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Oral history interview with Charles M. Judson
- 2002-Dec-06 – 2002-Dec-07
… graduate work in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, working on the dissociation constants …two years to meet the requirements for a major in either physics or chemistry. At the end of sophomore year, I decided to major in chemistry because … Wright, gave me a very favorable view of physics. The head of the Chemistry Department, H. Jermain Creighton, taught me elementary chemistry …
- Interviewee Judson, Charles M.
- Interviewer Grayson, Micheal A.
- Subject Judson, Charles M., Manhattan Project (U.S.), American Cyanamid Company, Chemists, Mass spectrometry, Analytical chemistry
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, December 20, 1872
- 1872-Dec-20
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), encloses a carte de visite photograph and writes to request…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, February 28, 1860
- 1860-Feb-28
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), requests that Booth nominate a friend for an honorary degree…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, January 22, 1859
- 1859-Jan-22
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to request a continues loan of gas bags and a blow…
- 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 30, 1853
- 1853-Mar-30
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), follows up from his letter of March 23rd on Booth's proposed…
- 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 28, 1853
- 1853-Feb-28
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth and includes a list of the congressmen who…
- 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 22, 1851
- 1851-Mar-22
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth to discuss the notorious pamphlet of Richard…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, February 10, 1851
- 1851-Feb-10
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth about Richard Sears McCulloh (1818-1894)…
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Letter from Adolf Windaus to Georg Bredig
- 1919-Sep-18
…copies of scientific literature. Windaus received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1928 for his research on sterols and their relationship with vitamins…
- Author Windaus, Adolf, 1876-1959
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Windaus, Adolf, 1876-1959, Chemists, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Nobel Prize winners, Sterols
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Postcard from S. Ethre to Georg Bredig, September 1926
- 1926-Sep-01
…rectorate speech, "Denkmethoden der Chemie" (Methods of Thought in Chemistry), which Bredig gave while serving as rector of the Technical University…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ethre, S.
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Thank-you notes, Speeches
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German postage stamp commemorating Fritz Haber
- After 1950 – before 1995
…Stamp depicts profile of Fritz Haber who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a process to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen…
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Ultra-Violet and Visible Spectrum Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1958
…Materials Laboratory. UV/Vis spectroscopy is routinely used in analytical chemistry for the quantitative determination of different chemical substances…
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Framed Photograph of Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff and Wilhelm Ostwald
- 1900
…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…
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Lectures on Coal Tar Colours and on Recent Improvements and Progress in Dyeing and Calico Printing
- Embodying Copious Notes Taken at the Last London International Exhibition and Illustrated with Numberous Patterns of Fabrics Dyed with Aniline and Other Colours
- 1860s
…OTHER COLOURS. BY DR. F. CRACE CALVERT, F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, Manchester ; Corresponding Member of the …copper roller. But if mechanical art has greatly assisted the engraver, chemistry has rendered him equally important services, by enabling him to abandon …Frederick Crace Calvert (1819–1873) was a professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution, Manchester. From 1835 to 1846 he lived in France, studying chemistry under the chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889), who was famous…
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Men of Science from the Keystone State: Address Delivered Before the Franklin Institute
- 1914-May-20
… foreshadowing the marvelous conquests in this field of industrial chemistry. Joseph Saxton, of Juniata County, was truly 4 …an American electrochemist known for his interest in the history of chemistry; he founded the American Chemical Society's Division for the History of Chemistry in 1922. Smith's résumé also included over 180 publications, leadership…
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Passing Through: Behind The Scenes
- Circa 1993
…and high school science students in which a student who is failing chemistry class is transported back in time to medieval England and teaches modern chemistry concepts to a wizard. This video goes behind the scenes during the…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Producer WAVE, Inc.
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Plastics, Educational films, Middle Ages
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Metal plaque depicting 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 …are considered to be the founding fathers of the field of physical chemistry. When he retired in 1906, Ostwald studied art, philosophy, and politics…
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Portrait of Wilhelm Ostwald, 1903
- 1903-Dec-20
…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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Letter from Johannes Jaenicke to Max Bredig, January 9, 1958
- 1958-Jan-09
…writing. Fritz Haber was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918.…
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Postcard from Richard Emil Meyer to Georg Bredig
- 1918-Aug-23
… and author. From 1891-1918 he was the editor of the Yearbook for Chemistry . …
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Meyer, Richard Emil, 1846-1926
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Landscapes, Meyer, Richard Emil, 1846-1926
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to Margaret M. Booth, December 10, 1888
- 1888-Dec-10
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Margaret M. Booth née Cardeza to mourn her late…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, January 28, 1856
- 1856-Jan-28
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry, inquires as to the availability of an analysis made by Booth of …
- 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, May 14, 1855
- 1855-May-14
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry, writes to thank Booth for a loan and speaks at length about his …
- 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, May 8, 1854
- 1854-May-08
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to request a loan of $120 from Booth to pay for a …
- 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, October 24, 1850
- 1850-Oct-24
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth to suggest the possible sale of their gold-refining…