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Postcard from Gilbert N. Lewis to Georg Bredig

  • 1906-Oct-09

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Thank you note from Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875-1946) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Bredig had previously sent Lewis copies of his papers.

Gilbert Newton Lewis was an American physical chemist and, at the time of writing to Bredig, was a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Lewis had also previously studied in Germany under Walther Nernst (1864-1941) and Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932).

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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I – Georg Bredig Papers, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series I. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 2, Folder 12

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Gilbert Newton Lewis

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Lewis, Gilbert Newton. “Postcard from Gilbert N. Lewis to Georg Bredig,” October 9, 1906. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 2, Folder 12. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/mvt7lyh.

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