History Directory
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- Kamen, Martin (3)
- Lavoisier, Antoine (4)
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- Priestley, Joseph (7)
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- Science: Astronomy: History (157)
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The Chemical Heritage Foundation
chemheritage.org
A non-profit foundation dedicated to preserving and making known the history of the chemical sciences.Classic Chemistry
webserver.lemoyne.edu
Provides texts of several classic papers from the history of chemistry and links to related sites. Maintained by Carmen Giunta of Le Moyne College.History and Philosophy of Alchemy
levity.com
"90 megabytes online of information on alchemy in all its facets." Though alchemy is neither chemistry nor a science, it is a historical precursor to scientific chemistry as studied in schools today.Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image
library.upenn.edu
The Edgar Fahs Smith Image Collection contains over 3,000 images of scientists, laboratories, and scientific apparatus. A selection of these prints, engravings, and photographs is reproduced on this site. Photographs of any of these images may be ordered from an on-line order form.Lichen Purple
chriscooksey.demon.co.uk
The history and chemistry of orcein, orchil, litmus, parelle and French purple with extensive bibliography.A and B Scott Science History
members.optusnet.com.au
History of development of atomic theory and periodic table; links from each scientist named to primary sources and more extensive biographical material.This Week in Chemical History
portal.acs.org
Annotated calendar noting both the people and the events related to various dates.Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC)
open.ac.uk
Information on how to join the Society, its activities, journal and conferences.National Historic Chemical Landmarks
portal.acs.org
Key discoveries and places, compiled by the American Chemical Society.Atomic Structure Timeline
atomictimeline.net
Presents the history of discoveries about the structure of matter. Created by Lee Buescher, Science Department, Watertown High School, Watertown, Wisconsin.Beckman Center
chemheritage.org
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry has the goal of supporting basic research in the history of the chemical sciences and to sponsor events of interest to scholars and the informed public.James Cutbush: An American Chemist, 1788-1823
gutenberg.org
Project Gutenberg includes 1919 biography by Edgar Fahs Smith in ASCII text, HTML, and ebook-reader formats.Radioactivity: Historical Figures
accessexcellence.org
Focuses on four primary figures in the development of the understanding of nuclear structure and radioactivity, namely Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, Antoine Henri Becquerel, Marie Sklodowska Curie, and Ernest Rutherford.Rediscovery of the Elements
jennymarshall.com
Photo tour of the places in Europe and North America where each of the chemical elements was first discovered.Case Histories of Drug Discovery
prous.com
Society for Medicines Research symposium, "Case Histories of Drug Discovery," now available online RealAudio webcast.The History and Chemistry of Murexide Dye
chriscooksey.demon.co.uk
Text derived from Scheele, Prout, Liebig and Wohler.Othmer Library of Chemical History
othmerlib.chemheritage.org
sources from the 16th century on the history of the chemical sciences and technologies.Detergent Chemistry: History
chemistry.co.nz
A history of synthetic detergents and of the synthetic detergent industry.Chemistry Related Antique Optical Instruments
antique-microscopes.com
Provides illustrations of a collection of early optical instruments used in the chemical laboratory. The collection consist of spectroscopes, refractometers, and polarimeters. The instruments date from the late 19th to the early 20th century.Datatorch: Great Scientists
datatorch.com
True stories from the lives of great scientists.
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