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From the Editor
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group News
Electronic Version of the Newsletter
Depositing the RSC Historical Group Newsletter at the British Library
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group AGM
Minutes of AGM - 19 March 2010
January 2011 Newsletter - Feedback Marelene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham
Members' Publications
Recent publications by Historical Group Committee Members
News and Updates
Partington Prize
Royal Society Exhibition - Visualising Matter: The Graphic Teaching Tools of Chemistry in the Age of Revolution
Syracuse University Plastics Collection Goes Online
Useful Websites and Addresses
Centenary of Marie Curie's Nobel Prize for Chemistry - Bill Griffith
Some Thoughts on Marie Curie, Double Nobel Laureate - Marelene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham
Book Review
Joséf Hurwic, Maria Sklodowska-Curie and Radioactivity- Bill Griffith
Short Essays
George Kakabadse (1917-2002): Analytical Chemist with a Remarkable History - Derry W. Jones
The Moissan-Stock-Emeléus connection - Eric Banks
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmark
Chemical Landmark plaque for Unilever - Bill Griffith
English Heritage Plaques
English Heritage plaque to Sir William Ramsay Bill Griffith
Meeting and Conference Reports
Marie Curie and aspects of the History of Radiochemistry - Alan Dronsfield and Bill Griffith
Forthcoming Meetings
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group Meetings
Dyes in History and Archaeology 30
Environmental Chemistry: A Historical Perspective
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Meetings
News from the American Chemical Society, Division of the History of Chemistry
Hazardous Chemicals: Agents of Risk and Change (1800-2000)
8th International Conference on History of Chemistry (ICHC
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From the Editor
Correction
Welcome to new RSC Historical Group Members - Bill Griffith
RSC News
Chemistry Connections – A New RSC Project - Sophie Boldon
Free On-line Access to the RSC’s Journal Archives (pre-1939)
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group Meetings: 2010 and 2011 - Bill Griffith
News and Updates
Thomas Graham Lectures
News from the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
Roy G. Neville Prize
Useful websites and addresses
Short Essays
The History of Patents in the UK. - Richard Toon
Ida Freund, the first woman chemistry lecturer Margaret Hill and Alan Dronsfield
A History of World Science: In four objects from the Cuming Museum, Southwark, London, and discussed, assessed and presented, by local children 2000-2001 - David H. Leaback
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmark
Chemical Landmark Plaque for Pfizer - Alan Dronsfield
Inorganic Chemical Laboratory, Oxford/John Goodenough Landmark Award - Alan Dronsfield
Meeting and Conference Reports
Celebrating the History of Chemical Information: Monday 29 November 2010 - Bill Griffith
SHAC Anniversary Meeting - Anna Simmons
Forthcoming Meetings
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group Meetings Bill Griffith
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Meetings
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
8th International Conference on History of Chemistry (ICHC)
7th Laboratory History Conference
Renewing the Heritage of Chemistry in the 21st Century: Conversations on the Preservation, Presentation and Utilization of Sources, Sites and Artefacts
British Society for the History of Science: Annual Conference, 2011
Joint meeting with Dyes in History and Archaeology, Derby
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From the Editor
Minutes of the RSC Historical Group AGM
Other RSC News
News and Updates
The 2010 Liebig-Wöhler-Freundschaft-Preis
A Lucky Escape: news of an accident at the Liebig Museum
Ambix archive now on-line
News from the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
Useful websites and addresses
Short Essays
Chinese Green - Chris Cooksey
What happened in Thomsen's kiln ? - a detective story - Michael Jewess
Charles Darwin and Raphael Meldola - Tony Travis
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmark
Elsie Widdowson National Chemical Landmark - Alan Dronsfield
Sanofi-Aventis (formerly May & Baker) - Alan Dronsfield
Book Reviews
Colin A. Russell, From Atoms to Molecules: Studies in the History of Chemistry from the 19th Century (Alan Dronsfield)
Leslie S. Ettre and John V. Hinshaw (eds), Chapters in the Evolution of Chromatography (Alan Dronsfield)
Meeting and Conference Reports
The Rise and Fall of ICI. Friday 19 March, 2010
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
The Partington Prize 2011
Forthcoming Meetings
Forthcoming RSC Historical Group Meetings
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry - 75th anniversary meeting
American Chemical Society – Division of the History of Chemistry
Obituaries
Sir James W. Black (1924-2010) Viviane Quirke
Dr J.H.S. Green (1929-2010) John Nicholson
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From the Editor
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group AGM
Database of Presentations by RSCHG members
News and Updates
The Museum of Victorian Science: a little-known Yorkshire gem Alan Dronsfield
Publication News Alan Dronsfield
Trevor H. Levere has received the 2009 Edelstein Award Jim Bohning
News from the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
Short Essays
Compilation of a Register of Historic Chemical Collections Henry S Rzepa
Recollections of AID Harefield Chris Cooksey
Darwin, Chemistry and the Age of the Earth Bill Griffith
Synthetic Dyes and Drug Discovery Alan Dronsfield, Peter Ellis, and John Cassella
Crunch Times for British Chemistry David Leaback
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks
Chemical Landmark Award for Joseph Black to Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities Gerry Moss
