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Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, March 15, 1943
- 1943-Mar-15
Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), a Polish American chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan, informs his friend and mentee, Max Bredig (1902-1977), that he will be glad to serve as a character witness…
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Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, July 14, 1943
- 1943-Jul-14
Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), a Polish American chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan, informs his friend and former mentee, Max Bredig (1902-1977), that he wrote a positive reference in support…
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Author Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
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Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, November 25, 1940
- 1940-Nov-25 (Written)
- 1940-Dec-09 (Recieved)
Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), a Polish American chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan, informs his friend and colleague, Max Bredig (1902-1977), that he is forwarding Bredig two letters from…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, February 8, 1936
- 1936-Feb-08
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) writes to his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), about professional, personal, and financial matters. Georg additionally mentions that his teaching license has recently been revoked due to the…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, October 3, 1936
- 1936-Oct-03
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) updates his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977) on family and health matters, and additionally inquires about Max's professional prospects abroad.
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Letter from Georg Hermann Quincke to Georg Bredig, October 1900
- 1900-Oct-30
Georg Hermann Quincke (1832-1924), a German physicist, requests that Georg Bredig (1868-1944) choose a scientific instrument from a catalogue that measures amperes and have it sent to Quincke at the University of…
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Letter from Max Planck to Georg Bredig, March 1920
- 1920-Mar-03
Max Planck (1858-1947), a German theoretical physicist who won the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering energy quanta, informs Georg Bredig (1868-1944) of a new lending service for foreign language scientific…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Planck, Max, 1858-1947
- Subject Planck, Max, 1858-1947, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Science publishing
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Letter from Max Planck to Georg Bredig, May 1933
- 1933-May-22
Max Planck (1858-1947), a German theoretical physicist who won the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering energy quanta, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and the German Bunsen Society for wishing him well on his…
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Postcard from Max Planck to Georg Bredig, January 1912
- 1918-Jan-29
Max Planck (1858-1947), a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918, informs Georg Bredig (1869-1944) that he will send Bredig copies of his last lecture at…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Planck, Max, 1858-1947
- Subject Planck, Max, 1858-1947, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft
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Letter from Wilhelm Ostwald to Georg Bredig, February 1904
- 1904-Feb-02
Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), a pioneer in physical chemistry and the winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, apologizes that he categorized Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) recent essay on catalysis as a report instead…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Catalysis, Science publishing
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Blasting
- A Handbook for the Use of Engineers and Others Engages in Mining, Tunnelling, Quarrying, etc.
- 1906
Second edition handbook for the assistance of laborers who conduct blasting operations and civil engineering work. Work is illustrated with black and white prints depicting machinery and diagrams, and includes three…
- Author Guttmann, Oscar, 1855-1910
- Publisher Charles Griffin & Company
- Subject Blasting, Blasting--Study and teaching, Explosives, Blasting--Equipment and supplies
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Theatrum Botanicum
- The Theater of Plants, or An Herball of a Large Extent
- 1640
Immense volume, consisting of 1,688 pages and approximately 3,800 plant descriptions. Theatricum Botanicum is the magnum opus of John Parkinson (1567-1650), an early English herbalist, apothecary, and botanist. It is…
- Author Parkinson, John, 1567-1650
- Printer Cotes, Thomas
- Engraver Marshall, William, active 1617-1650
- Subject Botany, Herbals, Medicinal plants, Botany, Medical, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Materia medica
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Postcard from Oscar Bie to Georg Bredig, May 1915
- Circa 1915 (30 May)
Oscar Bie (1864-1938), a German art historian, cultural critic, and publicist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for an invitation to visit the Bredig family in Karlsruhe.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Bie, Oskar, 1864-1938
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bie, Oskar, 1864-1938
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Letter from Eduard Buchner to Wilhelm Ostwald, July 1892
- 1892-Jul-15
Eduard Buchner (1860-1917), a German chemist and zymologist who was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation, informs Wilhelm Ostwald that he has discovered a remarkable property of…
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Letter from Fritz Haber to Georg Bredig, May 1928
- 1928-May-23
Fritz Haber (1868-1934), a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process, informs his friend and colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), that he would like…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Arnold Eucken, May 29, 1927
- 1927-May-29
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) asks his colleague, the German chemist Arnold Eucken (1884-1950), if there are any assistantship positions available at Eucken's university, the Technical University of Breslau. Bredig would…
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Letter from the German Consulate to Max Bredig, April 26, 1938
- 1938-Apr-26
The German Consulate informs Max Bredig (1902-1977) of administrative forms relating to his emigration from Germany to the United States.
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Letter from Grete Ostwald to Georg Bredig, August 1939
- 1939-Aug-18
Grete Ostwald, an archivist and the daughter of the famous German physical chemist, Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for donating two items related to her father's legacy to the Wilhelm…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ostwald, Grete, 1882–1960
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Archives
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Postcard from Paul Pfeiffer to Georg Bredig, March 1901
- 1901-Mar-06
Paul Pfeiffer (1875-1951), a German chemist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his habilitation thesis "Anorganische Fermente" (Inorganic Ferments). In many Germanophone countries, a habilitation is a…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Pfeiffer, Paul, 1875-1951
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Pfeiffer, Paul, 1875-1951, Chemistry, Marriage
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Letter from Eduard Buchner to Georg Bredig, March 1900
- 1900-Mar-13
Eduard Buchner (1860-1917), a German chemist and zymologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1907, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his paper on platinum catalysis.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Buchner, Eduard, 1860-1917
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Buchner, Eduard, 1860-1917, Nobel Prize winners, Catalysis
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Letter from Richard Willstätter to Georg Bredig, December 1935
- 1935-Dec-26
Richard Willstätter (1872-1942), a German organic chemist, inventor of paper chromatography, and 1915 Nobel Prize winner, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his treatise "Catalysis with Organic Fibers." …
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Bredig family, circa 1910
- Circa 1910
Undated Bredig family photograph. From left to right, back row, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), a relative identified as Frau Dombrowsky, and Rosa Bredig (1877-1933). Front row, Max Albert (1902-1977) and Marianne Bredig…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, 1906
- 1906
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) thanks his colleague, the Dutch physical chemist Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff (1852-1911), for hosting him in Heidelberg. Bredig additionally discusses his thoughts on surface tension in…
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Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, May 19, 1943
- 1943-May-19
Ilse Wolfsberg informs Max Bredig (1902-1977) that her fiancé, the German scientific patent expert Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968), finally received an American visa. She describes the plans for his arrival in New York and…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Ilse Wolfsberg, March 20, 1942
- 1942-Mar-20
Max Bredig (1902-1977) provides advice to Ilse Wolfsberg regarding the immigration case of her fiancé, the German scientific patent expert, Fritz Hochwald. Hochwald is currently interned in the Miranda de Ebro…