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Oral history interview with Ivan Maxwell Robinson
- 2001-Jan-24
…to be a medical doctor. Somewhere along the line I switched over to chemistry. By the time I went to University, I knew that chemistry was the …vividly. They had crowded five-thousand students into it who were taking chemistry--chemistry was a required course for freshman engineers. There were …, Nova Scotia. In high school, Robinson decided he wanted to study chemistry in college. Robinson graduated with a degree in chemistry from Acadia…
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Oral history interview with Edgar W. Spanagel
- 1997-May-09
… turned out, I got a high mark in chemistry, so the next year I took it again, and took chemistry every year …Harvard, and he came to teach organic chemistry. He wrote to various colleges for me, to see if he could get a scholarship …few other state universities were considered top place as far as the chemistry major was concerned—especially, for organic chemistry, Illinois and…
- Interviewee Spanagel, Edgar W.
- Interviewer Smith, John K. (John Kenly), 1951-
- Subject Nylon, Chemists, Chemists--Biography, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937, Spanagel, Edgar W., Hosiery
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Oral history interview with Orlando Aloysius Battista
- 1992-Feb-23
…your experiences like there? I'm assuming your degree was finally in chemistry. Is that correct? BATTISTA: B.S. First Class Honors degree in chemistry … at McGill? What kind of courses did you take? BATTISTA: Physical chemistry, organic chemistry, lots of it. A lot of lab work. The honors course … successful, The Power to Influence People, had nothing to do with chemistry. I think there were only four books that I wrote in chemistry--Challenge…
- Interviewee Battista, O. A. (Orlando Aloysius), 1917-1995
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Hemostasis, Surgical, American Viscose Corporation, O. A. Battista Research Institute, Psychotropic drugs, Viscose process, Battista, O. A. (Orlando Aloysius), 1917-1995, Cellulose--Chemistry, FMC Corporation, University of Texas, Microcrystalline polymers, Chemists--Biography, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Vladimir Haensel
- 1994-Nov-02
…Both Ipatieff and Tropsch said, "You've got to know an awful lot of chemistry; you've got to understand the chemistry. This is they way I feel …classify as having the same instinct that Ipatieff had? The same nose for chemistry? HAENSEL: The same nose for chemistry? Not really. I think that ……
- Interviewee Haensel, Vladimir, 1914-2002
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Chemical engineering, Heterogeneous catalysis, Perkin Medal, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Catalysts, Haensel, Vladimir, 1914-2002, Chemical engineers, Ipatieff, Vladimir N. (Vladimir Nikolaevich), 1867-1952, Universal Oil Products Company, Platinum catalysts, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with James A. McCloskey, Jr.
- 2012-Mar-19 (First session)
- 2012-Mar-20 (Second session)
… He entered Trinity University in San Antonio, where he majored in chemistry; he earned a PhD in analytical chemistry from Massachusetts Institute … Chemistry, University of Utah 1976-2007 Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Department … of Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Utah 148 Professional…
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Excerpt of a Letter from Erwin Hirsch to Stefan Jakobowicz, January 31, 1942
- 1942-Jan-31
…outside of our purview, research continues every day in the fields of chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, etc. In addition, new discoveries and …and new publications ) in English, German or French in the fields of chemistry, physics, medicine, biology, etc. Despite the aforementioned difficulties …Europe, so that they can remain informed on developments in biology, chemistry, physics, and medicine. …
- Author Hirsch, Erwin
- Addressee Jakobowicz, Stefan
- Subject Hirsch, Erwin, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Antisemitism, Third Reich, World War (1939-1945)
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Postcard from Walter Fraenkel to Hedwig Fraenkel
- 1915-Nov-21
…Fraenkel (1879-1945) was a private lecturer and professor of physical chemistry. He married his wife Lili Fraenkel in 1921. Like his uncle Georg …
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Letters from Max Bredig to Fritz Haber and Karl Weissenberg, June 1928
- 1928-Jun-09
…who invented the Haber-Bosch process and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918, while Karl Weissenberg was an Austrian physicist who worked…
- Addressee Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934
- Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Scholarships, Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934
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Thank you note from Ernst Berl to Georg and Rosa Bredig
- 1923-Oct-29
… an Austrian chemist and professor of technical and macromolecular chemistry. During World War One, he produced explosives and chemical weapons…
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Hercules Powder Company exhibition display (circa 1950s)
- 1950s
…Illinois showcasing recent company research in rosin and cellulose chemistry. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Mueller Photo
- Subject Advertising, Industrial, Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Trade shows, Cellulose industry
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Letter from the Schweizerische Schulrath to Georg Bredig
- 1911-Jul-01
… relieving Georg Bredig of all his duties as professor of physical chemistry and electrochemistry at the Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule …
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Creator Of Work Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
- Contributor Gnehm, Robert, 1852-1926