RSC Chemical Landmark Award: Professor Edward D Hughes and Bangor University Dr E Malcolm Jones
Chemical Landmark Award to the Harwell Laboratory Alan Dronsfield
Book Reviews
Keith Baker, Joseph Priestley; friends and foes - remarkable lives in an age of revolution Alan Dronsfield
Laurence Lestel (coord.), Itinéraires de chimistes: 1857-2007, 150 ans de chimie en France avec les Présidents de la SFC Viviane Quirke
Meeting and Conference Reports
Chemists and the Law. Friday 23 October 2009 Peter Reed
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
SHAC's 75th Anniversary
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Meetings Georgette Taylor, Stephen Johnston, Stephen Clucas
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry Jan Hayes
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group Meetings 2009 and 2010
Other Meetings
Contents
From the Editor
Increase in Annual Subscriptions for the Group
Presentations by RSCHG members Chris Cooksey
Article in RSC News, John Hudson
Other RSC News
Today in Chemistry, Anthony Hardwicke
Portraits of Robert Boyle (1626-1691) at the RSC, D. Thorburn Burns
News and Updates
Classic text by Chevreul reprinted, Alan Dronsfield
Publication Received, Alan Dronsfield
Electronic Resources in history of chemistry, Alan Dronsfield and Chris Cooksey
Short Essays
Partington & Shilling's The Specific Heats of Gases (1924). Who was Shilling ? W.H. Brock
From Courtois' iodine to Montyon prizes, Patricia Swain
Bunsen's British Students at the University of Heidelberg, 1853-1889 W.H. Brock
The ICI Safety Newsletters, Trevor Kletz
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks
Joseph Swan National Chemical Landmark, John Hudson
Book Reviews
William H. Brock, William Crookes (1832 - 1919) and the Commercialisation of Science (Alan Dronsfield)
Marelene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneer British Women Chemists, 1880-1949 (Sally Horrocks)
Meeting and Conference Reports
Organometallic Chemistry, Past and Present, Bill Griffith
Pharmacy in History, Alan Dronsfield
Making the Victory Place Magenta Story Work, David H. Leaback
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, Georgette Taylor
Obituary John Edmonds 1931 - 2009 (Alan Dronsfield)
Contents
From the Editor
News and Updates
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group AGM Agenda
2011 International Year of Chemistry
News from the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
Useful websites and adDrsses
Short Essays
Chemistry and its relations in nineteenth-century Oxford, J.S. Rowlinson
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmark
RSC National Chemical Landmark Award, AstraZeneca (Alan Drnsfield)
RSC National Chemical Landmark Award at UCL (Bill Griffith)
Book Reviews
The Dyson Perrins Laboratory and Oxford Organic Chemistry 1916-2004. Rachel Curtis, Catherine Leith, Joshua Nall and John Jones (eds)(John Nicholson)
Meeting and Conference Reports
Conservation in Context (Bill Griffith and Alan Drnsfield)
Chemists in non-Chemical Industries (John Hudson)
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Pharmacy in History
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Meetings of the RSC Historical Group
Other Meetings
The 7th ICHC and the 23rd ICHST
Oxford History of Chemistry Seminars
Contents
From the Editor
Free access to RSC Journals Archive
News and Updates
Publication Received
Sir John Rowlinson to receive the 2008 Edelstein Award
Call for Nominations for the 2009 Edelstein Award
News from the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
Useful websites and addresses
Short Essays
Lost to Chemistry: Sir Stafford Cripps ,W.H. Brock
Synthetic dyes and the start of chemotherapy, Alan Dronsfield, Trevor Brown and Peter Ellis
The Early NMRDG: a personal Memoir Edward W. Randall
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmark
Humphry Davy RSC Chemical Landmark plaque, John Hudson
RSC Chemical Landmark plaque to Dr. John Snow (1813-1858)
RSC Landmark Plaque at the Jealott’s Hill Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire Bill Griffith
Book Reviews
Collaboration in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Changing Relationships in Britain and France 1935-1985. Viviane Quirke (Peter Reed)
Meeting and Conference Reports
BSHS Conference 2007 Anna Simmons
Creating a New Rainbow: Dyes after Perkin Anna Simmons
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry: Alchemy Symposium
Partington Prize 2008
The Scottish Chemical Diaspora
Pharmacy in History
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Meetings of the RSC Historical Group
Other Meetings
European History of Science Society,
7th International Conference on the History of Chemistry
Obituary
Stephen Finney Mason (1923-2007) Peter Morris
Contents
From the Editor
Increase in Annual Subscriptions for the Group
News and Updates
The Plowden Medal Chris Cooksey
History of Chemistry Focus within Burlington House? Nigel Lees
Some News from the Chemical Heritage Foundation
Useful Websites and Addresses
Short Essays
Samuel Sugden's Parachor Noel Coley
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmark
Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
The story of Moseley and X-rays Alan Dronsfield
Book Review
An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War. Eds. Hasok Chang and Catherine Jackson. (Peter Reed)
Joseph Priestley - A Celebration of His Life and Legacy, ed. James S. Birch and Joe Lee (Bill Griffith)
Meeting and Conference Reports
Joseph Priestley - more than just a chemist
Priestley's Legacy - Not Only Chemistry, Les Woodcock
The Eclipse of Newton, David Knight
Chemistry and Revolution, Colin Russell
The Spark that led to Chemistry John, Stuart Martin
The Early Medical History of Oxygen - and a Trip in a Submarine, Alan Dronsfield
The Phlogiston Theory, Revisited, Joe Lee
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry: Alchemy Symposium, Anna Simmons
Neighbours and Territories: the evolving identity of chemistry, Anna Simmons
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Dreaming of your own business ?
