The wooden box contains 1 paper note and 3 paper leaflets. The note is inscribed:

'Dr Joseph Needham Needham Research Institute East Asian History of Science Library 8 Sylvester Rd Cambridge CB3 9AF Tel: 223-311545 / 69252'. The leaflets are written in Chinese and describe the history of the South Pointing Chariot and design of the model. This is not the box for NRI 2/8/1/17.