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Oral history interview with Fred Basolo
- 2002-Sep-27
…played a major role in the development of the discipline of inorganic chemistry—what he refers to as “the birth of inorganic chemistry.” The formation …made such jumps that it ranks now very close to organic chemistry. Earlier, organic chemistry had dominated the chemistry field. …baseball games, and so forth, but we would occasionally talk about chemistry. When chemistry was discussed, it was clear that inorganic chemistry…
- Interviewee Basolo, Fred, 1920-2007
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.), Basolo, Fred, 1920-2007, Reaction mechanisms (Chemistry), Metal carbonyls, Gordon Research Conferences, Rohm and Haas Company, Chemists--Biography, Chemistry, Inorganic
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Dyestuffs, Volume 23 Number 8
- 1922-Aug
Eighth issue from the twenty-third volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…
- Creator Of Work Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation. National Aniline Division
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Periodicals, Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation. National Aniline Division, Dye industry, Textile fabrics, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Textile industry, Diné (Navajo people), Indigenous peoples
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First Day Cover commemorating George Washington Carver
- 1948-Jan-05
Philatelic First Day Cover honoring American agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver (1864?-1943). The envelope features an illustrated rendering of Carver and the Tuskegee Institute, as well as a…
- Artist Boll, Ken
- Creator Of Work Cachet Craft
- Subject Postage stamps, African American scientists, Inventors, Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Tuskegee Institute, Commemorative postage stamps, African Americans, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), Agricultural chemistry, Botanists, First day covers (Philately)
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Envelope Addressed to Georg Bredig sent from Walther Nernst
- 1913-Jan-06
…Walther Nernst is known as one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. He is most renowned for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry …and solid state physics. In 1920, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing the third law of thermodynamics.…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941
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Walther Nernst's personal calling card
- Circa 1900
…Walther Nernst is known as one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. He is most renowned for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry …and solid state physics. In 1920, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing the third law of thermodynamics.…
- Creator Of Work Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941
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Oral history interview with Robert W. Parry
- 2002-Jul-19
…forced me to get an education. THACKRAY: Where did your love of chemistry come in? PARRY: I started to study chemistry because I liked …years in college, as you well know, one can take courses in physics or chemistry. But, what helped me decide on chemistry was that the Forest Service and Utah State paid me for working in chemistry. That was the basis, really, for my choice of chemistry. I have …School, Parry attended Weber College for two years, where he studied chemistry until his funding ran out. At that point, Parry started performing…
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Oral history interview with George M. Wyman
- 2013-May-01 (First session)
- 2013-May-02 (Second session)
… it, but then he sold his textiles out. He, who knew nothing about chemistry, said, "You should take up chemistry when you grow up." Why? He had …in organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry or what. And I was always …Cornell, you brought up that in some ways there was this old guard of chemistry. . . WYMAN: Inorganic chemistry. CARUSO: . . .inorganic chemistry…
- Interviewee Wyman, George M., 1921-2017
- Interviewer Roberts, Jody A., 1976-, Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Isomerization, Wyman, George M., 1921-2017, Fluorine, Chemistry, Organic, Indigo, United States. National Bureau of Standards, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, United States. Army. European Research Office, Cornell University, Emigration and immigration
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Dyestuffs, Volume 23 Number 1
- 1922-Jan
…age of synthesis; the period of analysis is passing. Modern organic chemistry is developing fields of research where the mysterious processes of…
- Creator Of Work Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation. National Aniline Division
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Periodicals, Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation. National Aniline Division, Dye industry, Textile fabrics, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Textile industry, Silk industry, Dyes and dyeing--Silk
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AATCC: Your Leader in the Textile Industry
- Standards for the Textile Industry
- After 1980 – before 1993
Promotional video produced by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists to encourage new membership. Features then-president of the AATCC, William R. Martin, Jr. The AATCC is a professional organization…
- Creator Of Work American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
- Producer Horizon Video Productions, Inc.
- Subject American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, Textile industry, Textile chemistry, Career development, Congresses and conventions, Chemical industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers--Testing
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The Herball, or, Generall Historie of Plantes
- 1633
Compiled by Gerard from works by Turner, Rembert Dodoens, Iacobus Theodorus, Pena and L'Obel, this English botanical book includes numerous woodcuts of plants. The lavishly illustrated title page is engraved by John…
- Author Gerard, John, 1545-1612, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585, Theodorus, Iacobus, -1590
- Engraver Payne, John
- Printer Islip, Adam, -1639, Norton, Joice, Whitaker, Richard, -1648
- Publisher Johnson, Thomas, -1644
- Subject Islip, Adam, -1639, Norton, Joice, Gerard, John, 1545-1612, Payne, John, Botany, Medical, Botanical chemistry, Theodorus, Iacobus, -1590, Botany, Whitaker, Richard, -1648, Materia medica, Herbals, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585, Johnson, Thomas, -1644
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George Wieczorek and colleague using Geiger counter at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
General view of chemist George Wieczorek (left) and an unidentified chemist using a Geiger counter to measure ionizing radiation in radioisotopes at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. A box of…
- Subject Radioisotopes, Nitrogen fertilizer industry, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Radioactive substances, Chemists, Radioactive substances--Testing, Geiger-Müller counters, United States. Department of Agriculture, Remote handling (Radioactive substances), Employees, Wieczorek, George
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Apparatus for investigating the Phase Rule of an iron-nitrogen system
