Search Results
-
11 items
Oral history interview with Ronald C. Breslow
- 1999-Mar-19 (First session)
- 1999-Apr-09 (Second session)
…Max Tishler, a family friend, helped to pique Breslow's interest in chemistry. In high school, Breslow entered the Westinghouse Science Contest …teenagers. He entered Harvard University, graduating with his AB in chemistry in 1952, having attended chemistry courses taught by Louis Fieser …very strange thing. The answer was yes, but in a funny way. I had a chemistry teacher who really didn’t know any chemistry. I knew more than he…
- Interviewee Breslow, Ronald
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Chemistry, Organic, Breslow, Ronald, Columbia University, Cancer--Research, Chemists--Biography
-
2 items
Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, May 1906
- 1906-May-30
…will publish something for the Bernese and in the Journal of Physical Chemistry. Cordially yours, J. van't …that van't Hoff himself will be published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry. 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 …
-
4 items
Thank you card and portrait from Theodor Curtius to Georg and Rosa Bredig, May 1917
- 1917-May-27
…Herbst, Heidelberg. Throughout 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 the chairperson of the chemistry department at the University of Kiel. He published the Curtius rearrangement…
-
Letter from Theodor Curtius to Rosa Bredig
- 1910-Feb-28
…left Heidelberg. Throughout 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 published the Curtius rearrangement…
-
Fog tracks from radium
- 1919 (Date of publication)
…Figure four shows the paths of electrons. Preface describes how this chemistry textbook contains an intermediate level of instruction, being more advanced than elementary chemistry but not as comprehensive as college chemistry. The modified periodic…
-
2 items
Prentice Hall 1988 Formulas for Success
- 1987
…A Periodic Table of the Elements used to advertise chemistry textbooks published by Prentice Hall for 1988.…
-
First Day Cover commemorating Paul Sabatier
- 1956
…petroleum industry. Stamp depicts Paul Sabatier, "founder of catalytic chemistry."…
-
10 items
Beckman Flame Spectrophotometer
- Beckman Reprint R-38
- 1950-Jun
…Technical Laboratories, South Pasadena, Calif. Reprinted From ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Vol. 22, No. 6, June 1950 Copyright 1950 by the American Chemical … …ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Table I. A. Rapid determination of sodium in water (4 to 6 readings…
-
2 items
Photograph of a Christmas party at Leipzig
- 1898
…Christmas 1898 Leipzig Physical Chemistry Institute Ramsay …featuring a group photograph of the 1898 Christmas party at the Physical Chemistry Institute, University of Leipzig. …
- Subject Chemists, Universität Leipzig (1409-1953), Christmas, Parties
-
3 items
Notes on a textbook by Walther Nernst
- Undated
…Notes on Theoretical Chemistry from the Standpoint of Avogardro's Rule & Thermodynamics (1893…
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
-
8 items
Letter from Georg Bredig to Jacobus H. van 't Hoff, June 1900
- 1900-Jun-24
…suffer from an undesirable fragmentation in inorganic and physical chemistry (for example in the Journal of Physical Chemistry, the Journal of … …(page 5) m) Mineral Chemistry and Crystallography, Geological Chemistry (Brauns, Fock, Artsruni…
-
2 items
Letter from Wilhelm Ostwald to Georg Bredig, February 1904
- 1904-Feb-02
…PROFESSOR DR. W. OSTWALD Physical Chemistry Institute LEIPZIG, Linnéstrasse 2 …Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), a pioneer in physical chemistry and the winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, apologizes …
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Catalysis, Science publishing
-
26m 58s
Passing Through: An Introduction to Plastics
- Circa 1993
…A high school student who is nervous about failing his chemistry test is transported to a vaguely Middle Ages, high fantasy castle …teaches the wizard about modern plastics and in the process, passes his chemistry exam. This educational film was produced by the National Plastics…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Subject Educational films, Plastics, Middle Ages, Wizards
-
Portrait of H. Jermain Creighton
- Undated
…Creighton to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Creighton was the head of the chemistry department at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania in 1928. He previously was a professor in physical chemistry. Creighton is a pioneer of electrochemistry and is the inventor of…
-
2 items
Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, April 1896
- 1896-Apr-27
…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 “…
-
Caricature of Linus Pauling (1901-1994)
- 1931
…in Buffalo, New York. One of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology, as well as an advocate for nuclear disarmament, Pauling received both the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) and the Nobel Peace Prize (1962).…
-
Herinnering aan De Herdenking van Lavoisier
- Memory of The Commemoration of Lavoisier
- 1894-May-08
…Lavoisier (1743-1794), who is widely considered the father of modern chemistry.…
-
Letter from Linus Pauling to Theodor Benfey
- 1976-Aug-27
…early Pauling manuscript in a high school textbook or in an issue of "Chemistry."…
-
2 items
Photograph of Jacobus van 't Hoff and Wilhelm Ostwald
- 1905
…considered to be among the founding fathers of the field of physical chemistry. Van't Hoff, a Dutch chemist, received in 1901 the first Nobel prize in Chemistry “in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by … chemist and philosopher who, in 1909, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on catalysis and investigations of the fundamental principles…
-
Joseph Black, M.D.
- Undated
…A framed portrait of Joseph Black (1728–1799), professor of chemistry at University of Glasgow, seated and holding a document.…
- Artist Rogers, J.
- Contributor Raeburn, Henry, Sir, 1756-1823
- Publisher Blackie & Son
- Subject Black, Joseph, 1728-1799
-
Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Fillmore Freeman, January 6, 1978
- 1978-Jan-06
…SAN DIEGO « SAN FRANCISCO SANTA BARBARA « SANTA CRUZ DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92717 January 6, 1978 Dr. William A. Lester IBM …Congratulations on being elected Vice-Chairperson of the Division of Physical Chemistry. Iam studying German and preparing for my visit to the Max- Planck-Institut … a happy New Year. Sincerely, Fillmore Freeman, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry FF/mks…
-
Beckman ASTRA 4 Analyzer System
- Circa 1978
…continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."…
-
Beckman ASTRA-8 Systems
- Circa 1978
…continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."…
-
ASTRA Analyzer keyboard
- Undated
…continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."…
-
Beckman Astra Link
- Undated
…continuous flow and discrete analyses of electrolytes and "routine chemistries."…