| 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 a 1960 revision of the 'Science and Civilisation in China' section on the 'Efficient harness and its history' |
| Reference |
SCC2/101/5 |
| Covering Dates |
1950–1960 |
| Extent and Medium |
Paper |
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| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/101/5 contains: |
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Advertisement for Anneliese Bulling, 'The Decoration of Mirrors of the Han Period', (Ascona, Switzerland, 1960). The document has three illustrations of mirrors, one showing chariots and horses.
1 document; Paper. |
1960 |
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Reproduction of a picture entitled 'Russian Sledging and Coursing', showing a duga harness.
1 document; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
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Photograph of a 4th century stone carving at the Rheinische Landesmuseum, Trier, Germany, showing a collar harness, and attached notes.
3 pieces; Photograph and paper. |
6 Aug. 1956 |
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Letter from Dr. Daya Krishna, Professor of Zoology, Jaswant College, Jaipur, India, accompanying photographs of camel being used in various ways.
Creator: Krishna, Daya.
5 pieces; Paper. |
31 Aug. 1958–6 Dec. 1958 |
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Letter from Dr. E. M. Jope of the Department of Archaeology, Queen's University, Belfast, about the use of the collar harness in Han times and by the Romans, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
3 sheets; Paper. |
15 June 1959–16 July 1959 |
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Guidebook by Hans Eichler, entitled 'Trier; A Guide to the Monuments' and photograph of a stone relief showing a horse and cart. Joseph Needham has made notes on and inside the cover of the guidebook about carvings of harnessed animals in Trier, Germany. He also notes that he visited Trier '+GD 5/8/56'.
2 pieces; Paper and photograph. |
5 Aug. 1956 |
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Joseph Needham's notes of the items to include in the revision of the chapter and sub-headings.
2 sheets; Paper. |
1960 |
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Joseph Needham's drawings of the skeletons and muscle structure of oxen and horses from Septimus Sisson, 'Text-Book of Vetinary Astronomy', (Philadelphia, 1910).
4 sheets; Paper. |
1955–1959 |
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Annotated typescript draft of parts of the 'Science and Civilisation in China' section on the 'Efficient harness and its history'.
14 sheets; Paper. |
1960 |
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Related notes and bibliographical references.
Paper. |
1950–1959 |
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Joseph Needham's original file title.
1 document; Paper. |
1960 |
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