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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/229 contains:
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5 Part of a letter from T. G. Djang [??? / Chang Tzu-Kung / Zhang Zigong] of Chungking, China, promising to provide assistance to Joseph Needham in his investigation on the history of science in China
6 Letter from Mrs Charles Singer [Dorothea Waley Singer] of Par, Cornwall to Dorothy Needham, about a worker at the Warburg Institute with a knowledge of Chinese alchemy, and other matters
7 Part of a letter from Dorothea Waley Singer of Par, Cornwall, about her explorations into the origins of Chinese alchemy and other matters
8 Letter from V. A. Petrow of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry, inviting Joseph Needham to become a member, and related document
9 Letter from Tenny L. Davis of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., about his work on 'Early Chinese Military Pyrotechnics' and other matters, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
10 Letter from J. R. Partington of Cambridge, about Greek works dealing with stones and other matters
11 Letter from H. B. Collier of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Canada, commenting on Joseph Needham's 'Nature' paper on the 'History of Chinese Science' and related matters
12 Letter from F. Sherwood Taylor of the Science Museum, London, inviting Joseph Needham to the Museum
13 Letter from D. Geoghegan of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry, inviting Joseph Needham to contribute to the journal 'Ambix', and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
14 Letter from F. W. Gibbs of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry, about subscriptions for the journal 'Ambix'
15 Letter from Dr. Lin Chao-Feng ??? [Lin Zhaofeng] of United Industrial Research Institute, Taiwan, about Li Chhiao-Ping's [??? / Li Qiaoping] 'The History of Chemistry in China', (Commercial Press, Taiwan, 1955)
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Title Letter from J. R. Partington of Cambridge, about Greek works dealing with stones and other matters
Reference SCC2/229/10
Creator Partington, J. R.
Covering Dates 18 June 1951
Extent and Medium 1 document; Paper
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Other matters discussed include cinnabar and the name azure.

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