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Letter from Max Bredig to Ernst Berl, March 13, 1943
- 1943-Mar-13
… an Austrian chemist and professor of technical and macromolecular chemistry. During World War One, he produced explosives and chemical weapons…
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Georg Bredig and fellow chemists in a laboratory
- 1925-Mar
…," and "Schmitt." In 1911, Bredig became the Director of Physical Chemistry at the Technische Hochschule, or Technical University of Karlsruhe…
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Physical Chemists at the University of Heidelberg
- 1906
…Black and white photograph of scientists posing in a physical chemistry laboratory at the University of Heidelberg. On the right side table…
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Marck, A., Fraenkel, Walter, 1879-1945, MacBain, James Willian, 1882-1953, Antropoff, Andreas von, 1878-1956, Universität Heidelberg, Chemists, Braune, Hermann, 1886-1977, Teletow, Iwan, Spear, Ellwood Barker, 1875-, Fraenkel, Walter, 1879-1945, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Lichty, David Martin, 1862-1942
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Figure 76. Automatic Liquid Chlorine Apparatus
- 1915
…includes chapters detailing the various types of plants and the natural chemistry of water in more basic terms. …
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Figure 7. General View of a Mechanical Filter Plant
- 1915
…includes chapters detailing the various types of plants and the natural chemistry of water in more basic terms. …
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Virginia State Chamber of Commerce exhibition display
- 1950s
…Hopewell, Virginia alongside samples of products "made better because of chemistry." Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont…
- Photographer Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Corporations, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated
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Chemical show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1953)
- 1953
…showcasing the Hercules Powder Company's research in rosin and cellulose chemistry. The display, which includes a variety of product samples, was exhibited…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Trade shows, Gums and resins, Cellulose, Cellulose industry
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A Dream of Toasted Cheese
- 1899 (Creation)
- 1906 (Publication)
…text-book Roscoe and Joseph Lunt wrote. The text-book was Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners first published in 1893. The quote is included in the…
- Artist Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943
- Author Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915
- Publisher Macmillan Company
- Subject Ammonia, Mice, Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915
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Bunsen Burner
- Undated
…An icon of experimental chemistry, as well as a standard piece of equipment in scientific laboratories…
- Subject Bunsen burner
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Bunsen Burner
- Undated
…An icon of experimental chemistry, as well as a standard piece of equipment in scientific laboratories…
- Subject Bunsen burner
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Dedication of Beckman Auditorium at California Institute of Technology
- 1964
…received a Ph.D. in photochemistry from CalTech in 1928 and taught chemistry at the university for several years. He invented the first commercially…
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Oral history interview with Alfred R. Bader
- 1987-Jul-31
… I could say, "I am in engineering chemistry." To myself I could say, "I am in chemistry." THACKRAY: The chemistry …half. In the third and fourth year, you concentrated and did a lot of chemistry. We had two years of organic chemistry, two years of physical chemistry … department of chemistry, certainly organic chemistry, in the country. Bartlett gave Chemistry…
- Interviewee Bader, Alfred R., 1924-2018
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Chemists--Biography, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Aldrich Chemical Company, Sigma Chemical Company, Chemistry, Organic, Harvard University, Murphy Paint Company, Jewish refugees, Bader, Alfred R., 1924-2018, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with Anthony M.C. Brown
- 1990-Mar-08
… first encounters with science were at home through the inevitable chemistry set. I think I went beyond the bounds of the chemistry set, bought …most other university courses in Britain where you would go to read chemistry, and you’d be fixed just in chemistry with nothing else. In Cambridge …specialize in that one field. In the first year I did chemistry. It was chemistry, cell biology, and physiology. And I have to say…
- Interviewee Brown, Anthony M. C., 1954-
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Brown, Anthony M. C., 1954-, Chemistry sets, Genetics, Chambon, Pierre, University of California, San Francisco, Cornell University, Biology, Religion and science
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Oral history interview with Christine E. Holt
- 1995-Oct-25 – 1995-Oct-27
…sciences at thirteen will have to make the decision to take physics and chemistry or not. Right at the time when we were starting physics and chemistry … University to do zoology with this first year of chemistry. So I went to the university, and I took chemistry, and actually …any hope for me?” And they, at that time, said— I hadn’t finished my chemistry. Their requirement was, “If you get your chemistry, then you’re in…
