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Reaction bombs for testing of catalysts
- Circa 1928
General view of reaction bombs used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory to test catalysts at 100 atmospheres of pressure. Numbers are visible on the exterior of the various…
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Gas storage facility at catalyst testing plant
- Circa 1928
General view of the exterior of the gas storage facility at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's catalyst testing plant. Two unidentified workers are visible on the right-hand side of the photograph. A sign reading…
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Model of a synthetic ammonia plant
- Circa 1928
General view of a table-top model of a synthetic ammonia plant showing an assortment of plant machinery and apparatus. The model was created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1962
- 1962-May-14
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning the work of Dr. Roberto Moccia, who Mulliken persuaded to stay at the University of Chicago for the summer and to apply for…
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Letter from E. C. Kendall to Frank Stodola
- 1940-Dec-20
Concerns the biologic test of a 25 mg sample of material sent to Kendall from Stodola.
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Letter from Max Tishler to Paul Bartlett
- 1954-Mar-29
Concerns nomination of Robert Burns Woodward for the Priestley or Gibbs Medal by the American Chemical Society.
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Oral history interview with Donald J. Cram
- 1981-Jan-14
… the late 1970s on guest-host chemistry led to his sharing the Nobel Prize in 1987. INTERVIEWER …two years. I remember particularly that they only had a two-person chemistry department, and I took four courses in chemistry. That’s all I had … chemistry and go into academic chemistry. Then I planned to be a physical…
- Interviewee Cram, Donald J.
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Cram, Donald J., Interviews, Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Chemists--Biography, Nobel Prize winners, Chemistry
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Oral history interview with Paul S. Anderson
- 2002-Oct-28
…were interested in becoming physicians. In fact, I think half of the chemistry majors were actually pre-medical students in my chemistry class, …Although he was a physical-organic chemist, he taught the physical chemistry course for chemistry majors. I remember once when the entire class … entering graduate students in physical, inorganic, and analytical chemistry, but I had the lowest score in organic chemistry. [laughter] …
- Interviewee Anderson, Paul S., 1938-
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Pharmaceutical industry -- Research, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, DuPont-Merck Pharmaceutical Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Anderson, Paul S., 1938-
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Workman operating a guncotton press behind protective rope screen
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…used in explosives. This plate is found within The Romance of Modern Chemistry, which is a layman's introduction to topics in chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including …as discoveries in chemistry.…
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An Alchemist's Laboratory
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…with two furnaces. This plate is found within The Romance of Modern Chemistry, which is a layman's introduction to topics in chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including …as discoveries in chemistry.…
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Scientific Notes from Jacobus van't Hoff sent to Georg Bredig
- Circa 1900
…(1852-1911). Van’t Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 and is considered to be one of the lead pioneers of the field of physical chemistry. These notes came into the possession of German chemist, Georg …
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Scientific Notes from Jacobus van't Hoff sent to Georg Bredig
- Circa 1900
…(1852-1911). Van’t Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 and is considered to be one of the lead pioneers of the field of physical chemistry. These notes came into the possession of German chemist, Georg …
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Scientific Notes from Jacobus van't Hoff sent to Georg Bredig
- Circa 1900
…(1852-1911). Van’t Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 and is considered to be one of the lead pioneers of the field of physical chemistry. These notes came into the possession of German chemist, Georg …
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Scientific Notes from Jacobus van't Hoff sent to Georg Bredig
- Circa 1900
…(1852-1911). Van’t Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 and is considered to be one of the lead pioneers of the field of physical chemistry. These notes came into the possession of German chemist, Georg …
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Calculations from Jacobus van't Hoff sent to Georg Bredig
- 1894
…(1852-1911). Van’t Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 and is considered to be one of the lead pioneers of the field of physical chemistry. These notes came into the possession of German chemist, Georg …
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Scientific Notes from Jacobus van't Hoff sent to Georg Bredig
- 1900
…(1852-1911). Van’t Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 and is considered to be one of the lead pioneers of the field of physical chemistry. These notes came into the possession of German chemist, Georg …
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Scientific Notes from Jacobus van't Hoff sent to Georg Bredig
- 1900
…(1852-1911). Van’t Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 and is considered to be one of the lead pioneers of the field of physical chemistry. These notes came into the possession of German chemist, Georg …
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Scientific Notes from Jacobus van't Hoff sent to Georg Bredig
- 1900
…(1852-1911). Van’t Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 and is considered to be one of the lead pioneers of the field of physical chemistry. These notes came into the possession of German chemist, Georg …
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Scientific Notes from Jacobus van't Hoff sent to Georg Bredig
- 1900
…(1852-1911). Van’t Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 and is considered to be one of the lead pioneers of the field of physical chemistry. These notes came into the possession of German chemist, Georg …
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Scientific Notes from Jacobus van't Hoff sent to Georg Bredig
- 1900
…(1852-1911). Van’t Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 and is considered to be one of the lead pioneers of the field of physical chemistry. These notes came into the possession of German chemist, Georg …
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Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, June 1895
- 1895-Jun-19
…Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. In 1901 van’t Hoff received the first Nobel prize in Chemistry “…
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Postcard from Fritz Haber to Georg Bredig, January 1900
- 1900-Jan-18
…of Karlsruhe Dr. Georg Bredig Leipzig Lennéstr. 2/3 Physical Chemistry Institute …Haber (1868-1934), a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process, discusses the…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, January 1894
- 1894-Jan-09
… pleased to learn that you want to remain in the field of Physical Chemistry, and I wish you the very best of luck with this decision. I hope …expresses his happiness that Bredig will continue studying physical chemistry and invites him to work with him at Stockholm University. …
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1950
- 1950-Aug-28
…2003) with notes and corrections to a research problem in quantum chemistry under investigation. Mulliken suggests Shull use the linear combination…
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Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1982
…annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison …; David Cronon, Dean of the College of Letters and Science; and UW Chemistry professors Fred Juergens and Vince Genna. This video was taken from…