Forthcoming Meetings
Meetings of the Royal Society of Chemistry: Historical Group
Other Meetings
Three Societies Meeting, Keble College, Oxford, 2008
New Orleans, 2008
Philadelphia, 2008
European History of Science Society, Annual meeting, Vienna, Austria, 2008
7th International Conference on the History of Chemistry, Sopron, Hungary 2009
Contents
From the Editor
Questionnaire; W.H. Perkin & the Future of U.K/U.S.A. Chemistry: David Leaback
Notes and Updates
The Partington Prize 2008
Some News from the Chemical Heritage Foundation
1st International Symposium on the 'Arab Contribution to the History of Chemistry'
2007 July 4th Priestley Society Annual Lecture
Useful Websites and Addresses
Short Essays and Articles
Lost to Chemistry: Who Was Crookes' Musician-Chemist? W.H. Brock
The RSC Historical Group Story Noel Coley
Mauveine - the final word? (2) Chris Cooksey
An element that never was - Metargon Alan Dronsfield and Trevor Brown
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks
John Dalton Chemical Landmark Ceremony John Hudson
RSC Landmark plaques to two chemistry Nobel Laureates unveiled at IC Bill Griffith
Book Review
The Chemical Society of Japan: A 125-Year Quest for Excellence (1878-2003), Noel Coley
David Rogers, Nobel Laureate Contributions to 20th century Chemistry, Alan Dronsfield
Meeting and Conference Reports
New Chemical Elements and their Periodicity Bill Griffith
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
ACS ChemLuminary Awards
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Forthcoming Meetings
Meetings of the Royal Society of Chemistry: Historical Group
RSC Historical Group, with support from the Priestley Society
Joint meeting of the RSC Historical Group and the Chilterns & Middlesex Section
Joint meeting of the RSC Historical Group and the Royal Institution
6th International Conference on History of Chemistry
Education and History and Philosophy of Chemistry
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2007
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
The 7th International Conference on the History of Chemistry, 2009
Forthcoming American meetings and HIST deadlines
Davy and the placing of potassium anobg the elemant - David Knight
(The Second Wheeler Lecture, Burlington House, 22 March, 2007)
Radient Spectroscopy. The Rare Earth Crusade - W.H. Brock
(The Third Wheeler Lecture, Burlington House, 22 March, 2007)
Contents
From the Editor
RSCHG members email (Bill Griffith)
Notes and Updates
Antony S. Tavis to receive the 2007 Edelstein Award
Some News from the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
Over 340 years of landmark science available for first time
Useful websites and addresses
Short Essays and Articles
Sir William H. Perkin's Life and Work at Sudbury, Middlesex - and the Future for UK/USA Chemistry. (David Leaback)
Mauveine - the final word? (Alan Dronsfield)
Lost to Chemistry: Who was it? (W.H. Brock)
Meeting and Conference Reports
History of the Food Chain: From Agriculture to Consumption and Waste
EuCheMS Working Party on the History of Chemistry
Teaching History of Chemistry
Chemical Heritage (Anna Simmons)
Chemistry and Publishing (Anna Simmons)
Book Review
R. W. A. Oliver and M. P. Carrier, The Library of John Dalton (Peter Reed)
Obituary notices and tributes
Charles Rees - a tribute (Bill Griffith)
Owen Hannaway's Doctorate (W.H. Brock)
American Chemical Society – Division of the History of Chemistry
Mission Statement
"State-of-the-Union 2007"
Forthcoming Meetings
Thames Valley Branches of the Institute of Biology and Royal Society of Chemistry, Joint Lecture.
American Association for the History of Medicine, 80th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec
Th Gunpowder and Explosives History Group, Charcoal and its Role in Gunpowder
British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference, University of Manchester, UK
6th International Conference on History of Chemistry
7th International Conference on the History of Chemistry,
American meetings and HIST deadlines
Errata
Contents
From the Incoming Editor
Notes and Updates
The Liebig-Wöhler-Freundschaft-Preis
Edelstein Award Symposium Honouring Peter Morris
Some News from the Chemical Heritage Foundation
Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry
European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences
Groupe de la Société Française de Chimie
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Working Party on History of Chemistry
Short Essays and Articles
'N-rays: now you see them, now you don't' (Trevor Brown, Christopher Cooksey and Alan Dronsfield)
'William Brownrigg (1711-1800), the Cumberland Chemist' (John Hudson)
'The 150th Anniversary of the Discovery of Mauve' (Anthony S. Travis)
'Making Chemical Histories Work' (David H. Leaback)
Meeting and Conference Reports
Innovation in Industrial Chemistry
Sulfur and its role in Gunpowder
Introduction to the preparation and role of sulfur in gunpowder (Gerry Moss)
The history of sulfur allotropes - from identification through to synthesis (Paul Kelly)
Sulphur the enigmatic ingredient of gunpowder (Brenda Buchanan)
Sulphur - an experimental approach. Recent work and future directions (Robert Smith)
Book Review
Garrigós Oltra, Lluís; Millàn Verdu, Carles; Blanes Nadal, Georgina, El color líquido. Instrumentos y útiles de la colorimetría en el siglo XIX
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks
National Chemical Landmark Award, Hexagon Site, Blackley, Manchester
Obituary - Owen Hannaway
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Message from the Division Chair
HIST Symposia, 232nd ACS Meeting in San Francisco, CA
History of the FDA in Its Hundredth Year
Forthcoming Meetings
Scientists and Social Commitment
Sir William Perkin's Life and Work Celebration
Society for the History of Technology
Chemistry and Publishing’
Ways of regulating: Therapeutic agents between plants, shops and consulting rooms
19th Century Chemistry: Spaces and Collections
Scientific research in World War II
American Association for the History of Medicine
Contents
From the Departing Editor (Katherine D. Watson)
From the Incoming Editor (Viviane Quirke)
Notes and Updates (Katherine D. Watson)
Perspectives on 20th-century Pharmaceuticals (Viviane Quirke)
Fifth International Conference on the History of Chemistry:
Chemistry, Technology and Society (Anna Simmons)
History of Forensic Chemistry (Anna Simmons)
Dyes in History and Archaeology: Joint Meeting with the Historical
Group (Brian H. Davies)
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
On-line Sale of Back Issues of Ambix
Ambix and the future of the RSC Library (Alan Dronsfield and Bill Griffith)
Book Reviews
Mi Gyung Kim, Affinity, that elusive dream: a Genealogy of the Chemical
Revolution (Noel Coley)
Cathy Cobb and Monty L. Fetterolf, The Joy of Chemistry: The Amazing
Science of Familiar Things (Noel Coley)
Brenda Buchanan et al., Gunpowder Plots: A Celebration of 400 Years of
Bonfire Night (Katherine D. Watson)
The Case of the Poisonous Socks (W. H. Brock)
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks
50 Years of Liquid Crystal Research, Hull (Alan Dronsfield)
Synthesis of Nucleotides, Cambridge (Bill Griffith)
Seeking Elementary Plaques (Bill Griffith)
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Message from the Division Chair
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Forthcoming Meetings
