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Letter from Derek Price at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A., about a loan of £500 from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge to enable the publication of 'Heavenly Clockwork' and copy of Joseph Needham's reply, 1957-05-20 - 1957-05-26

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/108/7

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

These documents relate to 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 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 2', hence its inclusion amongst the 'Science and Civilisation in China' research files.

Dates

  • Creation: 1957-05-20 - 1957-05-26

Extent

3 sheet(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Price, Derek; Needham, Joseph

Finding aid date

2005-08-16 10:14:26+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository

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