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Letter from Charles Coulson to Harrison Shull, 1967
- 1967-Dec-22
… good wishes for 1968 Yours sincerely, LANG Professor Harry Shull, Chemistry Yepartment, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana, 47401, USA …atop ea kehpu.tes 4 lh sg ’ “AER@GRKAMME (* PA Professor Harry Shull, Chemistry Department, University of Indiana, Bloomington, 4tndiana 47401, USA …Concerns Coulson's appreciation for Shull's work on the Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange (QCPE) Newsletter.…
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Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1997
…annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison …includes the combustibility of different elements and chemicals, the chemistry around household products, creating polyurethane foam, experiments …bases, and appearances by Bucky, the UW mascot; Santa Claus; and UW Chemistry professor Fred Juergens (who is about to retire and receives a gift…
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Letter from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, July 1898
- 1898-Jul-02
…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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Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1975
…annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison … UW mascot, UW professors Bill Weber and Vince Genna, and retired Chemistry professor Odell Alvestor Taliaferro (Tally). This video was taken…
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Portrait of Charles Stine (1882-1954)
- 1940s
… a Master of Science in 1905. In 1907, Stine obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University. Upon leaving Johns Hopkins University …fibers and led to the discovery of nylon. For his contributions in chemistry, Stine was awarded the Perkin Medal of the American Section of the …as a member of the committee in charge of the American Institute of Chemistry and as a counselor of the American Chemical Society. Stine also …
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Georg Bredig and Egon Elöd in Karlsruhe
- 1923-Sep
…was taken, Elöd was a private lecturer, teaching textile and tanning chemistry. In 1926, he became a full-time professor. …
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Milton Whitney (Chief of Bureau of Soils)
- 1910s
…Department of Agriculture's Weather Bureau, and oversaw geography and chemistry-based surveys designed to understand, manage, conserve and sustain…
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Anilin-Färberei; das Gesammte der Färberei und Druckerei mit Kohlentheer-Farbstoffen auf Wolle, Baumwolle und Seide
- 1874
The fifth edition of a work on dyeing and printing with aniline dyes on fabric, cotton, and silk. Contains 84 colored fabric samples. Only dye samples have been digitized.
- Author Beckers, A.
- Publisher Verlag von Gustav Weigel
- Contributor Reimann, M.
- Subject Coal-tar colors, Chemistry, Technical, Dyes and dyeing, Aniline, Dyes and dyeing--Cotton, Dyes and dyeing--Wool, Dyes and dyeing--Silk
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Hand Operated Centrifuge
- Circa 1930
Brass instrument with removable wooden handle. Holds two centrifuge tubes. Used for rapid settling of suspended solids from small quantities of liquid in analytical or clinical procedures. Manufactured by Charles Lentz…
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Postcard from Georg Bredig to Rosa Bredig
- 1901-Mar-02
Postcard from Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to his wife Rosa Bredig (1877-1933). The postcard was created for the foundation celebration of the chemical society. It features light-hearted portraits of chemists (left to…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, July 25, 1937
- 1937-Jul-25
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) encourages his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), to accept a fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan facilitated by their colleague and friend, Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975). The…
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Letter from James Franck to Fritz Haber
- 1927-Feb-10
James Franck (1882-1964), a German physicist who studied electron activity in atoms, writes to Fritz Haber (1868-1934), a German chemist known as “the father of chemical warfare” for his development and promotion of…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Georg Bredig, March 26, 1937
- 1937-Mar-26
Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) gives his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), updates about his personal and professional life. A notable update is that Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), a former student of Georg's, offered to…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Georg Bredig and Marianne Homburger, January 1936
- 1936-Jan-21
Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) writes a letter to his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), and sister, Marianne Homburger (1903-1986). Max tells his family that he has been taking Hebrew lessons twice a week, but thinks it…
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Svante Arrhenius
- 1914-Mar-26
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) writes to Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), his lifelong friend and colleague. Bredig updates Arrhenius on his own scientific work regarding chemical kinetics in electric and magnetic fields and…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, October 29, 1897
- 1897-Oct-29
Correspondence from Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) discussing Bredig's report in a journal about the thermal conductivity of ions and asks questions about his calculations.
At this time…
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Dyestuffs for Nylon Hosiery
- Circa 1960
A booklet produced by the General Dyestuff Corporation, a sales division of the General Aniline & Film Corporation. Includes 16 mounted dyed nylon fabric samples on three cardstock pages, dyeing method instructions, and…
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Traité Élémentaire de Chimie
- 1789
This work by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier is widely considered the first of its kind in modern chemical literature. Select digitized content includes front cover, frontismatter, woodcut vignettes, as well as thirteen…
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Bernie Thiegs preparing insecticide at Dow agricultural laboratory
- 1941-Aug
General view of chemist Bernie Thiegs preparing an insecticide intended to combat potato beetles at the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory facilities. Per an article in the…
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Dr. Albert Baird Hastings and Dr. James A. Hawkins
- 1926-Jun
Portrait of (left to right) Dr. Albert Baird Hastings (1895-1987) and Dr. James A. Hawkins posed in a laboratory at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (H.R.I.M.R.). Best known for the study…
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Charles F. Chandler notebook Aus Nord Amerika
- 1854 – 1855
Notebook containing 49 pages of laboratory notes taken by Charles F. Chandler in Göttingen as a pupil of Professor Friedrich Wöhler in 1854 and in Berlin as a pupil of Professor Heinrich Rose in 1855. In these pages,…
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Experimental blast furnace on burden of phosphate
- 1930s
Two views of the experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Experimental blast furnace on burden of phosphate
- 1930s
Three views of the experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Equipment used to produce intermediate for conversion to potassium metaphosphate
- Circa 1934
Two views of apparatus and equipment used to produce an intermediate suitable for conversion to potassium metaphosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington,…
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Opening cinder-notch on No. 2 experimental blast furnace
- 1932-Oct-12
General view of workers opening the cinder-notch on the No. 2 experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research…