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First Day Cover commemorating Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany
- 1957
… Justus von Liebig, known for his work in agricultural and organic chemistry.…
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Envelope with Swedish postage stamps commemorating Fritz Haber and Max Planck
- 1978
…Depicts Fritz Haber and Max Planck, Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry and Physics.…
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Title page of The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes
- 1633
The title page engraving consists of three horizontal sections. At the top, God is represented in the center by the Tetragrammaton. From left to right, Cerce and Pomona are seated with the Garden of Eden between them.…
- 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, 1607-1647, Botany, Medical, Botanical chemistry, Theodorus, Iacobus, -1590, Botany, Whitaker, Richard, -1648, Materia medica, Herbals, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585, Johnson, Thomas, -1644, Theophrastus, Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos, Title pages
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Molecular Quantum Mechanics Conference in Austin, Texas, 1955
- Circa 1955-Dec-07
Group photograph of attendees at the Molecular Quantum Mechanics Conference in Austin, Texas in 1955. Along with the photograph is a list of participants, which included John Pople, Rudolph Pariser, Michael Barnett, and…
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Oral history interview with Carl Djerassi
- 1985-Jul-31
… years of chemistry, where chemistry was not natural products chemistry and structure … …Antihistamines; Chemistry, Organic; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical; Chemistry--Study and…
- Interviewee Djerassi, Carl
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Djerassi, Carl, Syntex Corporation, Cetus Corporation, Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Zoecon Corporation, Wayne State University, Stanford University, Chemistry, Ciba Pharmaceutical Company, Chemists--Biography, Steroids, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Harold M. McNair
- 2011-Nov-06 – 2011-Nov-07
…I thought, hmm <T: 20 min>, the only interesting thing seems to be chemistry, because they do a lot of things. You don’t have to be a chemistry … was a PhD out of University of Illinois, sophomore year organic chemistry. We had classes to noon on Saturday, but we had organic chemistry …GRAYSON: So in your undergraduate analytical chemistry, that analytical chemistry was the traditional wet chemical analytical…
- Interviewee McNair, Harold Monroe, 1933-
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject McNair, Harold Monroe, 1933-, Chemistry, Analytical chemistry, Chemists, Chromatographic analysis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Gas chromatography, Gas chromatography--Instruments, Liquid chromatography
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Kasimir Fajans, October 1928
- 1928-Oct-21
…1068. TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: TELEPHONE 4093. INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY Dear Friend and Colleague, As you can …instructive, contribution to the “Bredig issue” of the “Journal of Physical Chemistry.” It turned out to be quite an impressive issue and I am very proud …1068. TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: TELEPHONE 4093. INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY On October 10th, I was in Baden-Baden with…
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Oral history interview with Gábor Somorjai
- 2014-Jan-30 – 2014-Jan-31
…of Chemistry. DOMUSH: [Yes]. SOMORJAI: And I immediately went to chemistry as …from MIT to here [in 1912], and started to build the physical chemistry. Physical chemistry was a subject that is the underpinning of all … the [the sites for ion chemistry frequently called acid-base chemistry]. So I was fully into catalysis…
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Oral history interview with Robert E. Finnigan
- 2001-Dec-04
…: Were you taking the normal sort of sequence in math and science?chemistry, physics, and the normal mathematics sequence? FINNIGAN: Yes …whatever. I did that in quite a few subjects. Some of them, like chemistry, I never even was in a class. The chemistry teacher tutored me when …I could get an appointment, working and filling in the blanks like chemistry that I didn’t have. So it turned out that I got three …
- Interviewee Finnigan, Robert E., 1927-
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Subject Electrical engineers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Mass spectrometry, Electrical engineering, Quadrupoles, Electronic Associates, Finnigan Corporation, Finnigan, Robert E., 1927-, Gas chromatography--Instruments, Water--Analysis
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Oral history interview with Arnold O. Beckman
- 1985-Jul-23
…an analytical technique? BECKMAN: Oh, yes. Particularly as organic chemistry developed during that period, the need for spectrophotochemical methods … of advertising in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, and what sort of response did that ad and ads like this one from …History of Spectrophotometry at Beckman Instruments, Inc.," Analytical Chemistry, 49 (1977): 280A-298A; at 282A. 3. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry…
- Interviewee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject California Institute of Technology, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Beckman, Arnold O., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Instrument manufacture, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement, Potentiometer, Chemical engineers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Oral history interview with Arnold O. Beckman
- 1985-Apr-23
…Illinois State Normal University. I was permitted to take some university chemistry courses in lieu of Latin, and the professor in charge of chemistry … with C. S. Marvel in my freshman year. Because I'd had this extra chemistry during high school I was allowed to omit the regular chemistry. … chemistry. And Ernest Swift taught analytical chemistry. He was a very tough…
- Interviewee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject California Institute of Technology, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Beckman, Arnold O., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Instrument manufacture, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement, Potentiometer, Chemical engineers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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East German postage stamp commemorating science and socialism
- Undated
…Stamp from the "Builders of Socialism" series, depicting aspects of chemistry and related sciences.…
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Letter from Hans Friedenthal to Georg Bredig
