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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/64 contains:
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62 Letter from Prof. A. Yuschkevitch of the Institute of the History of Science and Technology, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. about the mathematician, al-Khwarizmi and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
63 Copy of a paper by ?? [Li Nien / Li Nian] about the Arabic magic square in China, published in «??????» [Wên Wu Tshan Khao Tzu Liao / Wen Wu Can Kao Zi Liao]
64 Joseph Needham's typescript summaries of two works by ?? [Li Nien / Li Nian] published in «??»[Kho Hsüeh / Ke Xue], 1957
65 Letter from Victor Meally of County Dublin, Eire, commenting on the section on Pi in 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3' and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
66 Cutting of an anonymous newspaper article entitled ''Pi' can never be worked out'
67 Letter from Dr H. E. Stapleton of Jersey, about the Cuniform word for the plumb-line and other matters and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
68 Letter from [?] of Paris, France praising Joseph Needham's work and discussing the progress of his own research
69 Illustration of a 'magic squares' calculation by ??? [Fei Hai-Chi / Fei Haiji]
70 Letter from Dr. H. E. Stapleton of Jersey providing detailed notes of a conversation with Li Yen about early Chinese aquaintance with the Pythagorean Theorem and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
71 Photograph of a section of the al-Hariri manuscript, (1237), illustrating the 'Josephus problem'
72 Letter from Wen Li-Jung [???/ Wen Lirong / Oon Lay-Yong] of Singapore, about her translation of works by Yang Hui [??] and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Letter from Dr H. E. Stapleton of Jersey, about the Cuniform word for the plumb-line and other matters and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
Reference SCC2/64/67
Creator Stapleton, H. E.; Needham, Joseph.
Covering Dates 12 Apr. 1961–29 May 1961
Extent and Medium 3 sheets; Paper
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Other matters discussed include the Arab alchemist Ibn Umail; Joseph Needham's work on 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4A'.

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