- 1930-Jan-08
General view of an apparatus used to investigate the Phase Rule in an iron-nitrogen system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. First proposed by Josiah…
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Mrs. M.K. Murray using nitrometer at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1926-Apr
General view of Mrs. M.K. Murray demonstrating use of a nitrometer, an apparatus used to determine the amount of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds in a substance or mixture, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed…
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Oral history interview with Paul M. Doty
- 1986-Nov-17
…Paul Doty's oral history describes his life and work in organic chemistry, ranging from an early interest in chemistry, to graduate work with … FERGUSON: That was an early paper. Did you take a straight chemistry curriculum? DOTY: Yes, straight chemistry. There wasn't biochemistry …teaching career a bit. When I was here, you were teaching physical chemistry and polymer chemistry. DOTY: Yes, I even did inorganic chemistry…
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Oral history interview with Henry Taube
- 1986-Mar-19
…the University of Chicago, where In 1956 he became chairman of the chemistry department. Taube then discusses his relationship with Warren Johnson … appreciate synthetic organic chemists. He held the view that all chemistry was physical chemistry and synthetic organic chemists would not appreciate … the Study of Metals Johnson, Warren, 2-4, 13 as chairman of the chemistry department, University of Chicago, 3-4 Journal of Physical Chemistry…
- Interviewee Taube, Henry, 1915-2005
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Taube, Henry, 1915-2005, University of Chicago, Chemists--Biography, Chemists, Chemistry, Inorganic, Nobel Prize winners
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Oral history interview with William F. Little
- 2007-Jan-05
… mathematics, biology, and chemistry, and his graduate studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where Little received an M.S. in physical chemistry and Ph.D. in organic chemistry. Little recalls his lengthy career … 38 inorganic chemistry, 41 organic chemistry, 17, 41 organic chemistry, 47 organometallic …early life in a small town and education, including his discovery of chemistry at Lenoir-Rhyne College, where he received a bachelor's degree in mathematics, biology, and chemistry, and his graduate studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where Little received an M.S. in physical chemistry and Ph.D. in organic chemistry. Little recalls his lengthy career…
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Autographed dinner menu from the International Reunion of Chemists at Utrecht
- 1922-Jun-22
Autographed dinner menu from the International Chemical Reunion Utrecht (ICRU) in 1922. It was organized by Ernst Cohen (1863-1944) as a way to unite scientists from previously warring nations.
Identified signatures…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Georg Bredig, February 23, 1938
- 1938-Feb-23
Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) updates his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), on his work and social life in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He mentions paying for his subscription to the Bunsen Society from his "Sperrkonto"…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, Chemistry--Societies, etc., Third Reich, Franck, Hans Heinrich, 1888-1961, Ipatieff, Vladimir N. (Vladimir Nikolaevich), 1867-1952, Chemists
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Postcard from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, August 1901
- 1901-Aug-21 (Date of creation)
- 1901-Aug-28 (Date of receipt)
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) comments on Walther Nernst's (1864-1941) upcoming publication and how it compares to Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) and Jacobus Henricus "Henry" van 't Hoff Jr.'s (1852-1911) current work.…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemists, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Nobel Prize winners
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E.J. Fox and K.S. Love at work in Nitrogen Analytical Laboratory
- 1928 – circa
General view of E.J. Fox and K.S. Love at work in the Nitrogen Analytical Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory facilities located in Washington, D.C. Assorted glassware…
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Walter H. Nernst, German Physicist
- 1941-Nov-19
…AMERICANS Langmuir and Millikan Among | Pupils—Won Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1920 MUSKAU, Germany (Wednes- |day), ‘Nov. 19 (®)—wWalter H. Nernst … was. Professor. .|with others, created a new sci- |ence: physical chemistry, bridging physics and chemistry. His famous “third law’ dealing with …approach of the absolute zero gained for him the 1920 Nobel prize for chemistry. He was born June 25, 1864, at West |Prussia. He became assistant…
- Publisher New York times
- Subject Obituaries, Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941, Physicists, New York times, Nobel Prize winners
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Oral history interview with Carolyn R. Bertozzi
- 2003-Aug-17 – 2003-Aug-18
… own department, or was it in the chemistry department? BERTOZZI: It was not in the chemistry department … have some chemistry in my life, teach chemistry. But just in terms of people and the …carbohydrate, 33, 34, 35, 37, 42, 70, 79, 91 Carleton College, 58, 75 chemistry inorganic chemistry, 26, 27 organic chemistry, 6, 20, 22, 23, 24…
- Interviewee Bertozzi, Carolyn R., 1966-
- Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Women molecular biologists, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology--Research, Carbohydrates--Physiological effect, Bertozzi, Carolyn R., 1966-, Molecular biologists, Nobel Prize winners
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Oral history interview with John C. Bailar, Jr.
- 1987-May-28 – 1987-Jun-17
…Ekeley was a good teacher. The next fall I took another course in chemistry. Pretty soon, I discovered I was majoring in chemistry. BROWN … chemistry classes. Now, you should know that there wasn't much inorganic chemistry … bioinorganic chemistry, and the metal clusters, or rather metallic chemistry. …
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Postcard from Theodor Curtius to Georg Bredig
- 1913-Mar-01
…Professor Dr. G. Bredig Institute of Physical Chemistry, Technical University Karlsruhe in …Franzen (1878-1923). During his career, Curtius was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, the Director of the Analytical Chemistry Department at the University of Erlangen, and a Chair of Chemistry at the University of Kiel. He defined the Curtius rearrangement in …this writing, Hartwig Franzen was the Associate Professor for Organic Chemistry at the Technical University of Karlsruhe. …
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Oral history interview with Marvin Margoshes
- 2011-Apr-06
… Margoshes worked in a chemistry lab at New York University Medical School until he enlisted in the … it over for my chemistry lab. You could go to the main chemistry supply house, which was … have a chemistry set though. MARGOSHES: Yeah. I had a chemistry set. I have…
- Interviewee Margoshes, Marvin
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical--Research, Chemists, Analytical chemistry, Chemists--Biography, Margoshes, Marvin