Theodore William Richards and Roger Clark Wells - A Revision of the Atomic Weights of Sodium and Chlorine
Scope and Content
Copy of Theodore William Richards and Roger Clark Wells' publication A Revision of the Atomic Weights of Sodium and Chlorine, which they co-authored as colleagues at Harvard University's Department of Chemistry. The publication was published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in April 1905.
Dates
- Creation: 1905
Creator
- Richards, Theodore W. (Theodore William), 1868-1928 (Person)
- Wells, Roger Clark, 1877-1944 (Person)
- Carnegie Institution of Washington (Organization)
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Background Note
Theodore William Richards (1868-1928) was an American physical chemist and the first American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was awarded the 1914 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his exact determinations of the atomic weights of a large number of chemical elements. Roger Clark Wells (1877-1944) was an American geological chemist. He was the third Chief Chemist of the United States Geological Survey (1930-1944). During the early 1900s, Richards and Clark were colleagues at Harvard University's Department of Chemistry.
Extent
0.10 Linear Feet (1 Folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Copy of Theodore William Clark's and Roger Clark Wells' publication A Revision of the Atomic Weights of Sodium and Chlorine, which was published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Acquisition Information
Theodore William Richards and Roger Clark Wells - A Revision of the Atomic Weights of Sodium and Chlorine was found in the collection of the Science History Institute Archives.
Processing Information
Theodore William Richards and Roger Clark Wells - A Revision of the Atomic Weights of Sodium and Chlorine was processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig in August 2025.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Theodore William Richards and Roger Clark Wells - A Revision of the Atomic Weights of Sodium and Chlorine
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig.
- Date
- 2025-08-12
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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