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Radioactivity and the Parts of an Atom
- Undated
"Radioactivity and the Parts of an Atom" is one of fifty-three short education films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes…
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Oral history interview with Makoto Kuro-o
- 2006-Mar-06 – 2006-Mar-08
Makoto Kuro-o grew up in Tokyo, the younger of two children. His father was an engineer, providing air conditioning systems for large structures like the Tokyo train stations. His mother went to college but did not work…
- Interviewee Kuro-o, Makoto, 1960-
- Interviewer Mejia, Robin
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Kuro-o, Makoto, 1960-, Cardiology, Genetics, Gene expression, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Aging--Prevention, Kidneys--Diseases, Molecular biologists, Geneticists, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Lubert Stryer
- 2008-Dec-03 – 2008-Dec-04
Lubert Stryer was born in Tientsin (now Tianjin), China. He and his family lived in Shanghai until he was about ten. Lubert’s father had come to China from Germany, his mother from Russia, in order to escape the…
- Interviewee Stryer, Lubert, 1938-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Stryer, Lubert, 1938-, DNA--Research, Spectrum analysis, Peptides--Conformation, Proteins, Proteins--Structure, Molecular spectroscopy, X-ray spectroscopy, Nuclear excitation, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Izaak M. Kolthoff
- 1984-Mar-15
In this interview Professor Izaak Kolthoff begins by discussing his early life in Holland, his family, and his education. Kolthoff continues with the factors influencing his decision to become an analytical chemist, and…
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Oral history interview with Charles W. Tobias
- 1995-May-15 – 1995-May-16
Charles Tobias begins this interview with a description of his extended family in Hungary and their interest in engineering. He remembers his early childhood and education in Hungary and the influence of his family and…
- Interviewee Tobias, Charles W., 1920-1996
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Electrochemical Society, Tobias, Charles W., 1920-1996, Chemical engineers, Emigration and immigration
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Thank you card from Johanna Duisberg with a portrait of Carl Duisberg, 1935
- 1935-Mar
Johanna Duisberg and her children convey their gratitude for the condolences received upon the death of their husband and father, Carl Duisberg (1861-1935). Carl Duisberg was a prominent German chemist and industrialist…
- Author Duisberg, Johanna
- Subject Duisberg, Carl, 1861-1935, Chemistry, Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Letter from Carl Engler to Georg Bredig, June 1900
- 1900-Jun-30
Carl Engler (1842-1925), a German chemist and professor of chemistry, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending offprints of his recent scientific papers.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Engler, Carl, 1842-1925
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Engler, Carl, 1842-1925, Chemistry
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Postcard from Carl Engler to Georg Bredig, February 1901
- 1901-Feb-18
Carl Engler (1842-1925), a German chemist and professor of chemistry, thanks Georg Bredig for sending his habilitation thesis Anorganische Fermente (Inorganic Ferments). In many Germanophone countries, a habilitation is…
- Author Engler, Carl, 1842-1925
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Engler, Carl, 1842-1925, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Postcard from Carl Engler to Georg Bredig, August 1916
- 1916-Aug-01
Carl Engler (1842-1925) wishes Georg Bredig (1868-1944) well as he prepares for a trip to the Black Forest with his family.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Engler, Carl, 1842-1925
- Subject Engler, Carl, 1842-1925, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Travel, Germany--Black Forest
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Letter from Paul Ehrlich to Georg Bredig
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Paul Ehrlich (1854 – 1915), a German physician and scientist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending him a scientific paper and mentions that he will send Bredig some of his recent scientific publications dealing…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ehrlich, Paul, 1854-1915
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Ehrlich, Paul, 1854-1915, Cellular immunity, Immunoglobulins, Biochemistry
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Letter from Max Bodenstein to Georg Bredig, September 1899
- 1899-Sep-25
Max Bodenstein (1871-1942), a German physical chemist, informs Georg Bredig (1868-1944) that their scientific work would likely not interfere with each other. Bodenstein suggests that Bredig continue working with…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Bodenstein, Max, 1871-1942
- Subject Bodenstein, Max, 1871-1942, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Metal clusters, Chemistry, Colloids
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Letter written by Georg Bredig to Minister of Culture and Education, February 1940
- 1940-Jan-23
- 1940-Feb-09
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) requests that his place of residence be transferred to the United States of America from Utrecht, the Netherlands, where he had initially sought refuge with his colleage, Ernst Cohen…
