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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/229 contains:
1 Letter from Tenny L. Davis of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., about reprints on Chinese alchemy and his work on 'Pao Phu Tzu [??? / Bao Pu Zi]' by Ko Hung [?? / Ge Hong], (1171-1173)
2 List of books headed 'on Lo Chung-Shu's list @ C'tu [Chengtu, Szechuan, China] are..'
3 Letter from Tenny L. Davis of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., promising Joseph Needham a set of his reprints on Chinese alchemy and discussing other matters
4 Letter from T. G. Djang [??? / Chang Tzu-Kung / Zhang Zigong] of Chungking, China, inviting Joseph Needham to meet him at the Press Attache's Library at the British Embassy, and attached notes
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
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title 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
Reference SCC2/229/9
Creator Davis, Tenny L.; Needham, Joseph.
Covering Dates 3 Oct. 1948–17 Oct. 1948
Extent and Medium 3 sheets; Paper
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Other matters discussed include the work of Professor Li Chiao-Ping [??? / Li Qiaoping]; preparations for the book 'Science and Civilisation in China'; Wang Ling's paper on the history of gunpowder and firearms; a gift of a duplicate copy of the 'Thu Shu Chi Chhêng' [???? / Tu Shu Ji Cheng], (1726).

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