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Blood Spectra
- Part of Micro-Chemistry of Poisons
- 1885
…: carbonic oxide haemoglobin Frontispiece plate is found in Micro-Chemistry of Poisons by Theodore G. (Theodore George) Wormley (1826-1897).…
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen
- 1892 (Date of original lithograph)
…1812-1879). Bunson was a pioneer in photochemistry and organoarsenic chemistry while also developing gas-analytical methods.…
- Artist Marx, Job.
- Subject Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Portraits, Scientists, Chemists
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Oral history interview with James F. Roth
- 1996-Jan-23
… got there? ROTH: My most positive experiences were those in chemistry, because I had a very engaging teacher in chemistry, a man by the …entered the University of West Virginia as an aspiring graduate in chemistry. BOHNING: Okay. ROTH: I entered the chemistry curriculum …several faculty members. They represented a cross-section of analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry, and for some reason or…
- Interviewee Roth, James F., 1925-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Roth, James F., 1925-, Chemists, Rubber, Artificial, Monsanto Company, Catalysis, Oxo process, Rhodium
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Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, March 15, 1943
- 1943-Mar-15
… ANN ARBOR DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY March 15, 1943 Dear Max-Albert, Of course, I’m glad to … ANN ARBOR DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 15. III. 43 Lieber Max-Albert, Ich bin natürlich gerne …Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), a Polish American chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan, informs his friend and mentee, Max…
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Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Raphael M. Munavu, October 4, 1983
- 1983-Oct-04
…UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. =e | | AO Boo 80197 Nairobi. Fronya Telaphone GIG53 Falagrsons aust Ath October 1983 Professor William A Lester, Jr Department of Chemistry | University of California Berkeley, California 94720. GS A | Dear …f, oO a ON Yours sincerely RAPHAEL M MUNAVU NS ZB SECRETARY, AFSAU CHEMISTRY COMMEPT Boe L. …Association of Faculties of Science of African Universities (AFSAU) Chemistry Committee, to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-). Munavu writes about…
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Postcard from Carl Engler to Georg Bredig, February 1901
- 1901-Feb-18
…German Imperial Postal Service To: Dr. Bredig Physical Chemistry Institute Leipzig University …Carl Engler (1842-1925), a German chemist and professor of chemistry, thanks Georg Bredig for sending his habilitation thesis Anorganische…
- Author Engler, Carl, 1842-1925
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Engler, Carl, 1842-1925, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Portraits of John Dalton
- Undated
… (1766-1844). Widely known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, Dalton was a noted English meteorologist and chemist. His research…
- Engraver Jeens, Charles Henry, 1827-1879
- Publisher Macmillan & Co.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Jeens, Charles Henry, 1827-1879
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Postcard from Carl Neuberg to Georg Bredig, November 1930
- 1930-Nov-14
…father of modern biochemistry and was nominated for a Nobel Prize for Chemistry twenty-five times. He was the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute…
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Potrait of Marcellin Berthelot, 1908
- 1908-Jan-09
…Berthelot was a French chemist, historian, and politician. His work in chemistry focused on organic synthesis and thermochemistry. The photographer…
- Photographer Manuel, Henri, 1874-1947
- Subject Berthelot, M. (Marcellin), 1827-1907, Chemists, Scientists, Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of Gustav Wiedemann
- 1891
…the editor of Annalen der Physik und Chemie (Annals of Physics and Chemistry), one of the oldest scientific journals on physics. His research …
- Photographer Brokesch, Georg, 1849-1896
- Subject Wiedemann, Gustav Heinrich, 1826-1899, Physicists, Carte de visite photographs
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Letter copies from Werner and Ida Gebhardt to Kasimir Fajans, January, 1939
- 1939-Jan-17
…1902-1977) copies excerpts of letters addressed to his colleague, the chemistry professor Kasimir Fajans (1887-1985), from his family members in …
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Carl Neuberg's personal calling card
- 1922-Jun-17
…father of modern biochemistry and was nominated for a Nobel Prize for Chemistry twenty-five times. He was the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute…
- Author Neuberg, Carl, 1877-
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Neuberg, Carl, 1877-, Visiting cards, Biochemistry, Chemists, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, March 17, 1851
- 1851-Mar-17
