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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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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
159	Gunpowder: Priestley Lecture
160	Gunpowder: First East Asian History of Science Foundation Lecture, Hong Kong, 20 October 1983
161	Gunpowder: Other lectures and publications
162	Fritz Jäger of Hamburg, Germany, (1886-1957): Miscellaneous papers
163	Fritz Jäger of Hamburg, Germany, (1886-1957): Notes and papers on gunpowder and firearms
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Gunpowder: Creighton lecture
Reference	SCC2/158
Covering Dates	1979–1980
Extent and Medium	Paper

Content and context

Joseph Needham's University of London, Creighton Lecture was entitled 'The Guns of Kaifêng-Fu: China's Development of Man's First Chemical Explosive'. It was given by Needham on 26 November 1979 at the University of London. It was then published in the 'Times Literary Supplement', 11 January 1980.

Index Terms

Military Engineering

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/158 contains:

Main file contents.
Paper.

1979–8 June 1980

Correspondence with the University of London.
Paper.

6 Mar. 1978–1980

'Other publishing tentatives'.
Paper.

12 Aug. 1980–12 Dec. 1980