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Oral history interview with Richard E. Heckert
- 1994-Dec-13
…names of all of them. The inorganic courses were first, then organic chemistry. I remember organic chemistry under Carl Webb very well. He was …was doing, plus it didn't take a genius to recognize that organic chemistry was the chemistry of life. The more we learned about it, the more …scientist. I said I'd had too much fun doing things that are related to chemistry but are not just chemistry. “The day may come when I will want to…
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Oral history interview with Robert L. McNeil, Jr.
- 2001-Aug-13 (First interview)
- 2001-Aug-30 (Second interview)
- 2002-Aug-15 (Third interview)
…later McNeil Laboratories, after earning his B.S. in physiological chemistry and bacteriology at Yale University. Returning to Philadelphia, McNeil … It soon became evident to me that, rather than taking straight chemistry—and I hope the walls won’t come down—my interest was going to be …a chemistry major. Yes, he must have been P.C.P. I was invited into the third-floor…
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Oral history interview with William O. Baker
- 1985-May-23 (First session)
- 1985-Jun-18 (Second session)
…extraordinary opportunity for frontiers of what you would call the new chemistry at that point, which was physical chemistry, without being lost in …description in the catalog of the graduate courses in the department of chemistry for 1936-1937. What sort of things were you doing within the chemistry … know Conyers in particular very well, and then got convinced that chemistry and physical chemistry of solids had a future as well. At that point…
- Interviewee Baker, William O. (William Oliver), 1915-2005
- Interviewer Goldstein, Marcy, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Rubber Reserve Company, Polymers, AT & T Bell Laboratories, Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937, Chemists--Biography, Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966, Baker, William O. (William Oliver), 1915-2005, Crystalline polymers, Solid state physics, Solid state chemistry
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Oral history interview with Jack B. St. Clair
- 1995-Feb-07
…point, you couldn’t get a job with Dow if you didn’t have a degree in chemistry or chemical engineering, no matter what part of the company you were …about done. That brings us to this whole concept of innovation in chemistry and what it means. How do you encourage it? ST. CLAIR: Yes …Clair, “The Vacuum of Leadership,” Chemical Industry Medal Address, Chemistry and Industry (1978): 914. 4. “Shell’s St. Clair: Hitchhiker…
- Interviewee St. Clair, Jack B., 1919-2019
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject St. Clair, Jack B., 1919-2019, Chemistry, Technical, Chemical engineering, Catalytic reforming, Petroleum industry and trade, Gasoline--Research, Shell Chemical Company
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Portrait of John Edgar Teeple (1874-1931)
- 1920s
… 1892 and a B.A. in 1893. That same year, he became a professor of chemistry and physics at Fremont College (now Midland University), where he …for five years. He was also a professor of organic and physiological chemistry at Cornell University, where he received a B.S. in 1899 and his PhD …Columbia University in 1917 on chemical engineering and industrial chemistry. Teeple is attributed with the discovery of separating potash from…
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Portrait of Max Planck
- Undated
…significant contributions to the world of science in the fields of physical chemistry, theoretical physics, and quantum theory.…
- Subject Planck, Max, 1858-1947, Physicists
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Letter from H. Jermain Creighton to Max Bredig, December 12, 1938
- 1938-Dec-12
…H. Jermain Creighton, a chemistry professor at Swarthmore College, writes to Max Bredig (1902-1977)…
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Letter from Joseph Henry to Campbell Morfit, February 22, 1851
- 1851-Feb-22
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850). Henry chastises Morfit for contacting him in Booth's stead…
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Charles C. Price with molecular model
- 1950s
…Dame, where he served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Chemistry from 1946 to 1954.…
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to Lee de Forest
- 1931-Jul-18
…Arnold O. Beckman, then an assistant professor of chemistry at Caltech, offers his assistance as a consulting chemist. Lee de…
- Addressee De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
- Author Beckman, Arnold O.
