| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/202 contains: |
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Main file contents |
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Material 'for insertion in book, (not used in Ambix paper)' |
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'Nitre' problem, natron, sodium sulphate, magnesium sulphate |
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Saltpetre, 'nitre' |
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Copperas, ferrous sulphate as limiting factor |
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'Wet copper method' |
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The effect of crab tissues on laquer |
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Documents relating to the paper by Tshao Thien-Chin, Ho Peng-Yoke and Joseph Needham, entitled 'An Early Mediaval Chinese Alchemical Text on Aqueous Solutions', ('Ambix', 1959) |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
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Main file contents |
| Reference |
SCC2/202/1 |
| Covering Dates |
1970–1979 |
| Extent and Medium |
Paper |
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| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/202/1 contains: |
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Letter from S. F. Mason of the University of East Anglia, about the distillation of alchohol with water-cooling at high altitutudes, and other matters. Other matters discussed include the production of 'wood vinegar'.
Creator: Mason, S. F.
2 sheets; Paper. |
9 July 1970 |
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Correspondence with Prof. Dr. Friedemann Freund, mineralogist of Cologne, Germany, about a meeting with Joseph Needham in Cambridge, and methods of creating alchohol. The correspondence comprises 4 letters from Freund; copies of 2 letters from Needham. Needham advises 'I shall be particularly pleased to meet a mineralogist because lately I have been giving some attention again to certain methods described in Chinese alchemical texts of the +6th century for getting rather insoluable mineral substances into solution'. The documents also include notes on this subject made during a visit by Freund and his wife, Matsubara Hisako, 26 July 1970.
Creator: Freunf, Friedemann; Needham, Joseph.
7 sheets; Paper. |
4 June 1970–6 Nov. 1970 |
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Manuscript draft paragraphs on related topics prepared for 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume, 5, Part 4'. Topics include 'oil of bricks'; the concentration of acetic acid through distillation.
4 sheets; Paper. |
1970–1979 |
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4
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Joseph Needham's original file title.
1 document; Paper. |
1970–1979 |
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