Forensic Toxicology
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Atlanta, GA
Innovation in Industrial Chemistry
American Association for the History of Medicine
Sulfur and its role in Gunpowder
International Conference on the History of Alchemy and Chymistry
1st European Chemistry Congress, Budapest
History of the Food Chain
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, San Francisco, CA
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Chicago, IL
Environmental Connections: Europe and the wider World
2nd European Chemistry Congress, Turin
Contents
From the Editor
Notes and Updates
Chemical Aspects of the History of Anaesthesia (Alan Dronsfield)
The Early Days of Anaesthesia in Great Britain (David Zuck)
Vernon Harcourt, Chemist and Inventor (Peter Drury)
The Early History of Curare (Ann Ferguson)
1831 - An Excellent Year for Chloroform (Linda Stratmann)
Bichloride of Methylene - Anaesthetic and Paint-stripper? (Alan Dronsfield)
The Early Development of Fluorinated Anaesthetics (Frank Bennetts)
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Partington Prize 2005
John Dee and Alchemy (Anna Simmons)
The Demise of London's First Science Park (David H. Leaback)
Alexander Spears' account of 'Refineing the Saltpetre' (Brenda J. Buchanan)
A Perspective on Moseley's Atomic Number (T. M. Brown, A. T. Dronsfield and J. S. Parker)
The B Club (W. H. Brock)
Joseph Black and the Discovery of Magnesium (W. P. Griffith)
COLOR: 20th-Century Business and Chemical Technology (David Genesove, John E. Golub, Declan O’Reilly and Anthony S. Travis)
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Message from the Division Chair
Message from the Program Chair
Call for Nominations for the 2006 Edelstein Award
Forthcoming Meetings
5th International Conference on the History of Chemistry
The Object Glass of Science
The History of Forensic Chemistry
Dyes in History and Archaeology 24
Apothecaries, Art and Architecture: Interpreting Georgian Medicine
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Atlanta, GA
Innovation in Industrial Chemistry
American Association for the History of Medicine
1st European Chemistry Conference, Budapest
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, San Francisco, CA
Contents
From the Editor
Jack Betteridge
Notes and Updates
Chemical Warfare - Past, Present and Future (Peter Reed)
Conventional, Chemical, Biological or Nuclear Warfare: Just a Matter of Scale?
A History of Chemical Warfare
Porton Down: A Role in Chemical Warfare and Chemical Defence 1916-2002
The Wartime Work of Hinshelwood and his Colleagues
Aspects of the Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents
The History of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Chemistry at University College (Anna Simmons)
Book Reviews
Ernst Homburg and Lodewijk Palm (eds), De Geschiedenis van de Scheikunde in Nederland 3. De ontwikkeling van de chemie van 1945 tot het begin van de jaren tachtig (Yves De Cock)
Soraya de Chadarevian and Nick Hopwood (eds), Models: The Third Dimension of Science (Peter Reed)
Anthony S. Travis, Dyes Made in America 1915-1980: The Calco Chemical Company, American Cyanamid and the Raritan River (Peter Reed)
Henry Moseley (1887-1915) (Gordon Woods)
Lost to Chemistry: George Du Maurier (1834-1896) (W.H. Brock)
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks
The Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford (Bill Griffith)
Discovery of Polythene, Northwich, Cheshire (Alan Dronsfield)
Sir William Ramsay and the Discovery of the Noble Gases (Katherine Watson)
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Message from the Division Chair
Message from the Program Chair
Message from David Lewis, HIST Past Chair
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
At San Diego: "The Rise and Fall of Chlorofluorocarbons"
New website devoted to an outline of the History of Chemistry
Forthcoming Meetings
Chemical Aspects of the History of Anaesthesia
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, San Diego, CA
John Dee and Alchemy
Perspectives on 20th-Century Pharmaceuticals
XXIInd International Congress of History of Science
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Washington, DC
5th International Conference on the History of Chemistry
The History of Forensic Chemistry
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Atlanta, GA
Innovation in Industrial Chemistry
Contents
From the Editor
Notes and Updates
Frederic Stanley Kipping FRS - Life and Legacy (Bill Griffith)
Chemistry and Medicine in the Eighteenth Century (Noel Coley and Anna Simmons)
The Wheeler Lecturer: Robert Geoffrey William Anderson (Peter Morris)
The Museum Boerhaave, Leiden (Noel Coley)
Leiden Excursions (Bill Griffith)
Saltpetre (Gerry Moss)
BOC Priestley Symposium (Alan Dronsfield)
Book Reviews
Theodore L. Sourkes, The Life and Work of J. L. W. Thudichum 1829-1901 (Noel Coley)
P. Le Couteur and J. Burreson, Napoleon's Button's - How 17 Molecules Changed History (Alan Dronsfield)
Katherine Watson, Poisoned Lives: English Poisoners and Their Victims (Jack Betteridge)
G. B. Carter, Chemical and Biological Defence at Porton Down 1916-2000 (Peter Reed)
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
The Partington Prize
Mond Gas: A Mond Sideline and a Personal Encounter (H.R. Jones)
Christian Friedrich Schönbein - discoverer of ozone ... and antozone (Margaret Hill)
A Place in the Sun (Gerry Moss)
Scientists in The Sun (Anita McConnell)
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Message from the Division Chair
Message from the Program Chair
Joseph Priestley, Universal Catalyst: A Bicentennial Celebration of His Life
Joseph Priestley Exhibit to Open
Call for Nominations for the Edelstein Award for 2005
Forum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (Viviane Quirke)
Forthcoming Meetings
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA
Chemical Warfare - Past, Present and Future
Vitamin C
Chemistry at University College
Anaesthesia - the Chemists' Input
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, San Diego, CA
John Dee and Alchemy
XXIInd International Congress of History of Science
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Washington, DC
Contents
From the Editor
Notes and Updates
Fast, Faster and Fastest - Nobel Laureates in Chemical Kinetics (Bill Griffith)
Food Adulteration - Past, Present and Future (Bill Griffith)
Book Reviews (Peter Morris)
Arjan van Rooij and Ernst Homburg, Building the Plant: A History of Engineering Contracting in the Netherlands
Arthur Greenberg, A Chemical History Tour: Picturing Chemistry from Alchemy to Modern Molecular Science
Alan J. Rocke, Nationalizing Science: Adolphe Wurtz and the Battle for French Chemistry
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (Anna Simmons)
John Dalton Bicentenary Meeting (John Hudson)
The Partington Prize
Four Bicentennials: Rhodium, Palladium, Osmium and Iridium (Bill Griffith)
Part II: Osmium and Iridium
Who discovered Oxygen? The Cornelius Drebbel Story (Margaret Hill and Alan Dronsfield)
National Science Week 2004 (David Leaback)
Comic Chemicals from Fun (W.H. Brock)
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Message from the Division Chair
Message from the Program Chair
Forum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (K. D. Watson)
Forthcoming Meetings
Campbell Memorial Lecture
