Janus: Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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70	Astronomy 4: Special subjects
71	Astronomy 5: Instruments
72	Astronomy 6: Instruments
73	Astronomy 7
74	Joseph Needham's contribution to a festschrift for F. J. M. Stratton of Cambridge Observatories
75	Presentation at the London Planetarium for a delegation from Academia Sinica, Peking, China, 19 October 1961
76	18th century Korean astronomical screen held at the Whipple Science Museum, Cambridge
77	'The Seattle Korean (?) Planisphere'
78	Papers relating to Joseph Needham's contribution to 'Cosmic Perspectives' edited by Prof. C. V. Vishveshwara et. al.
79	Meteorology
80	Geography and Cartography 1
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Presentation at the London Planetarium for a delegation from Academia Sinica, Peking, China, 19 October 1961
Reference	SCC2/75
Covering Dates	1960–6 Feb. 1979
Extent and Medium	Paper

Content and context

The presentation was a joint lecture between Joseph Needham and Leonard Clarke, Senior Narrator of The London Planetarium.

Index Terms

Astronomy

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/75 contains:

Leaflet advertising The London Planetarium and attached notice of a lecture by Leonard Clarke, senior narrator at the Planetarium on 'Greek Astronomy and its Debt to the Babylonians'.
2 pieces; Paper.

Feb. 1961

Two letters from Sir William V. D. Hodge, Physical Secretary of The Royal Society, about arrangements for the delegation and attached programmes. The documents give a list of names of the Chinese delegates.
Creator: Hodge, William V. D.
16 sheets; Paper.

6 Oct. 1961–9 Oct. 1961

Photographs of Joseph Needham at the London Planetarium with Leonard Clarke, Senior Narrator of the Planetarium.
2 pieces; photograph.

1961

Notice of the 'Special Presentation, 'Astronomy in Classical China'' by Joseph Needham and Leonard Clarke, Senior Narrator of the Planetarium.
1 document; Paper.

1961

Lists of members of the Academia Sinica delegation. Members of the delegation were Chu Kho-Chen [??? / Zhu Kezhen / Coching Chu] Pei Shih-Chang, Pei Shih-Chang [??? / Bei Shizhang], Wang Shou-Wu [??? / Wang Shouwu] and Chang Pei-Lin [??? / Zhang Beilin].
3 sheets; Paper.

18 July 1961

Correspondence with Leonard Clarke and Patrick Wood of the Royal Society, about the possibilty of holding a presentation at The London Planetatium. The documents also include an advertisement for a Clarke's 'llustrated Lectures on Astronomy and Related Subjects'.
Creator: Clarke, Leonard; Wood, Patrick; Needham, Joseph.
6 sheets; Paper.

18 June 1961–7 July 1961

Correspondence with William H. McCrea of the Royal Astronomical Society, about arrangements for the presentation. The documents comprise 3 letters from McCrea; copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham.
Creator: McCrea, William H.; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper.

23 Sep. 1961–29 Sep. 1961

Copies of two letters from Joseph Needham to Dr. D. C. Martin of The Royal Society about the presentation.
2 sheets; Paper.

24 Sep. 1961

Three letters from Leonard Clarke of the London Planetarium, about arrangements for the presentation.
Creator: Clarke, Leonard.
3 sheets; Paper.

26 July 1961–5 Oct. 1961

Two letters from D. C. Martin, Assistant Secretary of The Royal Society, about arrangements for the presentation. One of the letters has a draft programme attached.
Creator: Martin, D. C.
4 sheets; Paper.

12 Sep. 1961–3 Oct. 1961

Correspondence with Leonard Clarke of The London Plantarium, about the content of his joint lecture with Joseph Needham and related documents. The related documents also include notes by Needham; list of slides; annotated script of Needham's part of the lecture; script of Needham's welcome/introduction to the lecture in Chinese and romanised form.
Creator: Clarke, Leonard; Needham, Joseph.
31 sheets; Paper.

21 Sep. 1961–16 Oct. 1961

Letter from Sir Christopher Chancellor, Chairman of the London Panetarium, congratulating Joseph Needham on the lecture.
Creator: Chancellor, Christopher.
1 document; Paper.

20 Oct. 1961

Letter from Leonard Clarke and H. C. King of The London Planetarium, congratulating Joseph Needham on the success of the lecture and copy of Needham's reply.
Creator: Clark, Leonard; King, H. C.; Needham, Joseph.
4 sheets; Paper.

24 Oct. 1961–9 Nov. 1961

Letter from Michael Sullivan of London, congratulating Joseph Needham on the lecture and copy of Needham's reply.
Creator: Sullivan, Michael; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper.

19 Oct. 1961–9 Nov. 1961

Letter from Chu Kho-Chen [??? / Zhu Kezhen / Coching Chu] at Claridge's Hotel, London, expressing his appreciation for the presentation on behalf of the Academia Sinica delegation.
Creator: Chu Kho-Chen.
1 document; Paper.

6 Nov. 1961

Three copies of the typescript for Joseph Needham's lecture. Two of the scripts have been annotated and the other is unmarked.
66 sheets; Paper.

1961

Correspondence with David W. Dewhirst, Associate Editor of the 'Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society' about the publication of Joseph Needham's lecture.
Creator: Dewhirst, David W.; Needham, Joseph.
4 sheets; Paper.

25 Nov. 1961–14 Jan. 1962

Letter from E. C. Rubidge, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society, about the publication of Joseph Needham's lecture.
Creator: Rubidge, E. C.
1 document; Paper.

20 Mar. 1962

Letter from Leonard Clarke thanking Joseph Needham for offprints and advising him of the close of his career at The London Planetarium and copy of Needham's reply.
Creator: Clarke, Leonard; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper.

29 Sep. 1962–2 Mar. 1963

Letter from D. McNally, Assistant Director of the University of London Observatory, about an invitation to lecture.
Creator: McNally, D.
1 document; Paper.

6 Feb. 1979

Related notes by Joseph Needham.
3 sheets; Paper.

1960–1962

Joseph Needham's original file title.
1 document; Paper.

1960–1962