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Ridgway, David – Journal of Chemical Education, 1976
Presents an interview with Linus Pauling in which he recounts some of his experiences in chemistry. (MLH)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Chemistry, Interviews, Science Education
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Cassebaum, H.; Schufle, J. A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1975
Concludes that Carl Scheele first observed oxygen and clearly understood what he was observing in June 1771, when he heated manganese dioxide with concentrated sulfuric acid. This was more than three years before Lavoisier or Priestley (who is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen) made similar observations. (Author/MLH)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Chemistry, Science Education, Science History
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Schofield, Robert E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1976
Presents a lecture on why substances of nature combine, written as though it were composed by Joseph Priestley. (MLH)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Science Education
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Kauffman, George B. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1977
Discusses the discovery, background, and application of the trans effect and briefly outlines the life and work of its discoverer. (MLH)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Chemistry, College Science, Coordination Compounds
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Goehring, G. Daniel – Journal of Chemical Education, 1976
Discusses Newton's assignment of a complex hierarchical structure to matter, and his postulation of the existence of various forces associated with the particles of matter. (MLH)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Chemistry, Science Education, Science History
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Forman, Samuel A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1975
Examines the early photochemical and photographic research of French, German and English natural philosophers. Describes how these investigators developed photography and the laws which govern photochemical reactions. (MLH)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Chemistry, Instructional Materials, Photography
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Stock, John T. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1976
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Chemistry, Electrical Systems, Electricity
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Mellon, E. K. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1977
Discusses Alfred Stock's boron hydride research and his role in the development of organometallic chemistry. (MLH)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education
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Wotiz, John H., Ed. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1976
Briefly discusses Alfred Werner's discovery of the coordination theory of inorganic chemistry. (MLH)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Chemistry, Coordination Compounds, Instructional Materials