| Needham/NRI2/SCC6/24 contains: |
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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 |
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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 |
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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' |
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Correspondence with Prof. André Sleeswyk of Groningen, Holland, about the possibility of his spending a sabbatical year in Cambridge, and related documents |
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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' |
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Letter from Prof. André Sleeswyk of Groningen, Holland, about his wish to spend a sabbatical year in Cambridge, and attached documents |
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Draft of a paper by John H. Combridge entitled 'The Chinese Steelyard Clepsydra' for publication in 'Technology and Culture' |
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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' |
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Letter from John H. Combridge of Ilford, Essex, about the publication of his paper 'Chinese Steelyard Clepsydra', and copy of Joseph Needham's reply |
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Joseph Needham's notes from a lecuture by G. Manuel Doncel on '3 Horloges Mécaniques +13ieme Siècle' |
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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 |
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| 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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