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Cohen, Ernst, 1869-1944, Third Reich, Jews, German
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Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atque technica historia in duo volumina secundum cosmi differentiam divisa
- 1617 – 1618
Two, first edition volumes bound together. Written by the English scientist, physician, alchemist, and Rosicrucian, Robert Fludd (1574–1637), this encyclopedic work is broadly themed upon the macrocosm and microcosm,…
- Author Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Engraver Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623, Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Subject Alchemy, Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637, Astrology, Cosmology, Arithmetic, Music theory, Rosicrucians
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Autographed portrait of Richard Lorenz
- 1910s
Richard Lorenz (1863-1929), an Austrian physical chemist, presents a signed portrait to his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Lorenz was a professor of chemistry at the Eidgenössische Polytechnikum in Zurich,…
- Contributor Lorenz, Richard, 1858-1915
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Lorenz, Richard, 1858-1915
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Letter from Walter Gebhardt to Georg Bredig, April 1908
- 1908-Apr-05
Walter Gebhardt, a nephew of Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and a zoologist in Halle an der Saale, Germany, responds to his uncle's inquiry regarding the coiling direction of mollusk shells.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Gebhardt, Walter, 1870-1918
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Zoology, Mollusks, Germany--Halle an der Saale
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Letter from Pierre Duhem to Georg Bredig, January 1900
- 1900-Jul-25
Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), a French theoretical physicist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his work on catalytic actions. Duhem additionally requests that Bredig return his French essays on hysteresis, which…
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Letter from Pierre Duhem to Georg Bredig, March 1899
- 1899-Mar-27
Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), a French theoretical physicist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for translating his work from French into German, and responds to questions that Bredig posed to him in previous correspondence.
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Letter from Pierre Duhem to Georg Bredig, March 1899
- 1899-Mar-03
Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), a French theoretical physicist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for translating his work from French into German.
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Jacobus H. van't Hoff, May 1906
- 1906-May-29
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) informs his colleague, Jacobus H. van't Hoff (1852-1911), that Gustav Tammann (1861-1938) has refused to include an obituary for Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (1864-1906), a German chemist, in the…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 1922
- 1922-Jul-20
In a letter to his friend and colleague Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) describes the statutes for awarding Nobel Prizes and laments the lack of funds available for European scientists following…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, March 1922
- 1922-Mar-01
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) updates Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on his professional life in Sweden and his upcoming travel plans to Holland, Belgium, and France. Arrhenius additionally laments the periolous economic…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, World War (1914-1918), Chemistry, Money
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, December 1896
- 1896-Dec-25
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending a drama for his students to perform and informs his colleague that he has been elected as the university rector in Stockholm. Arrhenius…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, October 1896
- 1896-Oct-28
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) provides updates to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on his professional endeavours in Sweden and the work of mutual colleagues. He additionally inquires about Bredig's habilitation in Leipzig,…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Creator Of Work Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
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Kipp's Apparatus
- Circa 1880 – 1920
A Kipp's apparatus, also called a Kipp generator, was an instrument designed for the preparation of small volumes of gases. The instrument was invented around 1844 by the Dutch pharmacist Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808-1864)…
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Center for History of Chemistry Advisory Board Meeting, 1984
- 1984-Aug-27
Two photographs depicting a meeting of the Center for History of Chemistry (CHOC) Advisory Board. The images are views of the opposite sides of a large table, around which a group of men is seated.
Pictured in the…