- Interviewee Holt, Christine E., 1954-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Holt, Christine E., 1954-, Genetics, Neurobiology, Electrophysiology, Xenopus, Brain--Physiology, Retina, Cell differentiation, University of California, San Diego, Women in science, Women in medicine, Neuroscientists, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists
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Oral history interview with John E. Franz
- 1994-Nov-29
… of chemistry. I got some analytical chemistry books and did go through the same … did take a chemistry course? FRANZ: Oh yes. I had to take the introductory chemistry … such as History of Chemistry, Food Chemistry, and Radiochemistry. BOHNING: Really? …
- Interviewee Franz, John E., 1929-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Franz, John E., 1929-, Physical organic chemistry, Organic compounds--Synthesis, Monsanto Company, Chemical industry, Herbicides, Glyphosate, Environmental policy
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Oral history interview with Herman E. Schroeder
- 1986-Dec-30 (First session)
- 1987-Jan-12 (Second session)
…. After an early graduation he entered Harvard and set his mind on chemistry, in part influenced by his tutor, John Edsall. Staying on at Harvard … amount. Having had no chemistry, I found that when I took elementary chemistry I knew more than I …fun. I really enjoyed that project because it put together physical chemistry, synthetic chemistry, and polymer chemistry. …
- Interviewee Schroeder, H. E.
- Interviewer Ferguson, Raymond C.
- Subject Polymers, Chemists, Schroeder, H. E., Chemists--Biography, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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Portrait of Dr. Sylvia Stoesser (1901-1991)
- 1928
… born on July 18, 1901 in Buffalo, New York and earned her B.S. in chemistry from the University of Buffalo in 1923 and her Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Iowa in 1928. She initially worked in the …
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Oral history interview with Cheves Walling
- 1979-Sep-12
… was physics. I read a lot and taught myself chemistry. I also talked myself into the chemistry course at Harvard which …Louis Fieser, who was then teaching the one-semester freshman general chemistry course for people who had taken high school chemistry, that I could take the course. Later, I had him for organic chemistry. He was a very effective teacher because he made chemistry look … he reflects upon the emergence and maturation of physical organic chemistry.…
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Notes for making aqua fortis
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Handwritten manuscript containing notes for making aqua fortis, (or nitric acid), and refining silver. Includes a basic sketch of the apparatus used in the procedure. Written by John Conduitt (1688-1737), Sir Isaac…
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Experimentum Bellini
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Manuscript owned by Issac Newton (1642-1727). Written in an unknown hand, the work consists of notes on a vivisection experiment conducted by Lorenzo Bellini (1643-1704), an Italian physician and anatomist. The…
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Hercules Products for Chemical Progress
- Part of 1939 Hercules Advertisements
- 1939
…and add to the comforts and happiness of life. | In this progress, chemistry plays an important part. Its | ptoneering research leads to new fields … CHEMICAL & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING and INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY. …Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering and Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Advertising, Industrial
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A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica
- 1886
…ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMIST. DIRECTOR OF THE WESTMINSTER COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY AND PyaRMAcy, Lonpon. With Coloured Habitat Map. Ot IN ee ee EO LoNDON …. Wills was the founder and Director of the Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy in London. The school was established to train druggists…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable
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Beginning with Bromine...
- 1947-May-24
…gone—but the fifty years to come motivate our steady progress—to keep chemistry at work for the common good of all. : REPRODUCED ABOVE — 4erial view …and looks ahead to another fifty years of steady progress "to keep chemistry at work for the common good of all." This advertisement appeared…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Anniversaries
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Postcard of Hotel zur Krone
- 1927-Feb-07
…immigrated to America where he continued to work in the field of physical chemistry.…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Marx, Erich Anselm, 1874-1954
- Subject Marx, Erich Anselm, 1874-1954, Chemists, Hotels, Dining rooms
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Letter from James Franck to Georg Bredig
- 1927-Jan-01
… War II, he worked on the Manhattan Project as the Director of the Chemistry Division of the Metallurgical Laboratory. …