- Subject Celluloid, Electroplating
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Letter from Wilhelm Ostwald to Georg Bredig, May 1928
- 1928-May-26
…German chemist and philosopher. In 1909 he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on catalysis and 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…
- Author Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners
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Portrait of Arthur Dehon Little (1863-1935)
- Circa 1910
…approach and training method. A native of Boston, Little majored in chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before the advent of …1886. The company's mission was to provide expertise in analytical chemistry and technical product-improvement services to private industry. In…
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Portrait of Arthur Dehon Little (1863-1935)
- Circa 1920
…approach and training method. A native of Boston, Little majored in chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before the advent of …1886. The company's mission was to provide expertise in analytical chemistry and technical product-improvement services to private industry. In…
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Oral history interview with A. R. Ravishankara
- 2013-May-07
- 2013-May-09
…two weeks and I came back to Mysore and did a master’s in physical chemistry and then I went to another IIT to do a Ph.D. in chemistry. I didn …RAVISHANKARA: In the undergraduate, probably there were like forty chemistry majors. Chemistry/physics majors, maybe fifty, I don’t know. But… …were you assisting for? RAVISHANKARA: I assisted in freshman chemistry a lot. And then physical chemistry. Do you guys want to …
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What Are You Going to Do Tomorrow?
- 1947
…world to celebrate with us “a half-century of progress in industrial chemistry.” But birthdays are relatively unimportant. It is of little purpose …from Dow acknowledging their "half-century of progress in industrial chemistry" and stating the company's focus on the improvement of the industry…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Corporations, Business enterprises--Growth
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, April 28, 1870
- 1870-Apr-28
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to thank Booth for the gift of a sample of a new allow…
- Author Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897
- Addressee Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
- Subject Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888, Morfit, Campbell, 1820-1897, Alloys
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Autographed portrait of Richard Lorenz
- 1910s
…his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Lorenz was a professor of chemistry at the Eidgenössische Polytechnikum in Zurich, Switzerland and the…
- Contributor Lorenz, Richard, 1858-1915
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Lorenz, Richard, 1858-1915
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Caricature of Harry Nicholls Holmes (1879-1958)
- 1931
…Society National Meeting in Buffalo, New York. A long-time Professor of Chemistry at Oberlin College, Holmes' research interests included colloids …
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to R. E. Rose
- 1931-Aug-20
…undergraduate, after which he shifted his studies from organic to physical chemistry.…
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Oral history interview with Burnaby Munson
- 2010-Apr-09
… childhood chemistry set thing? MUNSON: I had a chemistry set when I was growing …, chemistry and chemical engineering majors. Then we have a course for chemistry …, analytical chemistry as well. GRAYSON: And these freshman chemistry classes are …
- Interviewee Munson, Burnaby
- Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
- Subject Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-, Franklin, J. L. (Joseph Louis), 1906-, American Society for Testing and Materials, Mass spectrometers, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Munson, Burnaby, Mass spectrometry, Chemists--Biography, Chemists
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Oral history interview with Vladimir Prelog
- 1984-Jan-17
… Institute of Technology (ETH). At ETH, Prelog has worked with the chemistry of natural products and stereochemistry while collaborating with … chemistry reached a stage where it didn't develop significantly. Only routine …don't have a crystal ball, but what is your idea of the future of chemistry or of chemical education? PRELOG: Chemistry is a very big…
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Article about Marie Curie
- Circa 1911
…Nobel prize in physics and in 1911 she was awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry. …
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Portrait of Max Planck
- Circa 1918
…significant contributions to the world of science in the fields of physical chemistry, theoretical physics, and quantum theory. …
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Letter from Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, August 6, 1936
- 1936-Aug-06
…, a renowned physicist, chemist, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903. …
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Third Reich
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Postcard from Alfred Werner to Georg Bredig
- 1913-Dec-03
… Alfred Werner was a Swiss chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913 for his work on the linkage of atoms in molecules, now known…
- Author Werner, Alfred, 1866-1919
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Chemists, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Werner, Alfred, 1866-1919, Nobel Prize winners