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23 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
32 Two letters from Francis Maddison of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, about work by John Combridge on the 'Korean clock'
33 Letter from John Combridge of Ilford, Essex, about his work on Korean clockwork and accompanying copies of correspondence with Gari Ledyard of Columbia University, New York, U.S.A., about his assistance with the work
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Correspondence with Francis Maddison of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, about the publication of 'Hall of Heavenly Records' by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
Reference NRI2/2/4/4/38
Creator Maddison, Francis; Needham, Joseph; Sivin, Nathan.
Covering Dates 26 June 1973–10 July 1973
Extent and Medium 11 sheets; Paper
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The correspondence comprises a copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Maddison, asking for the return of files on this project; letter of reply from Maddison; copy of a letter from Nathan Sivin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to Maddison; further letter from Maddison to Needham; drafts of Needham and Sivin's letters.

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