1904-2004: A Century of Silicone Chemistry
Orfila and His Times
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Anaheim, CA
Chemistry and Medicine in the 18th Century
Saltpetre
BOC Priestley Symposium
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA
Chemistry at University College
Vitamin C
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, San Diego, CA
XXIInd International Congress of History of Science
Contents
From the Editor
Notes and Updates
Ancient Rome: Ancient Dyes
These Ancient Dyes - an Overview (John Edmonds)
Imperial Rome: Imperial Purple (Chris Cooksey)
Analysing for these Ancient Dyes (Rob Withnall)
Madder in Antiquity - textiles, pigments, texts ... red sheep? (Robert Chenciner)
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Justus Liebig 1803-1873: A Critical Appraisal on the 200th Anniversary of
his Birth (Anna Simmons)
Liebig, 2 Landmarks and Related Aspects of 2 Momentous London Chemistries (David H Leaback)
The Partington Prize
Four Bicentennials: Rhodium, Palladium, Osmium and Iridium (Bill Griffith)
Part I: Rhodium and Palladium
William Hyde Wollaston FRS (1766 - 1828)
The Discovery of Rhodium
The Discovery of Palladium
Appendix: Residences and memorials of Wollaston in London
Bromides: The First Treatment for 'Holy Disease' (Trevor Brown, Alan Dronsfield & Peter Ellis)
Forum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (K. D. Watson)
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks
The Work of Bragg and Bragg in X-ray Crystal Structure Analysis: 1 July 2003
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Message from the Division Chair
Message from the Program Chair
Forthcoming Meetings
Communication in Chemistry in Europe, across Borders and across Generations
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, New York, NY
Early Metallurgy
John Dalton Bicentenary Meeting
Fast, Faster, Fastest: Nobel Laureates in Chemical Kinetics
Food Adulteration: Past, Present and Future
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Anaheim, CA
Chemistry and Medici ne in the 18th Century
Priestley Conference
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA
Contents
From the Editor
Notes and Updates
The Wheeler Bequest
Edgar Philip Wheeler (David F. Bailey and Katherine D. Watson)
Sir Frederick Abel (1827-1902)
Chemical Archaeology of Explosives (GPM)
Decontamination of Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills (Graham Vincent)
Sir Charles Frederick (1709-1785), FRS FSA, Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich, 1746-1782 (Brenda J. Buchanan)
Oswald Silberrad, superintendent of research, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1901-1906 (Simon Coleman)
The Chemical Laboratories at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich (GPM)
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Chem@300: Transformation and Change
Justus Liebig 1803-1873: A Critical Appraisal on the 200th Anniversary of his Birth (Katherine D. Watson)
Liebig and a Year of Chemistry (Bill Brock)
More News from Giessen (Bill Brock)
Friedrich Christian Accum (1769-1838): Chemist of Gaslight and Food Poisoning (Noel Coley)
Whatever happened to Victorium? (Trevor Brown, Alan Dronsfield and Stuart Walker)
Mossband - last link with the greatest factory on earth - under threat (Richard Brodie)
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks
The Work of Sir Alec Jeffreys on DNA Fingerprinting: 12 September 2002 (Katherine D. Watson)
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Message from the Division Chair
Message from the Program Chair
Forum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (K. D. Watson)
Forthcoming Meetings
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, New Orleans, LA
Ancient Rome; Ancient Dyes
Molecular Biology in the Twentieth Century
Justus Liebig-Gesellschaft, Giessen
Justus Liebig 1803-1873: A Critical Appraisal on the 200th Anniversary of his Birth
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, New York, NY
Early Metallurgy
The 200th Anniversary of Dalton’s First Announcement of his Atomic Theory
Long Delayed Dream: Frederick Abel and Smokeless Powder - Seymour H. Mauskopf
(The First Wheeler Lecture Waltham Abbey, November 8, 2002)
Contents
From the Editor
Notes and Updates
The Wheeler Bequest
The First Wheeler Lecture
Seymour Mauskopf
Book Review Phillip Ball, Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour (Peter Reed)
X-rays and Crystal Structures
The British Tradition in the Structural Determination of Molecules of Biological Importance: the Steroid Connection by Viviane Quirke
William Lawrence Bragg and the Analysis of Molecular Structure. Part 2. From Silicates to Proteins by Graeme Hunter
X-ray Crystallography in the 1950s by Judith Milledge
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Analysis in Industry
The Partington Prize
Call for Nominations for the 2003 Edelstein award
More French Chemistry concerning Armand Séguin's Memoir on Opium (1804) (Patricia Swain)
Charles Hatchett FRS (1765-1847), Discoverer of Niobium (Bill Griffith)
Re-Weaving Rainbows (D. H. Leaback)
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks:
The Royal Gunpowder Mills: 17 April 2002 (Katherine D. Watson)
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Message from the Division Chair
Message from the Program Chair
Abstracts
Forum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Forthcoming Meetings
Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry, October 3-5 2002
Autumn Meeting of the Historical Group, 8 November 2002
"Chem @ 300: Transformation and Change", 6-7 December 2002
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, New Orleans, LA, 23-27 March 2003
Ancient Rome; Ancient Dyes, 28 March 2003
Justus Liebig-Gesellschaft, Giessen, 10-11 May 2003
ACS Division of the History of Chemistry, New York, NY, Sept. 7-11, 2003
Contents
From the Editor
Notes and Updates
Book Review Michael Hunter, Robert Boyle (1627-1691): Scrupulosity and Science (D. Thorburn Burns)
Chemistry and Art (Bill Griffith and David Leaback)
Dr Louis Jordan (Professor of Chemistry, Royal Academy, 1958-62) (John Nicholson)
In Memoriam Wilhelm Lewicki (1935-2001) (W. H. Brock)
French Chemistry (John Hudson)
Confusing Names 5 (Peter Morris)
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Call for Nominations for the Edelstein Award
Message from the Division Chair (Richard Rice)
Message from the Program Chair (Roger A. Egolf)
Abstracts
Chemical Heritage Foundation
2002 Summer Fellowship Opportunities
Glenn E. and Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot Scholarship
Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Fellowship
The Partington Prize
Re-Weaving Rainbows (David Leaback)
Forum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Forthcoming Meetings
Contents
From the Editor
Notes and Updates
The History of Electro-chemistry
RSC National Historical Chemical Landmarks
Johnson Matthey: 21 March 2001
The work of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: 14 May 2001
In Memoriam William Arthur Smeaton (1925-2001)
More on the Post-war Development of Infrared Spectroscopy
American Chemical Society - Division of the History of Chemistry
Message from the Program Chair
Bolton Society Seeks Chemical Bibliophiles
Confusing Names 4
The Castner Kellner Cell: A Century of Confusion
Augustus Dalmas (1796 -1874) - A Chemist ?
