This article describes a meeting in 1874, seen to be the origin of the American Chemical Society, which commemorated the 100th anniversary of Joseph Priestley's discovery of oxygen. The remainder of the article is concerned with Priestley's scientific contributions and their implications. (DT)

A discussion of the role that theory plays in chemistry leads the author to conclude that its most important role is to provide a framework in which to think and to organize knowledge. (DT)

Describes a recently originated project to create simulated taped interviews with great chemists. (CP)

Address of Joel H. Hildebrand to the American Chemical Society general meeting on August 30, 1976, Berkeley, California. Topics include personal accounts, historical developments in chemistry, and philosophical considerations of the role of science in modern society. (SL)

Address of Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg to the American Chemical Society banquet on August 31, 1976, San Francisco, California. Discussed are the contributions chemistry has made to human progress in the past and looks at some that it may add in the future. (Author/SL)

Significant discoveries and developments regarding oxygen and organic compounds are recounted to show that research in this specific area is worthwhile and relevant and to point out that research in other areas of organic chemistry deserves continued encouragement as well. (DT)

Summarizes studies in the area of biochemical evolution of iron, copper, and heme proteins to provide an historical outline. Included are lists of major kinds of proteins and enzymes and charts illustrating electron flow in a cytochrome electron transport system and interconversion of jerrous to ferric ion in iron metabolism. (CC)

Provides a brief survey of important developments in the American Chemical Society since its founding in 1876. (MLH)

A discussion of the periodic table of the elements and the role it has played in the synthesis of man-made elements. (BB)

Describes a lecture series at the University of Delaware in which faculty members from various universities impersonate early American scientists while they deliver lectures and recreate historic experiments. (MLH)

Provides numerous examples to illustrate how the empirical technological knowledge of artists have, over the years, contributed to the advancement of science. (GA)

Reviews the history of chemical engineering and the chemical industry. (MLH)

Gives a brief history of chemistry in California during the last 100 years, including the foundation of chemical industries, the development of chemistry departments in universities and their respective specialities, and the role of California laboratories in World War II. (MLH)

A discussion of the past, present, and possible future developments in the field of reduction of organic compounds using hydrides. (BB)

Provides a brief history of chemistry up to the founding of the American Chemical Society in 1876. Includes developments in the understanding of matter, phlogiston theory, atomic theory, and chemical reactions. (MLH)