- 1899-Feb-11
…responded by sending some of my papers addressing the field of physical chemistry. Despite the undoubted relationship between the processes of H2O2 …you to kindly let me know in writing how the processes in physical chemistry are interpreted, which conclude that twice the platinum concentration … and asks further questions about how it is approached in physical chemistry. Friedenthal also mentions that he has sent Bredig some of his scientific works dealing with physical chemistry. …
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Letter from Fritz Haber to Max Bredig, 1928
- Circa 1927
…Fritz Haber (1868-1928), a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process, informs Max …in Berlin to work at Haber's Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry as an assistant scientist. …
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Jacob Berzelius
- 1901
…Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848). Considered one of the founders of modern chemistry and known as the "Father of Swedish Chemistry," he is best known …
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Letter from Ira Remsen to Charles F. Chandler
- 1877-Jan-01
…Cover letter for preliminary circular in regard to Instruction in Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University.…
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Oral history interview with Madeleine M. Joullié
- 1991-Apr-23
…students could connect the material and relate new concepts to old ones. Chemistry is chemistry. Organic chemistry should not be that different; the … …Joullié explains that she became interested in chemistry in Brazil and studied chemistry at Simmons College. She describes…
- Interviewee Joullié, Madeleine M., 1927-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Sponsor Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation
- Subject Joullié, Madeleine M., 1927-, Chemistry, Organic, Women in chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Price, Charles C. (Charles Coale), 1913-2001, United States. Secret Service, DNA fingerprinting, American Chemical Society, Western Electric Company, Shell Oil Company, Weisz, Paul B., 1921-, Alzheimer's disease--Research, Chemists, Women chemists, Women in science, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Mario J. Molina
- 2013-May-06 (First session)
- 2013-May-07 (Second session)
…pieces] of information. [. . .] In high school, there were physics and chemistry classes, but as is the case in the [United] States, teaching chemistry … as my father--who was a chemist. I did not develop my interest in chemistry because of her, but after it was clear that I did like chemistry, … that's a good question. Chemistry was perhaps related to [perhaps] chemistry sets and being able to…
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Oral history interview with Linus C. Pauling
- 1987-Apr-06
…didn't know that at the University of Oregon I could have majored in chemistry, or that I could have majored in chemistry at Reed College. But it …the summer, in order to make up for the deficiency in our physical chemistry. The physical chemistry book that we had used was essentially a …course in chemistry that he was in charge of. When my general chemistry text came out…
- Interviewee Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
- Interviewer Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject California Institute of Technology, Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994, Noyes, Arthur A. (Arthur Amos), 1866-1936, Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, Nobel Prize winners, Stanford University, Chemical engineers
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Oral history interview with Hubert N. Alyea
- 1986-May-22 (First session)
- 1986-May-30 (Second session)
…Hubert N. Alyea was an internationally-known popularizer of chemistry. His public demonstrations and academic lectures won him numerous … Analytical Chemistry was most important, with [LeRoy] McCay in the driver's seat. Chemistry …physicists there. Much of my work was quite high-powered physical chemistry. More physical chemistry than straight chemistry. …
- Interviewee Alyea, Hubert N. (Hubert Newcombe), 1903-
- Interviewer Doel, Ronald E., Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Poliomyelitis--Patients, Scientists with disabilities, People with disabilities, Alyea, Hubert N. (Hubert Newcombe), 1903-, General Electric Company, Princeton University, Chemists--Biography, Poliomyelitis
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Letter from Robert B. Woodward to Theodor Benfey
- 1973-Jul-30
…Acknowledgement for receipt of an issue of "Chemistry" containing Benfey's account of Woodward's vitamin B12 work.…
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A Translation of the Table of Chemical Nomenclature, Proposed by De Guyton, formerly De Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthollet, and De Fourcroy
- With Explanations, Additions, and Alterations : to Which are Subjoined, Tables of Single Elective Attraction, Tables of Chemical Symbols, Tables of the Precise Forces of Chemical Attractions, and Schemes and Explanations of Cases of Single and Double Elective Attractions
- 1799
…English chemists to adopt Antoine Lavoisier’s (1743-1794) new system of chemistry, George Pearson (1751–1828), published a shorter and very incomplete…
- Publisher Cooper and Wilson
- Author Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard, 1737-1816, Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Fourcroy, Antoine-François de, comte, 1755-1809
- Contributor Pearson, George, 1751-1828
- Subject Chemistry--Nomenclature, Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard, 1737-1816, Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Fourcroy, Antoine-François de, comte, 1755-1809, Hassenfratz, J. H. (Jean-Henri), 1755-1827, Adet, Pierre-Auguste, 1763-1832, Pearson, George, 1751-1828
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Letter from Thomas H. Garrett to James Curtis Booth
- 1887-Nov-05
…laboratory in Philadelphia where men could obtain practical training in chemistry - especially analytical chemistry - by personal instruction. With…
- Author Garrett, Thomas H.
- Contributor Booth, Garrett, and Blair Analytical and Consulting Chemists
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Garrett, Thomas H.
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Letter from Booth, Garrett, & Blair, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, to James Curtis Booth
- 1885-May-16
…laboratory in Philadelphia where men could obtain practical training in chemistry - especially analytical chemistry - by personal instruction. With…
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Letter from Hermann Staudinger to Georg Bredig
- 1925-Oct-21
…chemist and Nobel Prize winner. He received the 1953 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry. He …