Sites of Chemical Interest 5: The Early Years of Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) and his Achievements
The London of Robert Boyle
A Shadwell Story of Chemistry and Art
Forthcoming Meetings
Contents
From the Departing Editor
From the Chairman
From the Incoming Editor
Satish Kappor (1928-2001)
William A. Smeaton (1925-2001)
Book Reviews
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson (ed.), Science and Engineering in Ireland in 1798: A Time of RevolutionAus meinem Leben 4 (G. D. Twigg)
Simon Garfield, Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour that Changed the World.
Changing the Name of the Game: The Impact on mid-to-late 20th Century Chemistry of New Techniques and Methods.
NMR - Stages in its applications to Chemistry (Sir Rex Richards)Joint Meeting of the RSC Historical Group with the History of Anaesthesia Society
The Post-war Development of Infrared Spectroscopy - Routine Chemical Structure Determination for All (Norman Sheppard)
The Changing Impact of Mass Spectrometry on Chemistry (Keith R. Jennings)
Tswett to Desty with Martin in between: The development of Modern Chromatography (Peter Myers)
Molecular Biology and Chemistry; the success of the Interdisciplinary Approach (Paul Debenham and Sir Brian Richards)
Chemistry: Ever Evolving, Ever Enabling (Sir John Cadogan)
Contents
From the Editor
Book Reviews
Colin A. Russell (Editor). Chemistry, Society and Environment. A New History of the British Chemical Industry. (Peter Reed)Alec Campbell
Robert Chenciner. Madder Red: A History of Luxury and Trade. (Peter Reed)
The Value of the History of Chemistry in Chemical Education
History of Chemistry in Primary Schools. D. H. LeabackGreen Chemistry: The Historical Perspective. Peter Reed
History of Chemistry in Secondary School Chemistry. Stephen Cotton
The History of Chemistry and its Place in the National Curriculum for England from September 2000. Colin Osborne
The Value of the History of Chemistry in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses. John Hudson
Are Chemistry and History incompatible? W. Griffith
Cleaning up the Environment? Noel ColeyForthcoming Meetings
Tree Bark Pockets as Pollution Time Capsule. C.W. Mcleod
Gaia's Nose: James Lovelock and the Development of the Electron Capture Detector. Peter Morris
Is Our Air Always Going to be Deadly? Frank Price
Arsenic Eaters in Styria. J˚rg Feldman
Coal, Gas and Chemicals around the Dome. Mary Mills
From Grime to Green - The Untold Story. Mike Lancaster
Cannonballs and Broken Bones - the Evolution of Supercritical Fluid Technologies. John N Hay
Catalysis, Green Chemistry, and Sustainable Development. Chris Adams
The Hazards Forum. Terry Farthing
Chemie to Chemistry at Edinburgh - R.G.W. Anderson
Contents
From the Editor
Book Reviews
Jerome A. Berson, Chemical Creativity: Ideas form the Work of Woodward, Hückel, Meerwein and Others. (Peter Morris)
John Edmonds, The History of Woad and the Medieval Woad Vat and The History and Practice of Eighteenth Century Dyeing . (Peter Reed)
Play Review
"Oxygen" by Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann - Peter Morris
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry John Hudson
Forthcoming Meetings
Heriot-Watt Meeting
The Elusive Magic Bullet - John Mann
Henry Dale and the contribution of chemistry to the pharmaceutical industry - E. M. Tansey
The Centenary of the Discovery of Aspirin - Walter Sneader
For the Love of Medicine and the Fear of Industry: Antibiotics in the 1950s - Robert Bud
Towards A Food Standards Bill, 1999 - Edward Abel
The Edwardian's afternoon tea: food analysis and the Government Laboratory - Peter Morris
Beer: From Death in the glass to Tannins are good for you Ray Anderson
Repairing the Body through Materials Science - John Nicholson
In Memoriam W. Alec Campbell (1917-1999)
A Short Biography - Peter Morris
W. Alec Campbell and the History of Chemistry:
A Complete Bibliography
Tribute delivered at the Service of Thanksgiving - Colin Russell
Recollections of Alec Campbell as a Colleague - Norman N. Greenwood
Alec Campbell as Chairman of the Historical Group - John Shorter
Personal Recollections of Alec Campbell as a Historian - David Knight
