| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/101 contains: |
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Main file contents |
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Representations of the equine harness in the cave paintings of Chienfotong [??? / Qian Fo Dong], Tunhuang [?? / Dun Huang], Gansu, China |
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Documents relating to Joseph Needham's paper 'Efficient Equine Harness; the Chinese Inventions' and its publication in 'Physis' |
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Documents relating to Joseph Needham's 'Further Note on Efficient Equine Harness; The Chinese Inventions' |
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Documents relating to a 1960 revision of the 'Science and Civilisation in China' section on the 'Efficient harness and its history' |
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Revision to the 'Science and Civilisation in China' chapter on the 'Efficient harness and its history' after the publication of Lynn White, 'Mediaeval Technology and Social Change', (Oxford, 1962) |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
Documents relating to Joseph Needham's 'Further Note on Efficient Equine Harness; The Chinese Inventions' |
| Reference |
SCC2/101/4 |
| Covering Dates |
22 Oct. 1960–1965 |
| Extent and Medium |
Paper |
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| Content and context |
This addendum to Joseph Needham's paper 'Efficient Equine Harness; The Chinese Inventions, ('Physis', 1960), resulted from the discovery of a 5th or 6th century carving of a collar-harness at the caves of 'Yun Kang [?? / Yun Gang], Shansi, China, during Joseph Needham's study tour in 1964. |
| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/101/4 contains: |
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Correspondence with Dr. Maria Luisa Bonelli of the Instituto E Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, Italy, about the publication of 'A Further Note on Efficient Equine Harness; the Chinese Inventions' in the journal 'Physis' and other matters. Other matters discussed include contact with Coching Chu [??? / Chu K'o-chen /Zhu Kezhen] of Academia Sinica; the possibility of publishing material on Chinese navigation; Dorothy Needham's work, 'Machina Carnis; a Century and a Half of Muscle Biochemistry'.
Creator: Bonelli, Maria Luisa; Needham, Joseph.
6 sheets; Paper. |
22 Oct. 1960–24 Mar. 1965 |
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Letter from Martyn Jope of the Department of Archaeology, The Queen's University of Belfast, about the paper, and related note.
Creator: Jope, Martyn.
2 sheets; Paper. |
28 May 1965–12 July 1965 |
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Typescript draft of the paper with attached photographs of the carving.
12 pieces; Photograph and paper. |
1965 |
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Unmarked typescript of the paper.
5 sheets; Paper. |
1965 |
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Related notes and biliographical references.
2 sheets; Paper. |
1964–1965 |
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Joseph Needham's original file title.
1 document; Paper. |
1964–1965 |
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