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SCC6/38/1

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Original photographs of illustrations from two papers by Frank P. Purvis, First Professor of Naval Architecture at the Imperial University, Tokyo, Japan, on Japanese shipping, and related correspondence, 1919 - 1973-02-14

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC6/38/1
Scope and Contents The papers are 'Ship Construction in Japan', ('Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan', 1919) and 'Japanese Ships of the Past and Present', ('Transactions of the Japanese Society of London', 1925).The related correspondence comprises a copy of a letter from Major M. E. Phipps of Hertford [Grandson of Purvis], to D. W. Waters of the National Maritime Museum, London, inviting an offer for the photographs; letter from Waters to Joseph Needham, asking for his comments; copy of a letter...
Dates: 1919 - 1973-02-14