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth regarding a job he is doing. Morfit writes…
- 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 Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, February 29, 1851
- 1851-Feb-29
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth concerning Professor Joseph Henry (1797-1878…
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Letter from Campbell Morfit to Joseph Henry, February 18, 1851
- 1851-Feb-18
…co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Joseph Henry (1797-1878), Secretary of the Smithsonian…
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Telegram sent from Lili Fraenkel to Frankfurt, Germany, November 1938
- 1938-Nov-17
…. Walter Fraenkel was a private lecturer and professor of physical chemistry. Like his uncle Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Walter Fraenkel lost his…
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Caricature of Charles August Kraus (1875-1967)
- 1931
…Chemical Society National Meeting in Buffalo, New York. A professor of chemistry and director of the chemical laboratories at Brown University, Kraus…
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Bunsen, Kirchhoff, and Roscoe
- 1862 (Creation)
- 1906 (Publication)
…visit of Bunsen and Kirchhoff to Manchester while Roscoe was chair of chemistry at Owens College, Manchester. Roscoe knew Kirchhoff and Bunsen from…
- Author Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915
- Printer Of Plates Walker, Emery, 1851-1933
- Publisher Macmillan Company
- Subject Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915, Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Kirchhoff, G. (Gustav), 1824-1887
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Beckman System 1 Plus DNA Synthesizer
- Circa 1985
…check reagent levels, and perform DNA synthesis using phosphoramidite chemistry. The control module in the color photograph included an IBM PC with…
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First Day Cover commemorating Victor Grignard
- 1971
…magnesium to couple ketones and alkyl halides. The Nobel medal for chemistry is also depicted on the stamp.…
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Oral history interview with Stephen L. Johnson
- 2002-Sep-25 (First session)
- 2002-Sep-26 (Second session)
…until after I graduated from college. My undergraduate degrees are in chemistry and molecular biology, but I did that because I was lazy. VAN … history and English, and I was good at some of the sciences, like chemistry. I never took biology. I took one biology course because everybody … courses, organic chemistry and second-year calculus and I don’t know what else. Boy, it was …
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Oral history interview with Oliver M. Hayden
- 1986-Feb-18
…tales about Freud. FERGUSON: How did you decide to major in chemistry? HAYDEN: They didn't teach any chemistry in my high school …. We didn't know much about atomic chemistry or nuclear chemistry. It wasn't heard of. I remember my textbook …oxide. We had Lothar Weber, who was supposed to be an expert in the chemistry of rubber. I say chemistry, but put "chemistry" in quotes, because…
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Oral history interview with Mary L. Good
- 1998-Jun-02
…stayed in that curriculum for one semester. I ended up taking freshman chemistry, which you had to take. We had an elderly freshman chemistry teacher … the laboratories immensely--all the way from freshman chemistry through physical chemistry. TRAYNHAM: You spoke particularly strongly about the introductory chemistry course that won you over to being a chemistry major. Does any other …teacher. However, her interest in science was piqued by a freshman chemistry course, and Good soon became a chemistry and physics double-major. Her chemistry professor encouraged her to go on to graduate school, and she accepted…
- Interviewee Good, Mary L., 1931-
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Subject Good, Mary L., 1931-, Universal Oil Products Company, Allied-Signal Inc., American Chemical Society, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Women chemists, Women in science, Radiochemistry, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
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Oral history interview with Herbert Eleuterio
- 2000-Feb-25
… beginning to transition from synthetic chemistry to more physical organic chemistry. Harold was an absolutely great …Chemistry has a challenge. The challenge is—chemistry is an enabling discipline …you have to be familiar with. So I wasn’t trying to learn physical chemistry as well as polymer chemistry. I already knew the physical chemistry…
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Oral history interview with Brenda L. Bass
- 1995-Jul-24 – 1995-Jul-26
…there. BASS: Yes. MAESTREJUAN: And he actually majored in chemistry there. He said it had a really excellent program in chemistry. At …took any chemistry class. The first course I took was general chemistry. It actually … just biochemistry now. But Tom Cech had a degree in chemistry, his Ph.D. was in chemistry. I bet most of the people that were …