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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/189 contains:
1 File of notes relating to Lu Gwei-Djen's theory that ? [Chin / Jin] and ? [Yin] were alloys and amalgams, not real gold and silver
2 Copy of a Joseph Needham letter to Sir Harry Garner of Beckenham, Kent, about 'purple of Cassius' and the 'famille rose' technique of Chinese ceramics, and Garner's reply
3 File of documents relating to 'Unicorn-foot Pegasus-hoof purple gold'
4 Part of a letter from James A. Charles of the Department of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, about Caligula's orpiment gold and other matters
5 Joseph Needham notes taken from books on metallurgy amongst the Pre-Columbian Indians, written by P. Bergsoe
6 Letter from Cheng Te-Khun [??? / Zheng Dekun] in Cambridge, about terms for metals seen in ancient Chinese bronze inscriptions and texts
7 Correspondence with J. R. Partington in Cambridge, about zinc production in China
8 Note from James A. Charles of the Department of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, providing notes from D. Hanson, 'The Constitution of Binary Alloys', (New York, 1958)
9 Joseph Needham notes on Paktong
10 Joseph Needham's drafts of tables corresponding to Tables 96 to 102, of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 2'
11 Joseph Needham's notes on the history of metallurgy from a talk with James A. Charles of the Department of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Correspondence with J. R. Partington in Cambridge, about zinc production in China
Reference SCC2/189/7
Creator Partington, J. R.; Needham, Joseph.
Covering Dates 22 July 1959
Extent and Medium 6 sheets; Paper
Content and context

The documents comprise 3 postcards from Partington; copy of 1 letter of reply from Joseph Needham. The documents also include an English translation of the entry on zinc in the 'San Tshai Thu Hui [???? / San Cai Tu Hui], (1609).

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Partington, James Riddick (1886-1965) British chemist and historian of chemistry
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