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Note from John Combridge, accompanying Derek Price's original sketch of Su Sung's [蘇頌 / Su Song] clock, 1955 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/109/7

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

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: 1955 - 1959

Extent

2 sheet(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: Undated, [Late 1950s?]..

Originator(s)

Combridge, John; Price, Derek

Finding aid date

2005-08-17 15:52:21+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository

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