| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/259 contains: |
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Popular block print showing the Chinese King of Insects, Chhung Wang [?? / Chong Wang] |
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Postcard reproducing a Chinese painting showing the selling of cicada |
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Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to J. Hoyt of the United States Department of Agriculture [?], providing references to books in Chinese dealing with insects, and attached note |
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Letter from Leonard Tomkinson of London, accompanying his translations from Chou Yao, 'Preliminary Studies towards a History of Early Chinese Investigations in Entomology' |
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Postcard reproducing a Song dynasty painting of butterflies |
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Photocopied pages from Giovanni Rucellai, 'Le api', (Florence, 1539) about observations of insects, and related documents |
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Letter from Ray F. Smith and Thomas E. Mittler of the 'Annual Review of Entomology', California, U.S.A., about their volume on the 'History of Entomology, and related documents |
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Letter from Robert Donkin of the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, about his work on the history of cochineal, and related documents |
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Letter from Theodor Savory of Dorking, Surrey, about his work on the history of spiders and his past association with Dorothy and Joseph Needham. |
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Letter from Elizabeth M, Trinast of San Diego, California, U.S.A., about her work on the history of tidal theory and the Chinese designation of the cephalopod Nautilus |
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Cutting of a 'Times' article by Elma Williams entitled 'Honey: goodness of many flavours' |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
Photocopied pages from Giovanni Rucellai, 'Le api', (Florence, 1539) about observations of insects, and related documents |
| Reference |
SCC2/259/6 |
| Covering Dates |
26 July 1969 |
| Extent and Medium |
3 sheets; Paper |
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| Content and context |
The related documents comprise a namecard for Luigi Belloni, Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Milan, Italy, on which Joseph Needham has noted 'At the IUHS Council lunch at Florence, Jun 69, Belloni said Stelluti (pace CS) was not the first to make 'microscopical' observations on insects, but rather Rucellai before +1525 - using a lens.' |
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