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Engineering and mechanical technology 13: Revision of 'Heavenly Clockwork' after the 8th International Congress of the History of Science, Florence, 1956, 1956 - 1962-07-09

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/109

Scope and Contents

These documents are related to a revision of the monograph 'Heavenly Clockwork: The Great Astronomical Clocks of Medieval China - A Missing Link in Horological History' written by Joseph Needham, Wang Ling and Derek J Price. It was published in 1960 by Cambridge University Press in Association with the Antiquarian Horology Society. Material from this publication was also used in SCC, Volume 4, Part 2, hence its inclusion amongst the 'Science and Civilisation in China' research files.

Dates

  • Creation: 1956 - 1962-07-09

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Other material relating to 'Heavenly Clockwork' is catalogued under NRI2/2/3.

Physical Description

Paper

Finding aid date

2005-08-16 16:29:36+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository

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