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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, February 12, 1850
- 1850-Feb-12
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), requests that Booth send glass rods.…
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897, Chemists
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, November 1893
- 1893-Nov-18
…Arrhenius (1859-1927), a Swedish chemist and the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1903, shares scientific data with his friend and colleague Georg…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Nobel Prize winners
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Peristaltic pump for Beckman ASTRA analyzer
- Undated
…volume with the ASTRA analyzer system line, a multi-channel clinical chemistry analyzer produced in the late 1970s.…
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Oral history interview with E. Bright Wilson, Jr.
- 1986-Nov-17 (First session)
- 1986-Nov-18 (Second session)
…colloquia. I didn't understand a damn thing, but I'd go to organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and physics colloquia. Physics, of course, …dozen. FERGUSON: Do you mean you didn't learn any descriptive chemistry? WILSON: I didn't learn any chemistry in that course! Well …WILSON: No, I have no idea. FERGUSON: What about the physical chemistry course? WILSON: The physical chemistry course was given by…
- Interviewee Wilson, E. Bright (Edgar Bright), 1908-
- Interviewer Ferguson, Raymond C.
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Wilson, E. Bright (Edgar Bright), 1908-, Quantum theory, Chemists, Harvard University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Princeton University, Chemists--Biography, Kistiakowsky, George B. (George Bogdan), 1900-1982
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Oral history interview with Herbert Morawetz
- 1986-Apr-01
… enrolled at the University of Toronto. At first I tried to study chemistry, but since I had missed the first term, the head of the chemistry …interested, if I was interested in science at all, in mathematics than in chemistry. I would say any inspiration I got for chemistry was more from my … MORAWETZ: Polymer courses and I guess I had to take some physical chemistry and some organic chemistry. I took organic chemistry from Charlie…
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Booth, Garrett & Blair, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, Chemical and Physical Laboratories
- 1903-Sep-01
… existence to the present time. It has, therefore, seen analytical chemistry change from a scientific curiosity, almost without practical applica …laboratory in Philadelphia where men could obtain practical training in chemistry - especially analytical chemistry - by personal instruction. With…
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Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald
- Undated
…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 …is considered one of the founding fathers of the field of physical chemistry. When he retired in 1906, Ostwald studied art, philosophy, and politics…
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Booth, Garrett & Blair, Chemical and Physical Laboratories
- After 1888
…laboratory in Philadelphia where men could obtain practical training in chemistry - especially analytical chemistry - by personal instruction. With…
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Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, March 1902
- 1902-Mar-06
…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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Postcard from Jacobus van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, March 1894
- 1894-Mar-21
…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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L'Arte Vetraria distinta in Libri Sette
- The Art of Glass
- 1612
…This early treatise on the chemistry and technology of glassmaking by Antonio Neri revealed the closely …learned the art of glassmaking at Murano and continued his studies on chemistry and glass at Antwerp. Many editions and translations of this text…
- Author Neri, Antonio, 1576-1614
- Publisher Nella Stamperia de'Giunti
- Subject Precious stones, Artificial, Glass manufacture
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, September 1908
- 1908-Sep-06
…textbook on colloids. At least something positive came out of Colloidal Chemistry. I also met other interesting people here. With best regards … plans, Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), and his thoughts on colloidal chemistry. …
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, August 11, 1859
- 1859-Aug-11
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes of routine matters.…
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, April 6, 1854
- 1854-Apr-06
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth concerning his upcoming wedding.…
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, July 15, 1853
- 1853-Jul-15
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to request an assay from Booth.…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, January 26, 1850
- 1850-Jan-26
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), sends a list of goods to Booth.…
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897, Chemists
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Postcard from Kurt Heinrich Meyer to Georg Bredig
- 1929-Nov-11
…Bredig (1868-1944). In 1932, Meyer was the director and a professor of chemistry at the University of Geneva. …
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Postcard from Kurt Heinrich Meyer to Georg Bredig
- 1927-Nov-01
…Bredig (1868-1944). In 1932, Meyer was the director and a professor of chemistry at the University of Geneva. …
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Portrait of Benjamin Talbot Brooks (b. 1885)
- Circa 1950
…petroleum and author of several volumes on the subject, including The Chemistry of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (1954-55).…
- Photographer Bachrach, Fabian
- Subject Brooks, Benjamin Talbot, 1885-, Chemists, Petroleum, Portraits
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Portrait of Benjamin Talbot Brooks (b. 1885)
- Circa 1920
…petroleum and author of several volumes on the subject, including The Chemistry of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (1954-55).…
- Photographer Alman & Co.
- Subject Brooks, Benjamin Talbot, 1885-, Chemists, Petroleum, Portraits
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Oral history interview with Michael Szwarc
- 1986-Sep-11
… chemistry? SZWARC: Well, we were overloaded with analytical chemistry. Quantitative … chemistry and the professor of physical chemistry in the college of technology ……
- Interviewee Szwarc, Michael
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Szwarc, Michael, Chemistry, Organic, Chemical engineers, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Rolf Dessauer
- 2012-Aug-07 – 2012-Aug-08
- 2012-Oct-01
…not very athletic and determined to do something academic. I liked chemistry a lot. We had two very good chemistry teachers. Again, one of them …smartest kid. I don't know, but that system seemed to work, and I studied chemistry with a passion. I even had a chemistry set at home. My father, on … Department in 1957], was sort of the shining bastion of synthetic chemistry and inventive new chemistry. Of course, they had made catalysts for…
- Interviewee Dessauer, Rolf, 1926-
- Interviewer Hunter, Sarah L., 1985, Domush, Hilary
- Subject E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Chemists, Chemistry--Research, Chemistry, Technical, Research, Industrial, Photochemistry, Photopolymers--Industrial applications, Dessauer, Rolf, 1926-, Emigration and immigration
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, June 28, 1859
- 1859-Jun-28
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes Booth about routine matters. …
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, March 3, 1855
- 1855-Mar-03
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry, writes to Booth of routine matters.…
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, February 15, 1855
- 1855-Feb-15
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry, writes to Booth of routine matters. …
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897