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Postcard from Rudolf Höber to Georg Bredig

  • 1900-Jan-16

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Rudolf Höber (1873-1953), a German physiologist and physician working in Zurich, Switzerland, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending his recent scientific treatise on inorganic ferments, which he collaborated on with his colleague, Rudolf Müller von Berneck. Müller von Berneck was a German chemist who patented the process for manufacturing concentrated nitric acid.

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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Translated by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
  • Transcribed by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
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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 Correspondence File, 1891-1944
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  • Box 1, Folder 59

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Höber, Rudolf. “Postcard from Rudolf Höber to Georg Bredig,” January 16, 1900. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 1, Folder 59. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/wgirvup.

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- Carte postale. –

Union postale universelle. – Weltpostverein. – Unione postale universale.

SUISSE. SCHWEIZ. SVIZERRA.

Nur für die Adresse

Herrn Dr. G. Bredig

Leipzig

Physikalisch-chemisches Institut: Linnéstr.

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Zürich, den 16. I. 1900.

Lieber Herr Dr. Bredig!

Ihnen und Dr. Müller von Berneck danke ich herzlich für die Abhandlung Ihrer prachtvollen Arbeit. Bitte um baldige Festsetzung.

Besten Gruss! R. Höber
Priv. Doc.

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Image 1

- Postcard. -

World Postal Union

SWITZERLAND

Only for the address

Dr. G. Bredig

Leipzig

Physical Chemistry Institute: Linnéstraße

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Zurich, January 16, 1900

Dear Dr. Bredig,

I would like to thank you and Dr. Müller von Berneck for the treatise of your magnificent work. Please have it published soon.

Best wishes,
R. Höber
Lecturer

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