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Parts of a clock model, c.1956

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/3/1/19

Scope and Contents

This model comprises a board with a circle of cardboard rotating on a pin with longer pins in the side at 1cm distances, a disk with the words ‘Tung Fan,’ ‘Ur Mi,’ ‘Ur Ma’ and Chinese characters written in pencil along the edge and paper circles with moving parts and sections cut through. Also included is an off-print of ‘Chinese Astronomical Clockwork’ by Joseph Needham, Wang Ling and Derek J. Price (Nature, Vol. 177, pp.600-602, 31 March 1956).

Dates

  • Creation: c.1956

Extent

5 object(s) : Cardboard, metal and paper

Repository Details

Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository

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