Grateful Recollections of Alec Campbell's Assistance - Frederick G. Page
Alec Campbell Aboard: Memories of Some Foreign Meetings -Peter Reed
Alec Campbell and the Technological Traveller - Ian D. Rae
Alec Campbell as Lecturer: An Appreciation - John Nicholson
Alec Campbell as a Churchman
A Personal Reflection by a Former Choirboy - Frederick Peacock
A Personal Appreciation of Alec Campbell as an Organist - Aidan Evans
Chemical Hats - Alec Campbell
Green Chemistry - Alec Campbell
A Teacher's Lot - Alec Campbell
Forgotten Chemists : Rudolph Erich Raspe (1737-1794) - Alec Campbell
The Story behind the Name 3: the Woulfe bottle - Peter Morris and Alec Campbell
The Early History of the Chemical Detection of Poisons - Alec Campbell
Contents
From the Editor
From the Chairman
Dr W. A. Campbell (1917-1999) - Colin Russell
A.G.M and Annual Report for 1998 - Noel Coley
Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution. - Noel Coley
Book Reviews - W. H. Brock
The Chemical Industry in Europe, 1850-1914: Industrial Growth, Pollution, and Professionalization, edited by Ernst Homburg, Anthony S. Travis and Harn G. Schröter
Determinants in the Evolution of the European Chemical Industry, 1900-1939. New Technologies, Political Frameworks, Markets and Companies, edited by Anthony S. Travis, Harm G. Schröter, Ernst Homburg and Peter J. T. Morris
Foundations of Chemistry - Peter Morris
Letter from Belgium - Brigitte Van Tiggelen
History of Chemistry Websites 5 - John Park
BakerÕs Dozens - William H. Brock
Forgotten chemists: George Buckton (1818-1905) - John Nicholson
The Story behind the Name 2: the Liebig Condender - Peter Morris
Confusing Names 3 - Peter Morris
A Hairy Question - A.K.A. Muridae
Sites of Chemical Interest 2: A Site in Paris - P. A. Swain
Sites of Chemical Interest 3: A breath of fresh air - Kate Fielden
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry - John Hudson
The Partington Prize - John Hudson
Report of the Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry for 1998 - Christoph Meinel
CHMC Conference, Munich, May 1999 - Carsten Reinhardt
Forum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine - K. D. Watson
Philosophy of Chemistry - Eric Scerri
Fellowships and Scholarships from the Chemical Heritage Foundation
"Chemistry since 1945" Meeting - Peter Morris
Organometallic Chemistry since 1945 Edward Abel
Organic chemistry since 1945 C. W. Rees
Inorganic Chemistry in the post 1946 period J Lewis
Contents
From the Editor
From the Chairman
The Historical Group and the New RSC Annual Conferences. Noel Coley
James Ernest Page (1915-1998) J. H. S. Green
Looking Forward into the Past Peter Hoey
Book Reviews
Indigo in the Arab World by Jenny Balfour-Paul;
Indigo by Jenny Balfour-Paul. Peter Reed
Eilhard Mitscherlich: Prince of Prussian Chemistry by Hans-Werner Schütt;
Inventing Polymer Science: Staudinger, Carothers and the Emergence of Macromolecular Science by Yasu Furukawa;
Enough for One Lifetime: Wallace Carothers, Inventor of Nylon by Matthew E. Hermes. Peter Morris
Letter from Japan, Yasu Furukawa
Letter from Canada, Hugh J. Anderson
History of Chemistry Websites 4, Lawson Cockcroft
Aus meinem Leben 2, John Shorter
Useful Books, Colin Johnson
Forgotten Chemists 2 (A. R. Ling), Ray Anderson
Forgotten Chemists 3 (F. J. Otto),William H. Brock
The Story behind the Name 1 (R. W. Bunsen), Alan Dronsfield and Peter Morris
Confusing Names 2 (Fischer), Peter Morris
Sites of Chemical Interest 1, David Leaback
A question of volume, Peter Morris
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, John Hudson
Commission for the History of Modern Chemistry, Carsten Reinhardt
Forum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, K. D. Watson
Foundations of Chemistry, Eric Scerri
"Chemistry at the Elephant" Meeting, D. H. Leaback
The Periodic Table - then and now, William Griffith
A History of Chemistry in Printing, Robert Thompson
Grants, Fellowships and Scholarships from the Chemical Heritage Foundation
Forthcoming Meetings
Notes for Contributors
Contents
From the Editor
From the Chairman
Victorian Chemists and the Environment, Anthony S. Travis
Frankland's Hessian Connection, Alan Rocke
Book Reviews
William H. Brock, Justus von Liebig: the Chemical Gatekeeper.
