Janus: Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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148	Gunpowder Special 8: Rockets correspondence
149	Gunpowder Special 9: Peaceful Civil Uses
150	Gunpowder Special 10: Inter-cultural transmissions
151	Gunpowder Special 11: Correspondence
152	The Ta-Tsu [?? / Da Zu] Bombard
153	Gunpowder: Miscellaneous papers
154	Gunpowder: Correspondence relating to a 'New Effort' on the gunpowder volume, begun in 1971
155	Fort Halstead Experiments, 20 February 1981
156	Gunpowder: Illustrations not used
157	Gunpowder: Drafts
158	Gunpowder: Creighton lecture
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Gunpowder: Miscellaneous papers
Reference	SCC2/153
Covering Dates	1970–7 Jan. 1990
Extent and Medium	Paper

Index Terms

Military Engineering

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/153 contains:

Copy of a Joseph Needham letter to The Library of Congress, U.S.A., enquiring about Tenny L. Davis, 'Cultural Relationships of Explosives', ('National Fireworks Review', 1944), and reply from the Library.
3 sheets; Paper.

11 Aug. 1970

Letter from The Royal Society thanking Joseph Needham for the gift of 'Science and Civilisation in China', Volume 5, Part 7.
1 document; Paper.

2 Feb. 1987

Postcard from Arnulf Liebing of Würzburg, Germany, about S. J. Romocki, 'Geschichte d. Explosivstoffe', (Hannover, 1895).
Creator: Liebing, Arnulf.
1 document; Paper.

May 1970

Letter from Dr. Horvath Arpad of Budapest, Hungary, about his books on history of the cannon and roads, bridges and railroads, and other matters. Other matters raised by Arpad include the possibility of writing a piece on Joseph Needham and the 'Science and Civilisation in China' project.
Creator: Arpad, Horvath.
1 document; Paper.

22 Mar. 1971

Photocopy of a letter from Ho Peng-Yoke at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, to Ms. A. Basser of Thames Television Limited, London, about scripts for a programme on Chinese history of science.
Creator: Ho Peng-Yoke.
1 document; Paper.

15 Sep. 1975

Letter from Lino Nivolo of Paris, France, about the history of Chinese fireworks.
Creator: Nivolo, Lino.
1 document; Paper.

3 Dec. 1974

Copy of a Joseph Needham letter to the Director of the National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome, Italy, about 11th or 12th century Islamic earthenware grenades held at the Museum, and related documents. The related documents comprise reply from Domenico Faccenna, Museum Director; letter from Prof. Luciano Petech of Rome, Italy, about the grenades; photographs of the grenades; Joseph Needham notes.
Creator: Needham, Joseph; Faccenna, Domenico; Petech, Luciano.
12 sheets; Paper.

10 Oct. 1973–14 May 1974

Letter from Horvath Arpad of Budapest, Hungary, about his book on the history of the cannon and other matters.
Creator: Arpad, Horvath.
2 sheets; Paper.

4 Jan. 1974–9 Jan. 1974

Letter from Dr. Frank H. Winter of the National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C., U.S.A., about Chinese contributions to rocketry, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: Winter, Frank H.; Needham, Joseph.
3 sheets; Paper.

1 Oct. 1972–1 Nov. 1972

Letter from Frederick I. Ordway of Advances in Space Science and Technology, New York City, U.S.A., about his work on a detailed history of rocketry, and other matters.
Creator: Ordway, Frederick I.
1 document; Paper.

3 July 1974–9 July 1974

Letter from Prof. Edward Allworth of the Center for the Study of Central Asia, Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about specimens of firearms and artillery from Central Asia, and reply from Gregory Blue on behalf of Joseph Needham.
Creator: Allworth, Edward; Blue, Gregory.
2 sheets; Paper.

28 June 1988–6 July 1988

Letter from Victor H. Mair of the Department of Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. about a passage from the 9th century work «????????», relating to the beginnings of gunpowder, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: Mair, Victor H.; Needham, Joseph.
3 sheets; Paper.

6 Dec. 1989–7 Jan. 1990

Related bibliographical references.
5 sheets; Paper.

1970–1989