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Letter from Max Bredig to Salomea Fajans, February 1939
- 1939-Feb-04
Max Bredig (1902-1977) thanks Solomea Fajans (1889-1982) for her concern for his family members in Nazi-occupied Germany, who have requested immigration assistance. Bredig explains that it will be very difficult to…
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Letter copies from Werner and Ida Gebhardt to Kasimir Fajans, January, 1939
- 1939-Jan-17
Max Bredig (1902-1977) copies excerpts of letters addressed to his colleague, the chemistry professor Kasimir Fajans (1887-1985), from his family members in Germany, Werner and Ida Gebhardt. The Gebhardts, who have been…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Hermann Mark
- 1938-Dec-13
Max Bredig (1902-1977) thanks his colleague, Hermann Mark (1895-1992), for his professional advice and reports that he has received a job offer from the Vanadium Corporation of America.
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Note from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, November 1939
- 1930s
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) writes a note to his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), who resides in New York City. He updates Max on his life in exile in the Netherlands as he waits to depart for the U.S.A, including his…
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Postcard from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, September 26, 1939
- 1939-Sep-26
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) confirms receiving recent correspondence from his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977). He also mentions that he may seek refuge in the Netherlands with his friend and colleague, the Dutch chemist Ernst…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, December 13, 1938
- 1938-Dec-13
In a letter to his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), Georg Bredig (1868-1944) discusses the challenges of sending Max's scientific journals from Germany to the United States due to the antisemitic fees imposed upon Jewish…
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Third Reich, Antisemitism, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, August 26, 1937
- 1938-Aug-26
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) discusses financial matters with his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977).
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Third Reich
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, March 18, 1938
- 1938-Mar-18
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) tells his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), that his personal documents have been returned to him by Third Reich authorities.
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Third Reich, Antisemitism, German Jews
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, November 4, 1937
- 1937-Nov-04
In a letter to his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), Georg Bredig (1868-1944) suggests that Max work on accumulators at the University of Michigan and provides scientific references on the subject. Georg additionally gives…
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Correspondence between Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, circa 1935
- Decade starting 1935
Correspondence between Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), regarding income tax laws in Germany. Georg has copied an excerpt from the tax information sheet of the university association and…
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Third Reich, Taxation, Antisemitism, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Letter from Eduard Schär to Georg Bredig, February 1900
- 1900-Feb-01
In a letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Eduard Schär (1842-1913), a Swiss pharmacologist, discusses the catalytic ability of colloidal platinum towards H2O2 and mentions that two of his scientific treatises are…
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Letter from Eduard Schär to Georg Bredig, February 1901
- 1901-Feb-19
Eduard Schär (1842-1913), a Swiss pharmacologist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his habilitation thesis Anorganische Fermente (Inorganic Ferments). In many Germanophone countries, a habilitation is a…
- Author Schär, Eduard, 1842-1913
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Schär, Eduard, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Academic theses, Fermentation
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Letter from Karl Vossler to Georg Bredig, January 1927
- 1927-Jan-25
Karl Vossler (1872-1949), a German linguist and scholar of Romance languages at the University of Munich, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his rector's speech "Denkmethoden der Chemie" (Methods of Thought in…
- Author Vossler, Karl, 1872-1949
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Vossler, Karl, 1872-1949, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Speeches
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Letter from Johannes Stark to Georg Bredig, September 1913
- 1913-Sep-06
Johannes Stark (1874-1957), a German physicist and the 1919 winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for recommending a colleague for a professional opportunity. Stark mentions although the…
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Letter from Ernest Solvay to Georg Bredig, May 1918
- 1918-May-25
Ernest Solvay (1838-1922), a Belgian chemist, thanks Georg Bredig for his correspondence and expresses his mutual sadness about the travesties of the First World War.
- Author Solvay, Ernest, 1838-1922
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Solvay, Ernest, 1838-1922, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, World War (1914-1918)
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, November 20, 1937
- 1937-Nov-20
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) asks his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), if he should send Max's books and scientific journals to the U.S.A. Georg additionally offers Max practical advice on living in a cold climate and provides…
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Periodicals, Jews, German
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, February 14, 1935
- 1935-Feb-14
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) discusses financial matters with his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), and mentions increasing antisemitism in the scientific community.
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Third Reich, Antisemitism, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Oral history interview with Miguel A. Ondetti
- 1995-Jan-12
Miguel A. Ondetti begins this interview by describing his parents' immigrant background and work in Argentina, his early interests in chemistry, and his education at vocational school in Buenos Aires. Upon high school…
- Interviewee Ondetti, Miguel A., 1930-2004
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Captopril, Chemists, Ondetti, Miguel A., Chemists--Biography, Squibb Institute for Medical Research, Emigration and immigration
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, August 6, 1936
- 1936-Aug-06
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) provides feedback on an offer that his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), has received to work in Sweden with the Swedish chemist, Olof Arrhenius (1895-1977). Olof Arrhenius was the oldest son of…
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Third Reich
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Letter from Percy L. Julian to Ray Dawson
- 1934-Jun-25
Percy Julian (1899-1975) writes to his student, Ray Fields Dawson (1911-2012) to express his pleasure at Dawson's excellent performance in organic chemistry. He notes upcoming student publications and hopes that next…
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Oral history interview with Klaus Biemann
- 2006-Aug-29
Klaus Biemann's oral history begins with a discussion of his youth near Vienna, Austria. As pharmacy was the family profession, Biemann chose to study it at the University of Innsbruck. He soon developed an interest in…
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Standard Color Card of America,
- Issued by the Textile Color Card Association of the U. S., Inc.
- 1916
Work intended to “standardize colors for the Textile and allied industries so that the standard name or standard number will always signify the color so designated in this card.” This work and its subsequent editions…
- Creator Of Work Textile Color Card Association of the United States
- Publisher Textile Color Card Association of the United States
- Subject Colors, Textile industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Color Association of the United States, Textile Color Card Association of the United States
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Lectures on Coal Tar Colours and on Recent Improvements and Progress in Dyeing and Calico Printing
- Embodying Copious Notes Taken at the Last London International Exhibition and Illustrated with Numberous Patterns of Fabrics Dyed with Aniline and Other Colours
- 1860s
Frederick Crace Calvert (1819–1873) was a professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution, Manchester. From 1835 to 1846 he lived in France, studying chemistry under the chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889), who…
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Automated Blood Alcohol Analysis With Gas Chromatography
- 1960s
This narrated guide to performing blood alcohol analysis using gas chromatography was created by Dr. G. Machata at the University of Vienna Institute of Forensic Medicine. It walks viewers through using Perkin-Elmer…