A newspaper on popular science displayed outside the Kansu Science Education Institute. Photographer: Joseph Needham, 1943. (photo provided by NRI) Used by permission.
Electro-plating with a hand generator, owing to absence of mains current, at the Scientific Apparatus Supply Service factory, Chengdu, Sichuan, 1943. Used by permission.
Chappe d'Auteroche, abbé. Voyage en Sibérie, vol. 1. Paris: Debure, pere, 1768. The covers of this volume were detached. In order to provide support for the book during exhibition, the covers were reattached by a method called board…