| Needham/NRI2/2/4/4 contains: |
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Letter from Derek J. de Solla Price of Yale University, U.S.A., about work on Korean clockwork, and other matters |
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Copy of a letter from Derek J. de Solla Price of Yale University, U.S.A., to Gari Ledyard of Berkeley, California, U.S.A., about photographs of a clockwork orrery held at the Museum of the University of Seoul, South Korea |
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Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Derek J. de Solla Price of Yale University, U.S.A., about the study of equipment at the Korean Roayl Observatory |
| 24 |
Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Francis Maddison of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inviting him to collaborate on a work on the instruments at the Korean Royal Observatory |
| 25 |
Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Gari Ledyard, asking for his help to obtain photographs of the Yi dynasty astronomical clock preserved in the National Museum, Seoul, South Korea, and related notes |
| 26 |
Part of a letter from Francis Maddison of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, accompanying a copy of a letter he wrote to Silvio Bedini of Washington D. C. , U.S.A., about work on the history of clockwork in Korea |
| 27 |
Letter from Denis Twitchett of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, about the translation of relevant papers |
| 28 |
Letter from Gari Ledyard in Seoul, Korea, about the Korean Yi dynasty armillary clock and the work of Chon Sangun |
| 29 |
Copies of three letters from Joseph Needham to Korean scholars, thanking them for their help in enabling photographs to be taken of the 'son-gi okhyong' armillary clock at Koryo University Museum, Seoul, Korea |
| 30 |
Correspondence with Gari Ledyard in Seoul, Korea, about his examination of the 'son-gi okhyong' armillary clock at Koryo University Museum, Seoul, Korea |
| 31 |
Letter from John Combridge of Ilford, Essex, about his preparations for a talk on the 'Seoul Armillary Clock' to be given at the Science Museum, London |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
Part of a letter from Francis Maddison of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, accompanying a copy of a letter he wrote to Silvio Bedini of Washington D. C. , U.S.A., about work on the history of clockwork in Korea |
| Reference |
NRI2/2/4/4/26 |
| Creator |
Maddison, Francis. |
| Covering Dates |
24 Feb. 1964–4 Mar. 1964 |
| Extent and Medium |
4 sheets; Paper |
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| Content and context |
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Maddison asks Bedini about the possibility of the 17th century Korean clockwork armillary sphere being transferred to the Smithsonian Institution for examination.
The documents also include a further letter from Maddison, explaining Bedini's response.
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