History
Categories
- Davy, Humphrey (5)
- Kamen, Martin (3)
- Lavoisier, Antoine (3)
- Priestley, Joseph (6)
Links
Elemental and Molecular Heritage: An Internet-Based Display
http://www.unibas.ch/mdpi/molecules/papers/30300094/30300094.htm
A heavily hyperlinked "virtual museum" showing samples (and explaining the historical value) of chemicals, compounds, or elements which were made in the lab well over 100 years ago.
Famous Scientists
http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/electrochemists.htm
Links to biographies of those who greatly contributed to electrochemistry and related fields, particularly to the physical theory of electricity and electronics.
History and Philosophy of Alchemy
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/home.html
"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.
History of Chemical Engineering
http://www.cems.umn.edu/~aiche_ug/history/h_time.html
A chemical engineering timeline, with digressions into other topics as a reference in time.
History of Chemistry
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/
A topical and biographical history produced by the 1992 Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute in Chemistry.
Lichen Purple
http://www.chriscooksey.demon.co.uk/lichen/
The history and chemistry of orcein, orchil, litmus, parelle and French purple with extensive bibliography.
Mark Rosen's Biographies Links
http://users.erols.com/merosen/bios.htm
Biographies of famous scientists and chemists.
National Historic Chemical Landmarks
http://center.acs.org/landmarks/
Key discoveries and places, compiled by the American Chemical Society.
Nobel Prizes in Chemistry
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/bib/nobel_chemie_e.html
A listing of Nobel Prize winners in chemistry from 1901 to 1999.
Radioactivity: Historical Figures
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/historical_background.html
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.