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J.F. Shultz investigating the effect of phosphine upon ammonia catalysts
- 1926-Apr
General view of J.F. Shultz demonstrating an apparatus used to analyze the effect of phosphine upon ammonia catalysts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington,…
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Dr. E. C. White with apparatus for the automatic analysis and indication of the carbon monoxide content of a gas stream
- 1926-Apr
General view of Dr. E. C. White demonstrating use of an apparatus for the automatic analysis and indication of the carbon monoxide content of a gas stream at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Dr. M.F. Fogler with apparatus for dissociation of nitric acid
- 1926-Apr
General view of Dr. M.F. Fogler demonstrating an apparatus used for the dissociation of nitric acid at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed…
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Dr. Sebastian Karrer measuring the thermal conductivity of active nitrogen
- 1926-Apr
General view of Dr. Sebastian Karrer using an apparatus to measure the thermal conductivity of active nitrogen at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The…
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W.E. Kuentzel removing carbon monoxide from water gas
- 1926-Apr
General view of W.E. Kuentzel demonstrating use of an apparatus for the removal of carbon monoxide from water gas by means of preferential combustion at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1961
- 1961-Sep-29
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning upcoming Gordon Research Conference and proposal for Shull to give a seminar talk at the University of Chicago.
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Frontispiece: Scene from the Hamstead Colliery mining disaster of 1908
- Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
- 1909
…to the mine fire. 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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Letter from George Hevesy to Georg Bredig
- 1925-Dec-15
…Hevesy was a Hungarian chemist. He worked in inorganic and nuclear chemistry at Stockholm University. In 1923, he co-discovered the element hafnium. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1943 for his contribution to the development of radioactive tracers …the time this letter was written, Hevesy was a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Freiburg. …
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DuPont Mass Spectrometer display booth
- 1973-Mar-05
…Spectrometers at the Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON) held in Cleveland, Ohio in March…
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Apparatus for studying the structure of molecules
- 1930-Jan-08
…vibrational, rotational, and other low-frequency modes in a system. In chemistry, it is commonly used to provide a so-called fingerprint by which …
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Oral history interview with Edwin J. Vandenberg
- 1987-Sep-01
…discussing his early interests in science and the decision to focus on chemistry at Stevens Institute of Technology. He began his career at Hercules working on paper chemistry, where he contributed to the understanding of paper sizing as a colloid … about thirteen or fourteen, I got acquainted with his chemistry laboratory and became fascinated by chemistry as a result of that … F. J. Pond. His first years at Hercules were with Spurlin's paper chemistry group, where he contributed to the understanding of paper sizing …
- Interviewee Vandenberg, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1918-2005
- Interviewer Skolnik, Herman
- Subject Polymers, Hercules Incorporated, Chemists, Chemists--Biography, Vandenberg, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1918-2005
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Advertisements for publications from Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft
- Advertisements for publications from Academic Publishing Company
- Circa 1926
Pamphlets advertising works published by the Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (Academic Publishing Company) by chemists who were friends and colleagues of Georg Bredig (1944-1968) including Kazimierz Fajans (1887 -1975),…
- Creator Of Work Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (Leipzig, Germany)
- Subject Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (Leipzig, Germany), Publishers and publishing, Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Crystallography, Walden, Paul, 1863-1957, Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Chemistry, Electrochemistry
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Dr. F.E. Allison studying the fixation of nitrogen by bacteria
- 1926-Apr
Two views of Dr. F.E. Allison studying the fixation of nitrogen by bacteria at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Mr. Olmstead with ultrasonic oscillator at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1930-Jan-08
General view of Mr. Olmstead. operating an ultrasonic oscillator used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. Visible components of the oscillator include…
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C.A. Black with apparatus for filling tubes
- 1927-Jul-26
General view of C.A. Black demonstrating use of an apparatus for filling tubes in order to study ammonia-carbon dioxide-Urea-water systems at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Dr. R.O.E. Davis with apparatus for filling tubes
- 1927-Jul-26
General view of Dr. R.O.E. Davis demonstrating use of an apparatus for filling tubes in order to study ammonia-carbon dioxide-Urea-water systems at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Dr. J.G. Thompson and Mr. C.L. Sullivan operating hydrogen burner
- 1926-Apr
General view of Dr. J.G. Thompson (left) and Mr. C.L. Sullivan (right) operating a hydrogen burner during the production of the hydrogen-nitrogen mixture used in the synthesis of ammonia at the U.S. Department of…
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C.M. Sullivan and P.N. Tierney with iron burner used for ammonia catalyst preparation
- 1926-Apr
General view of Mr. C.M. Sullivan (left) and Mr. P.N. Tierney (right) with an iron burner used for the preparation of ammonia catalysts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located…
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Oral history interview with Christie G. Enke
- 2013-Apr-16 – 2013-Apr-17
…University, but soon realized he would not be there for long since the chemistry department was phasing out analytical chemistry. However, he stayed … of analytical chemistry. I mean, they were giving a chemistry seminar as well, but as part … chemistry and so on? They’re not in the chemistry departments. DOMUSH…
- Interviewee Enke, Christie G., 1933-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Hunter, Sarah L., 1985
- Subject Enke, Christie G., 1933-, Chemists, Mass spectrometry, Analytical chemistry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Mass spectrometers
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Oral history interview with Arthur L. Babson
- 2011-Dec-06 (First session)
- 2011-Dec-08 (Second session)
…Warner-Lambert. CARUSO: Okay. BABSON: Actually the Clinical Chemistry, American Association for Clinical Chemistry, they were kind of prejudiced …Schoolhouse, Chester, New Jersey The Original Office, including Chemistry, Drafting, Engineering, Management The Original Chemistry …Later I would learn to make my own explosives. While we had chemistry sets as children it wasn’t until I took chemistry in high school,…
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Oral history interview with Ronald D. Macfarlane
- 2011-May-26
…Macfarlane attended the University of Buffalo, majoring in analytical chemistry before entering Carnegie Institute of Technology for a PhD. He accepted … chemistry eventually led to an incidental discovery on what became known as … to the library and getting chemistry books. I could understand inorganic chemistry. Organic chemistry …
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, December 18, 1905
- 1905-Dec-18
…Nobel Prizes and his new Institute, the Nobel Institute for Physical Chemistry. The letter also mentions the death of Georg W. A. Kahlbaum (1853…
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Physikalische-Chemischen Institut in Leipzig, c. 1899
- Circa 1899
… a group photograph depicting students and faculty of the Physical Chemistry Institute at the University of Leipzig. In the front row, 4th from …German chemist and philosopher. In 1909, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental…
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Holiday party at the University of Leipzig
- 1899
… and white photograph of the 1899 Christmas party for the Physical Chemistry Institute at the University of Leipzig. Georg Bredig (1868-1944…
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Oral history interview with Madeline M. Henderson
- 1997-Jul-14
… WILLIAMS: This is a publication dated 1936. So you decided chemistry was for you? HENDERSON: Chemistry was for me in the eighth …had a very good science teacher who told me to consider industrial chemistry as opposed to hospital chemistry as a career choice. So when I went …semantics, the meaning of words. WILLIAMS: Was this strictly in chemistry or across the board? HENDERSON: It started out in chemistry…
- Interviewee Henderson, Madeline M.
- Interviewer Williams, Robert V.
- Subject Women in science, Information scientists--Biography, Information storage and retrieval systems--Chemistry, Information scientists, Information science, Women chemists, Henderson, Madeline M., Chemistry--Abstracting and indexing, Perry, James W. (James Whitney), 1907-, Chemistry--Nomenclature, Chemists, Women in information science