Colin A. Russell, Edward Frankland: Chemistry, Controversy and Conspiracy in Victorian England. Peter Morris
Ernst F. Schwenk, Sternstudender fruehen Chemie von Johann Rudolph Glauber bis Justus von Liebig.Peter Morris
Guide of European Museums with collections on History of Chemistry and of Pharmacy, 3rd edn., compiled by Jan W. van Spronsen, Noel Coley
Alex Anderson and Brian G. Gowenlock, Chemistry in Heriot-Watt, 1821-1991. Peter Morris
Free book! Peter Morris
Letter from The Netherlands, Ernst Homburg
History of Chemistry Journals/Newsletters 3, Peter Morris
History of Chemistry Websites 3, Peter Morris
Aus meinem Leben 1: Peter Morris
The Zeroth Ionic Polymerisation Symposium, P.H. Plesch
Useful Books 1, Peter Morris
Forgotten Chemists 1, Peter Morris
Confusing Names 1, Peter Morris
Rhenium or Nipponium? Peter Morris
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, John Hudson
Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry, Peter Morris
Paul Bunge Prize
Forum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, K.D. Watson
Foundations of Chemistry
Forensic Chemisty
Forensic Chemistry in Nineteenth-century Britain, Noel Coley
Thomas Scattergood's Case Books: Forensic Practice in Yorkshire, 1856-97, K.D. Watson
From Euphoria to Dysfunction - A History of Volatile Substance Abuse, R.J. Flanagan
Awards and News
Forthcoming meetings
From the Chairman
From the Secretary
From the Editor
20th International Congress for the History of Science, D Leaback
History of Chemistry Journals/Newsletters 2, P Morris
History of Chemistry Websites 2, P Morris
Answer to Mr Rout's Question, P Morris
Book Reviews
Drug Prototypes and Their Exploitation by Walter Sneader (P Morris)
Creations of Fire Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age by Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite (P Morris)
Recent Books in the History of Chemistry, W H Brock
Instrument - Experiment (80th Annual Conference of the German Society for History of Medicine, Science, and Technology) C Reinhardt
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, J Hudson
The Electron in Chemistry Meeting, J Green
The Use of the Electron in Explanations of the Periodic System, E Scerri
Science or Stamp-Collecting? Physics, Chemistry and the "Unifying Electron", J Hughes
The Electron, Chemistry and Supervenience on the Physical, R F Hendry
The Application of the Quantum Theory of the Electron to Valence is not a Deductive Exercise, A E Rout
J J Thomson and the Structure of the Atom, I Falconer
The Evolution of Chemistry in Europe, 1789-1939, C Meinel
Origins of the Project and Initial Aims
Organisation
Section I: Communication in Chemistry
Section II: The Making of the Chemist
Section III: Laboratories and the Teaching of Chemistry
Section IV: Strategies of Chemical Industrialisation
Achievements
Deficiencies
Appendix 1: Meetings
Appendix 2: Publications
Appendix 3: Programme Steering Committee
Forthcoming Meetings
Forensic Chemistry in Britain since the mid-nineteenth century
Chemistry at the Elephant
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
From the Chairman
From the Secretary
From the Editor
Report of the Hinshelwood Meeting
Hinshelwood the man
Hinshelwood's Work on Gaseous Reactions
Hinshelwood's Contributions to Solution Kinetics
Hinshelwood's Work on Bacterial Kinetics
Vignettes of Hinshelwood
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
ESF Workshop on Determinants in the Evolution of the European Chemical Industry (1900-1939), Strasbourg
ESF Workshop on Chemistry Laboratories, Instruments, New Technologies & Education (1789-1939), Lisbon
Forum for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Philosophy of Chemistry
New Journal
CHEM-HIST mail list
ACS National Historic Chemical Landmarks Program
History of Chemistry Journals/Newsletters
Memories of Charles Bunn FRS - X-ray crystallographer
Letter from America
Letter from Israel
History of Chemistry Websites
Letters to the Editor
Request for Articles
Books
Meetings on The Centenary of the Electron
Forthcoming Meetings
An Interview with Prof. Harry Julius Emeléus (1903-1993)
From the Chairman
Update on Developments in Philosophy of Chemistry, E Scerri
European Museums Guide
Forum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Joint meeting with Royal Meteorological Society
Books
Leonello Paoloni, Appunti Sull' Industria Chimica Dai Viaggi in Inghilterra del 1851 e del 1862 by RAFFAELE PIRIA (N Coley)
Miscellanea
Alfred Nobel: Centenary Meeting - Summary of Papers
The life of Alfred Nobel, J Hudson
Dynamite and Peace, J E Dolan
Filling the Ramsay-Wilkinson sandwich. Does the Nobel Prize System reflect the development of British Chemistry 1904-1973 ? W H Brock
Sir William Ramsay: the first British recipient of the Chemistry Prize, K D Watson
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, FRS, Nobel Laureate, 1921-1996, W Griffith
Trevor Williams (1921-1996)
Ozone: A more recent view, B V Mather
Forthcoming Meetings
AGM and symposium on Hinshelwood
Royal Society lunch time lectures
8th BOC Priestley Conference - History of Anaesthesia
SHAC meeting on Ancient Chemical Technologies
International Paper Symposium on the Philosophy of Chemistry and Biochemistry
XXth Internatonal Congress on the History of Science, Liége
British Society for the History of Science
Historical Group on the Internet
From the Chairman
From the Secretary
Annual Report for 1994/5
21st Anniversary Meeting, 29 March 1996
Summaries of Papers:
Physical organic chemistry did not begin with Ingold
Regional Chemistry
Chemical Industry and the Environment
SHAC Meeting May 18 1996
BOOK REVIEWS
The Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Fragments of Chemical History
Miscellanea
History of Chemistry Books in the RSC Library
Blue Plaques and other commemorative plaques
Historical Group on the Internet
Corrigenda
Forthcoming Meetings:
Nobel Meeting 21 November, 1996: Programme
SHAC 30 November, 1996 Meeting
International Congress of the History of Science
European Science Foundation: Workshop on Chemistry Laboratories
1997 AGM of the Historical Group
Imperial Chemistry, Prof W. Griffiths
Hofmann Plaque, D. Leaback
Blue Plaques, G.P. Moss
Summaries from the Historical Group Winter Meeting (3 November)
Chemistry at King's College London in the 19th century, D.I. Davies
Alternatives to the Royal College of Chemistry, D. Leaback
Some Chemists at London Medical Schools 1850-1900, J.H.S. Green
SHAC Meeting December 2, J. Hudson
History of Science, Technology and Medicine Forum, N. Coley
Philosophy of Chemistry, E. Scerri and L McIntyre
Why is there (almost) no philosophy of Chemistry ?
The Renaissance of Philosophy of Chemistry
Books
Alfred Bader, Adventures of a chemist collector (N. Coley)
A.R.Bandy, Ed., The Chemistry of the Atmosphere; Oxidants and Oxidation in the Earth's Atmosphere (N. Coley)
G.B.Kauffman (ed): Coordination Chemistry, A century of Progress (J.H.S. Green)
Cheves Walling: Fifty Years of Free Radicals (J. Shorter)
Arthur J. Birch: To see the Obvious: (J. Shorter)
Bruce Merrifield: Life During a Golden Age of Peptide Chemistry (J.Shorter)
Future Meetings: FrankenFEST January 18-19, 1996
RICHST Research Seminars Jan - Mar 1996
A.G.M March 1996
SHAC Meeting May 18 1996
Nobel Meeting November 21 1996
Explosives: December 9-11 1996