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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/97/5 contains:
1	Two letters from André Haudricourt of Paris, France, about knowledge of the crank in ancient Egypt
2	Two letters from Anneliese Bulling in London about crank motion and the trip hammer
3	Correspondence with Lynn White of the Department of History, University of California, U.S.A. about the history of the crank and related matters
4	Joseph Needham notes of 'Maestro de Siguenza reredos inculding St . Catherine and wheels'..'with two cranks', viewed at the Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
5	Joseph Needham's note of A. G. Drachman's views on the crank
6	Letter from Michael [Michael Loewe] of the Faculty Board of Oriental Studies, Cambridge, about an object at the British Museum which may have been 'a transitional step, on the way towards the crank-handle', and photographs of same
7	Letter from G. Rapp of Sway, Hampshire, about the development of the crankshaft and his interest in the history of technology in general
8	Two photographs of a frescoe from the Yung-Lo Kung temple in Shansi, (c. 1350), showing a well-windlass with an obliquely pointing handle, and attached note
9	Photographs and other preparatory work for Figures illustrating the 'Crank and Eccentric Motion' section of 'Science and Civilisation in China'
10	One page of draft typescript from the 'Crank and Eccentric Motion' section of 'Science and Civilisation in China'
11	Related bibliographical reference and brief notes
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