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SCC1 Publication and publishers
SCC2 Research Material
SCC3 Prefatory materials
SCC4 Correspondence on and after publication
SCC5 Promotional material and reviews
SCC6 Addenda and second edition material
SCC7 Foreign Editions
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Addenda and second edition material
Reference SCC6
Covering Dates 1720–10 Aug. 1993
Extent and Medium 22 boxes; Paper
Content and context

These files contain notes and correspondence on topics collected after the publication of the various 'Science and Civilisation in China' volumes, kept by Joseph Needham for use in the production of second editions of those volumes.

Needham/NRI2/SCC6 contains:
1 'Addendum Korea'.
Paper.
Sep. 1956–1979
2 'Addendum, Khazaria'.
Paper.
27 Aug. 1953–1979
3 'Addendum, Israel'.
Paper.
1950–1986
4 Mongolia.
Paper.
7 Apr. 1986–17 Sep. 1986
5 Joseph Needham's interleaved copies of 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Paper.
9 Sep. 1954–4 Aug. 1994
6 Backgrounds, contacts, etc.
Paper.
1960–17 Feb. 1986
7 Taoism, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, Fundamental Ideas etc.
Paper.
1960–1985
8 Laws of Nature.
Paper.
1960–7 Dec. 1981
9 Mathematics.
Paper.
1960–1985
10 Astronomy.
Paper.
1960–29 Jan. 1987
11 Space Travel - Conference on Inter-Stellar Exploration, Los Alamos, May 1983.
Paper.
1982–1983
12 Papers relating to the International Academy of Aeronautics.
Paper.
1960-Dec. 1983
13 Meteorology.
Paper.
17 Nov. 1962–2 June 1985
14 Geography and cartography.
Paper.
1965–10 Jan. 1986
15 Geology, mineralogy and seismology.
Paper.
1960–1989
16 Physics: Miscellaneous.
Paper.
1960–1985
17 Physics: Optics.
Paper.
1960–1985
18 Physics: Acoustics.
Paper.
1960–1987
19 Physics: Magnetism.
Paper.
1960–1985
20 Correspondence with Pavle Bidev on the Chinese origin of chess.
Paper.
June 1968–25 Feb. 1986
21 Mechanical engineering: Miscellaneous.
Paper.
1960–10 Aug. 1993
22 Mechanical engineering: Miscellaneous.
Paper.
1960–1989
23 Technology of animal power.
Paper.
1960–1979
24 Horological engineering.
Paper.
1960–1985
25 Enlargements of Joseph Needham's photographs showing 'walling, bridges, building technology, gardens, important tombs, hydraulic engineering, mostly not used in SCC Vol. 4, pt. 3'.
Paper.
1964–1985
26 Civil engineering: roads and walls.
Paper.
1965–19 Jan. 1983
27 Civil engineering: building technology.
Paper.
1960–6 Mar. 1986
28 Civil engineering: bridges.
Paper.
1965–13 Dec. 1990
29 Civil engineering: Hydraulics.
Paper.
1965–22 Dec. 1985
30 Nautical technology: shipbuilding etc.
Paper.
1965–1989
31 Nautical history.
Paper.
1965–7 Aug. 1986
32 Nautical navigation.
Paper.
12 Dec. 1968–12 Nov. 1981
33 Nautics: voyages.
Paper.
1965–27 Nov. 1987
34 Nautics: propulsion.
Paper.
1960–23 July 1986
35 Nautics: ancillary.
Paper.
1970–1 June 1988
36 Japanese scroll paintings of the 18th Century showing Chinese and European shipping.
Paper.
1971–5 Dec. 1986
37 Captain Brett Hilder's Album of Chinese Junks.
Paper.
1720–1980
38 Japanese nautics.
Paper.
1919–1989
39 Alchemy and early chemistry: Second edition material found in Joseph Needham's room at the Needham Research Institute.
Paper.
1970–1979

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