Chemistry -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

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The notebook covers the period from February 16th through June 3rd, 1886 and contains data on experiments II through XXI.

Scope and content The notebook begins with notes pertaining to carbon (chapter 11 page 176) and includes a variety of lecture notes, lists of chemical names and symbols, answers to textbook questions, and descriptions of various experiments. Topics covered include the occurrence of carbon in plants and animals, the properties and preparation of carbon dioxide, laws governing the combination of gases, and the extraction of sulphur. Notably, the names of Brabenec and her peers the "class of 1907" are inscribed...

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The focus of this collection is Chemical Education. Verhoek's notebooks from Harvard and the University of Wisconsin give a fairly comprehensive overview of how Chemistry was taught in the early years of the 20th Century.

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The bulk of this collection is the extensive class notes taken by Julius Heisler when he studied under Mark at Brooklyn Polytechnic in 1955. In addition, there are two of Heisler's grade cards signed by Mark and a copy of the Mark reprint A Few Principles of Adhesion, published by the Weizmann Science Press of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel in 1957.

Scope and content The notebook details approximately 115 experiments performed by Hartley, ranging from fundamental investigations such as "Is Wood an Element?" to more advanced concepts dealing with the production decomposition, and solubility of carbon dioxide. Notably, miscellaneous notes at the end of the volume include an analysis of drinking water drawn from the well of a local resident. In her analysis, Hartley notes sources of pollution and finds traces of chloride and nitrates in excess of 425 mg,...

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The notebook contains observations of several hundred experiments dealing with topics such as the solubility of salts, sulfates and other compounds, fermentation, tobacco, and distillation of alcohols. Of special interest are the notes in Lussac's hand dated 1824 "dissolution d' indigo" and dealing with the standardization of indigo solutions. In the published paper on this topic Lussac first coined the terms "pipettes" and "burettes" and page 119 shows his drawing of a pipette.

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Two bound laboratory notebooks created by American organic chemist Myron Rosenblum. The notebooks were created by Rosenblum as a graduate student at Harvard University’s Chemistry Department. They document research conducted by Rosenblum under American organic chemist and Nobel Prize winner Robert Burns Woodward, including his research on ferrocene.