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Correspondence and other documents arising from the death of Derek J. Price, 1983-08-11 - 1984-04-04
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/104/1/15
Scope and Contents
Price was co-author of 'Heavenly Clockwork' with Wang Ling and Joseph Needham. The documents include a letter from Anthony Michaelis of London advising Needham of Price's death, 4 September 1983; letter from Price looking forward to visiting Needham and to Needham's forthcoming visit to the U.S.A., 11 August 1983, (Needham notes 'Received 6 Sept. the day the news of his death came'); letter from Christian Crone of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, about the death, 10 October 1983; copy...
Dates:
1983-08-11 - 1984-04-04
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
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Correspondence with A. J. Turner in le Mesnil-le-Roi, France, about the identification of Chinese astronomical objects in the collections of The Time Museum, Rockford, Illinois, U.S.A., 1980-01-22 - 1980-11-25
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC6/10/57
Scope and Contents
The objects include an 'unusual Chinese celestial plaque', a celestial globe and a sundial plate.
The correspondence comprises 4 letters from Turner; copies of 3 letters from Joseph Needham.
The documents also include 11 photographs of the objects; letter from Derek de Solla Price of Yale University, U.S.A., commenting on the plaque; notes by Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen; a rubbing of the sundial plate.
Dates:
1980-01-22 - 1980-11-25
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
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Letter from Derek de Solla Price of Yale University, U.S.A. about an article by Xi Zezong [席澤宗 / Hsi Tsê-Tsung] describing discoveries of astronomical artifacts in China and related documents, 1981-08-26 - 1981-12-10
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/67/101
Scope and Contents
The article was published in 'Isis'. The related documents include photocopied pages from the article; copy of a letter from Price to John Diebold of New York, U.S.A.; draft letter of reply from Michael Salt on behalf of Joseph Needham.
Dates:
1981-08-26 - 1981-12-10
Found in:
Needham Research Institute