| Title |
Seismology |
| Reference |
SCC2/85 |
| Covering Dates |
1939–1989 |
| Extent and Medium |
Paper |
|
| Index Terms |
| Seismology |
| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/85 contains: |
|
1
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Cutting of a map of the world from an unidentified French newspaper, headed 'Les Régions ou la Terre Tremble le Plus Souvent'.
1 document; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
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2
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Lettter from Harold Jeffreys of Cambridge, about European references to 'bell and frog' seismographs and attached note by Joseph Needham.
Creator: Jeffreys, Harold; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper. |
11 Sep. 1950–11 Sep. 1959 |
|
3
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Correspondence with Admiral A. Day about the 'Ekman current meter' and its similarity with the 2nd century seismograph of Chang Hêng [?? / Zhang Hêng].
Creator: Day, A.; Needham, Joseph.
4 sheets; Paper. |
8 Oct. 1951–3 Nov. 1951 |
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4
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Cutting of a captioned photograph from an unidentified Chinese newspaper showing a 'ball and frog' seismograph and attached notes.
2 sheets; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
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5
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Page taken from Shakespeare's Henry IV (Part 1), Act III, Scene 1 which describes seismic activity.
2 sheets; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
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6
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Copy of a «????» article by ??? [Wang Tien-Mu / Wang Tianmu] entitled «???» about 'Wang Chen-To's new reconstruction of Chang Hêng's seismograph' and attached Joseph Needham notes.
2 sheets; Paper. |
Apr. 1952 |
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7
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Wang Ling and Joseph Needham notes on the 2nd century seismograph of Chang Hêng [?? / Zhang Hêng].
Creator: Wang Ling; Needham, Joseph.
22 sheets; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
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8
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Joseph Needham's notes on 'Tyoko and his Seismoscope'. The notes also include a cutting from 'Nature' explaining the translation by A. Imamura of 'passages concerning the life of Tyoko and his seismoscope from the Chinese history 'Gokanzyo'.
8 sheets; Paper. |
1939–1959 |
|
9
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Photographs and other preparatory work for the illustrations for the 'Seismology' section of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3'.
8 pieces; Photograph and paper. |
1950–1959 |
|
10
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Letter from J. R. Crowther of London, about the reproduction of an illustration of Chang Hêng's [?? / Zhang Hêng] seismograph from 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Creator: Crowther, J. R.
1 document; Paper. |
13 Feb. 1966 |
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11
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Letter from Barbara Mair [?] of Time-Life News Service, London, about the reproduction of an illustration of Chang Hêng's [?? / Zhang Hêng] seismograph from 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Creator: Mair, Barbara.
3 sheets; Paper. |
4 Apr. 1960–4 Apr. 1969 |
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12
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Letter from Ian Stephens of Cambridge, about an assertion by 'the great Richter [Charles Francis Richter]' that the first true seismographs were constructed in about 1880 and other matters. Stephens also describes his work on a book on his travels in India and Pakistan; his 'being formally adopted, under Chinese customary law, into a distinguished Hongkongese family nine years ago.'.
Creator: Stephens, Ian.
1 document; Paper. |
24 Aug. 1976 |
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13
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Cutting of a 'Times' article by Dr. Constantin Roman entitled 'Earthquakes: after nearly 3,000 years of study we still have much to learn'.
Creator: Roman, Constantin.
1 document; Paper. |
5 Aug. 1976 |
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14
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Letter from Bill Stronge of the Unviersity Engineering Department, Cambridge, asking for Joseph Needham's advice on a seismoscope illustrated in a paper by H. T. Halverson entitled 'Modern trends in strong movement (strong-motion) instrumentation'.
Creator: Stronge, Bill.
2 sheets; Paper. |
1980–1989 |
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15
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Related bibliographical references and brief notes.
24 sheets; Paper. |
1950–1969 |
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16
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Joseph Needham's original file title.
1 document; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
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