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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/200 contains:
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17	Postcard from Prof. Glenn Sonnedecker of the University of Wisconsin, U.S.A., requesting a copy of the paper by Ho Peng-Yoke and Joseph Needham entitled 'The Laboratory Equipment of the Early Mediaeval Chinese Alchemists', ('Ambix', 1959)
18	Manuscript draft of a Joseph Needham letter requesting help in finalising the apparatus section of the alchemy and early chemisty volumes of 'Science and Civlisation in China', related documents
19	Cutting of a newspaper article by Norman Bentinck entitled 'Treasure in the Sand', describing archaeological finds in Israel, including vessels from a plant for perfumes
20	Copy of an pre-publication extract from K. H. Connell, 'Irish Peasant Society: Four Historical Essays, (Oxford, 1968), describing illicit distillation in Ireland in the mid 19th century
21	Note from Nathan Sivin accompanying a photocopy of 'several of my notes on laboratory processes and equipment'
22	Joseph Needham's note of references to alchemy and chemistry in his '1964 Travel Notes'
23	Photographs of Chinese alchemical apparatus
24	Letter from J. V. Field of the Science Museum, London, to Prof. H. T. Huang, accompanying two postcards showing 'Glass distillation apparatus from the Near East, 10th -12th Century AD'
25	Letter from ??? [Mêng Nai-Chhang / Meng Naichang] of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan Technical Institute, Shansi, China, about his work on the possible applications of nitric acid in Chinese alchemy
26	Typescript describing methods of cooling in distillation used in 14th and 15th century Europe
27	Related manuscript and typescript draft paragraphs prepared by Joseph Needham for 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 4', and related notes
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