Postcard from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. providing a reference to Kurakichi Shiratori, 'Memoirs of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko' (1956?), and related notes by Joseph Needham, 1957
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: 1957
Extent
2 sheet(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Chinese
Originator(s)
Goodrich, L. Carrington; Needham, Joseph
Finding aid date
2005-08-17 16:08:29+00:00
Subject
Repository Details
Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository
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