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Philippe A. Guye's personal calling card

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Personal calling card belonging to Phillippe-Auguste Guye (1862-1922). Guye was a Swiss physical chemist and five-time Nobel Prize nominee. In 1903, Guye started Journal de Chimie Physique, the first Swiss journal of chemistry.

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  • 2.4 in. H x 4 in. W
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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 II. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 3, Folder 18

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Guye, Phillippe-Auguste. “Philippe A. Guye's Personal Calling Card,” n.d. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 3, Folder 18. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rybf2pn.

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