistry)
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Part of a letter and a note from Prof. J. R. Partington of Cambridge, about projection in Hellenistic aurifaction, and related notes by Joseph Needham, 1959-03-04 - 1959-04-08
The documents include a set of notes on gold-making by 'Projection' in China.
Part of a letter from J. R. Partington about ancient specimens of zinc, 1959-03-04
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Part of a letter from J. R. Partington of Cambridge, about a reference to Diodorus Siculus containing the mention of 'philosophical furnaces' and what seems to be the production of fused iron', and related notes, 1959-01-18
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Postcard from Prof. J. R. Partington about a reference to a Chinese-type still in an Arabic work 'Ain-i-Akbari', written about 1590 by the great historian Abu'l-Fazl 'Allami, and related notes, 1954-08-06
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Postcard from Prof. J. R. Partington in Cambridge referring Joseph Needham to a paper by Tenny L. Davis and J. R. Ware, entitled 'Early Chinese Military Pyrotechnics', ('Journal of Chemical Education', 1947), 1948-09-10
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Two letters from Prof. J. R. Partington of Cambridge, advising that he has made notes on papers left with him by Joseph Needham, 1959-02-28 - 1959-03-04
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Two postcards and part of one letter from Prof. J. R. Partington of Cambridge, about references to 'thalj al-Sin' ('Chinese snow') in Arabic texts, and related notes, 1959-03-12 - 1959-03-13
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Typed notes by J. R. Partington made for a 2-day discussion on gunpowder with Joseph Needham and Wang Ling in July 1956, 1956-07
These include notes on the compositions of gunpoweders. The notes have been heavily annotated by Needham.
Typed notes from Prof. J. R. Partington on the subject of the 'kerotakis', the Greek reflux distillation apparatus, and related Joseph Needham notes, 1959-02-28 - 1959-03-04
The notes also refer to the origin of the 'bain-marie'.
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