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34 Copies of 2 letters from John Combridge of Ilford, Essex, to Richard Watanabe of Ontario Science Centre, Canada, about Watanabe's work on a reconstruction of an astronomical clock tower
35 Cutting of a 'Guardian' article by Anthony Tucker entitled 'Just a second..you mean the clock's gone wrong' about the adding of an extra second to a day in order to regulate time
36 Letter from John H. Combridge of Ilford, Essex, about the publication of a response to Dr. André W. Sleeswyk's paper 'The Celestial River: A Reconstruction' in 'Technology and Culture'
37 Correspondence with Prof. André Sleeswyk of Groningen, Holland, about the possibility of his spending a sabbatical year in Cambridge, and related documents
38 Copies of correspondence between John H. Combridge of Ilford, Essex, and Dr. Melvin Kranzberg of 'Technology and Culture' about the publication of a response to Sleeswyk's paper 'The Celestial River: A Reconstruction' in 'Technology and Culture'
39 Letter from Prof. André Sleeswyk of Groningen, Holland, about his wish to spend a sabbatical year in Cambridge, and attached documents
40 Draft of a paper by John H. Combridge entitled 'The Chinese Steelyard Clepsydra' for publication in 'Technology and Culture'
41 Copy of a letter from John H. Combridge of Ilford, Essex, to Dr. Melvin Kranzberg of 'Technology and Culture' about amendments to his paper on The Chinese Steelyard Clepsydra'
42 Letter from John H. Combridge of Ilford, Essex, about the publication of his paper 'Chinese Steelyard Clepsydra', and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
43 Joseph Needham's notes from a lecuture by G. Manuel Doncel on '3 Horloges Mécaniques +13ieme Siècle'
44 Correspondence with Dr. A. A. Mills of the University of Leicester, about his work on Newton's water-clocks and the fliud dynamics of clepsydrae, and related documents
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Letter from Prof. André Sleeswyk of Groningen, Holland, about his wish to spend a sabbatical year in Cambridge, and attached documents
Reference SCC6/24/39
Creator Sleeswyk, André; Needham, Joseph.
Covering Dates 11 Apr. 1979
Extent and Medium 18 sheets; Paper
Content and context

The attached documents comprise a copy of a paper by Sleeswyk entitled 'The 13th Century 'King Hezekiah' Water Clock'; copy of Joseph Needham's reply; postcard from Sleeswyk, thanking Needham for his letter.

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