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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/206/7 contains:
1 Bundle of documents labelled 'Stapleton [Dr. H E Sapleton of Jersey] - Dubs [Homer H. Dubs of Oxford] correspondence on alchemy, metallurgy and sal ammoniac [nushadur]'
2 Note from Joseph Needham to Gustav [Haloun], forwarding copied of his correspondence with Homer H. Duds and H. E. Stapleton on the history of Chinese alchemy
3 Notes from Harold W. Bailey on texts containing reference to sal ammoniac, and related Joseph Needham notes
4 Copy of a paper by Julius Ruska entitled 'Sal ammoniacus, Nusadir und Salmiak', (Heidelberg, 1923), and Joseph Needham notes from the paper
5 Photocopied pages from H. E. Roscoe and C. Schorlemmer, 'A Treatise on Chemistry', (1894), relating to ammonia
6 Letter from Martin Crose [?] of Cambridge about the experiments of J. B. S. Haldane and his use of ammonium chloride to 'modify his metabolism'
7 Related manuscript draft paragraphs for 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 4'
8 Notes and other references relating to to sal ammoniac [?? / Nao Sha] in Chinese literature
9 Other related notes and bibliographical references
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Notes from Harold W. Bailey on texts containing reference to sal ammoniac, and related Joseph Needham notes
Reference SCC2/206/7/3
Creator Bailey, Harold W.; Needham, Joseph.
Covering Dates 25 Nov. 1968–30 Jan. 1972
Extent and Medium 11 sheets; Paper
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One page of Needham's notes gives a list of different ways of writing Nao Sha [??] throughout Chinese history.

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Bailey, Sir Harold Walter (1899-1996) Knight, orientalist
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