File ACG/20/3/5 - Letter from Angus Graham to Joseph [Needham]

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GB 891 ACG-ACG/20-ACG/20/3-ACG/20/3/5

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Letter from Angus Graham to Joseph [Needham]

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  • [1972] (Creation)

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Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Letter from Angus Graham to Joseph [Needham] to ask whether pulleys of any complexity were used in ancient China for lifting curtains. He writes that he and Nathan Sivin are collaborating on optical canons (this article was published in 1973). Letter incomplete.

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  • English

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