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William Henry Perkin- Pioneer in Synthetic Organic Dyes
- 1980
…discovery was significant as one of the first important links between pure chemistry and industry. Perkin was called "the world's first chemical technologist…
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Oral history interview with Elizabeth Dyer
- 1986-Oct-13
…Elizabeth Dyer's oral history covers her childhood and early interest in chemistry, as well as her graduate years at Harvard and long career at the …had a chemistry set? DYER: Yes, that's before I got interested in it at all. He …cooking, but I just did the usual chores. SKOLNIK: Well, cooking is chemistry, so you did have an early interest in chemistry, then! [laughter]…
- Interviewee Dyer, Elizabeth, 1906-1995
- Interviewer Skolnik, Herman
- Subject Women in science, Dyer, Elizabeth, 1906-1995, Chemistry, Polymers, University of Delaware, Women chemists, Chemists
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Annotations to Wilhelm Ostwald's "Über Katalyse" by Georg Bredig
- 1922 – 1924
… importance of various works by Ostwald in the history of physical chemistry. Also contains notes to the typist or typesetter. The page versos…
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Chemical Heritage, Volume 26 Number 1
- 2008 (Spring)
…tem- porary loss of his vision, his hair, and his eyebrows. “No more chemistry,” declared his parents, but Neville’s beloved chemistry teacher persuaded …Folks was written in the 1870s, during a period in which Meyer studied chemistry at the Boston School of Technology and served as professor of chemistry … of a course { on 20th-century science raises eyebrows; ig- noring chemistry barely elicits a response. Putting chemistry back into those stan…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, 1906
- 1906
…Volume 101, page 607. This is also discussed in Hoeber's “Physical Chemistry of Cells and Tissues,” which will be published by Engelman as a second …as an electro-osmotic membrane (International Congress for Applied Chemistry, Berlin 1903, Volume IV, page 646). In my opinion, however, it can … Journal for Physical Chemistry, 43, page 86 and by Friedlaender in the same place, 38, 42. You probably…
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Georg Bredig (1868- )
- 1937-Jun
…international center for the propagation of the new border science, physical chemistry. In 1889 Bredig enlisted in that company of brilliant young men surrounding Ostwald and soon knew that he had found the branch of chemistry most congenial to his talents. Finishing his doctorate in 1894 he …in 1938. The record of this active life of devotion to the cause of chemistry and education is set down in some two hundred publications. Here …
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Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, February 1900
- 1900-Feb-16
… Imperial Service Postcard [stamps] To: Dr. Bredig Physical Chemistry Institute Leipzig Residence: Linnéstraße …
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Letter from Max Bredig to Georg Bredig, November 8, 1936
- 1937-Nov-08
Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) updates his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on his personal and professional life. Max is currently living in a new apartment and working with doctoral and postdoctoral students.
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Letter from Max Bredig to Georg Bredig and Marianne Homburger, March 1, 1936
- 1936-Mar-01
Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) writes to his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and sister, Marianne Homburger née Bredig (1903-1986) to describe the work he is doing in Berlin. Max is studying how carbide phases can be…
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Something New in Radio Cabinets
- Part of 1946 Hercules Advertisements
- 1946
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Cellulosics... Low-Cost Solution to the Housing Problem...
- Part of 1946 Hercules Advertisements
- 1946
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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"Ethyl" Changes a Tire for the Better...
- Part of 1946 Hercules Advertisements
- 1946
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Ethyl Cellulose... Worthy Mate for Metal
- Part of 1946 Hercules Advertisements
- 1946
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Chemist at work in Dow Agricultural Research and Development Laboratory
- Circa 1952
General view of an unidentified employee measuring the specific gravity of a specimen in the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory. Per an article in the August 1941 edition of…
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Employees at work in Dow Agricultural Chemical Research Laboratory
- 1941-Aug
General view of two employees at work in a Dow Chemical Company Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory facility. Per an article in the August 1941 edition of the Dow Diamond, the department was…
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James Doedens Dr. D.E. Pletcher purifying aromatic chemicals at Dow Aromatics Laboratory
- 1949
General view of two chemists using experimental distillation apparatus to purify aromatic chemicals in the Bush Aromatics Research Department at the Dow Chemical Company facilities in Midland, Michigan. The individuals…
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Interior of Engine Room at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1932-Jan-19
General view of the Engine Room at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. showing assorted machinery and apparatus.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Portrait of James Wilson (1835-1920)
- 1910s
Portrait of James Wilson (1835-1920), who served as Secretary of Agriculture from 1897 to 1913. Wilson's tenure as Secretary is regarded as a period distinguished by the modernization of agricultural methods, as well as…
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Interior of Engine Room at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1932-Jan-19
Two views of the interior of the Engine Room at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory, with both full and partial views of the blowing engines for the experimental blast furnace.
The…
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Interior of Engine Room at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1932-Jan-19
Three views of the Engine Room at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. showing assorted machinery and apparatus.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Radioactive material containers
- 1950s – circa
General view of assorted containers and components used to house radioactive materials. The jar labels include space to record the isotope, amount, and date. These containers are believed to have been used as part of…
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Radioactive material handling at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
Close-up view of the handling of radioactive material at an U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. The U.S.D.A. commonly used radioactive material for a variety of research and testing, including the study of…
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Storage piles for experimental blast furnace
- 1930-Mar-21
General view of storage piles of raw material, including greensand, leucite, coke, and limestone, used in the experimental blast furnace at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located…
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Water gas generator at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1926-Apr
General view of the exterior of the water gas generator at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. The term "water gas" commonly refers to the mixture of…
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Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory personnel
- Circa 1928
Group photograph of unidentified personnel from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at…