Index Catalog // Science History Institute Digital Collections

Letter from W. A. Wildhack to Arnold O. Beckman

1950-Apr-27

The letter concerns importation of spectrophotometers into Germany and France, the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), and post-war atomic energy restrictions.

Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany

1957

Depicts Justus von Liebig, known for his work in agricultural and organic chemistry.

Subject Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von, 1803-1873, Germany, First day covers (Philately), Postage stamps, Justus Liebig-Universität Giessen, Cachets (Philately), Science on postage stamps, Postmarks, and Commemorative postage stamps

Postage stamps

First Day Cover commemorating Otto Hahn's 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1979

Cachet depicts Otto Hahn's equipment and the nuclear fission of uranium atoms. Stamp shows Hahn's diagram of the splitting of the uranium nucleus. Hahn was the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1944.

Subject Chemists, Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968, Germany, First day covers (Philately), Postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Nuclear fission, Cachets (Philately), Science on postage stamps, Postmarks, and Commemorative postage stamps

Postage stamps

Postage stamp commemorating German emergency aid

1934

Stamp issued by the "Deutsche Reich" government under Nazi rule depicting images associated with the profession of chemistry.

Subject Science on postage stamps, Germany, National socialism, Postage stamps, Chemistry, and Third Reich

Postage stamps

German postage stamp commemorating Fritz Haber

after 1950 – before 1995

Stamp depicts profile of Fritz Haber who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a process to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gas, which allowed for the large-scale synthesis of…