- Subject Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland--Zurich, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Gnehm, Robert, 1852-1926
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Ray Kent conducting high polymer study at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
…facility boasted laboratory areas dedicated to research in physical chemistry, catalytic and high temperature reactions, physical development, …
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Richard Bayne testing distillation and miniplant operations at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
…facility boasted laboratory areas dedicated to research in physical chemistry, catalytic and high temperature reactions, physical development, …
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Distillation apparatus, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Polymers, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Bayne, Richard
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Portrait of Edwin J. Cohn (1892-1953)
- Circa 1942
…Portrait of Edwin J. Cohn (1892-1953). Cohn was a professor of biological chemistry at Harvard Medical School and one of the first to apply basic physical…
- Photographer Bachrach, Fabian
- Subject Biochemistry, Portraits, Cohn, Edwin J. (Edwin Joseph), 1892-1953
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Letter from Joseph Fourier to John Dalton
- 1827-Oct-08
…of Beaux Arts. Widely known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, Dalton was a noted English meteorologist and chemist. His research…
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Oral history interview with Diane M. Papazian
- 1996-Jan-16
- 1996-Jan-25
- 1996-Feb-07
…deciding what I wanted to do. I really liked biology and I really liked chemistry. So even though they don't do tracking anymore, I think it really …afraid I'm not going to be able to remember his name, but he taught us chemistry. And I remember him standing in front of the class showing us how …a chemist before you could be a biochemist. So I wound up studying chemistry as an undergraduate. MELDRUM: Now, what year was this when …
- Interviewee Papazian, Diane M., 1954-
- Interviewer Meldrum, Marcia L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Papazian, Diane M., 1954-, Women in science, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Neurosciences, Medicine--Research, Drosophila, Genetics--Research
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Letter to Dr. Bostock from John Dalton, June 21, 1808
- 1808-Jun-21
…June 11, 1808. Dalton writes he has sent Bostock four copies of his "Chemistry," referring to his work, A New System of Chemical Philosophy (1808 …physiology." Widely known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, Dalton was a noted English meteorologist and chemist. His research…
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Oral history interview with Charles D. Hurd
- 1991-Feb-28
…Dillon Cady) was certainly the best. Chemistry wasn't bad either. I had John W. Kern in chemistry. Afterwards … one was in physical chemistry. That was [Thomas E.] Phipps. The other one in organic chemistry …? Not just within chemistry circles, but wasn't it also to get public recognition of chemistry…
- Interviewee Hurd, Charles Dewitt, 1897-1998
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Hurd, Charles Dewitt, 1897-1998, Chemists, Chemists--Biography
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, March 29, 1905
- 1905-Mar-29
…recently been decided that the new Nobel Institute for Physics and Chemistry will open on the 1st of October [1905]. In the first year, we will …him. Arrhenius tells Bredig that the Nobel Institute for Physics and Chemistry will open in October 1905, but its official building will not be …
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, January 20, 1900
- 1900-Jan-20
…physiologists are becoming increasingly interested in recent developments in chemistry. …Swedish scientist who made significant contributions to the fields of chemistry and physics, writes a letter to his friend and colleague Georg Bredig…
- Creator Of Work Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Auroras, Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941, Sweden--Stockholm
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Battery Demonstration Unit
- Circa 2000
… by Alan MacDiarmid (1927-2007), winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the discovery and development of conductive polymers." MacDiarmid…
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Letter from Max Bredig to H. Jermain Creighton, June 6, 1939
- 1939-Jun-06
… Bredig (1902-1977) writes to H. Jermain Creighton, a professor of Chemistry at Swarthmore College, with updates on his family. His father, Georg…
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Willard King working with pilot plant apparatus at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
…facility boasted laboratory areas dedicated to research in physical chemistry, catalytic and high temperature reactions, physical development, …
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Wilbur Myers testing cracking and dehydrogenation apparatus at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
…facility boasted laboratory areas dedicated to research in physical chemistry, catalytic and high temperature reactions, physical development, …
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Cracking process, Dow Chemical Company, Dehydrogenation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Polymers, Myers, Wilbur
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Willard Van Wingerden performing instrument maintenance at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
…facility boasted laboratory areas dedicated to research in physical chemistry, catalytic and high temperature reactions, physical development, …
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Polymers, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Van Wingerden, Willard