Office of Smithsonian Chemist Created
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PrintThe Office of the Smithsonian Chemist appears to have been officially created c. 1876. In Henry's annual report for 1876, he mentions that for part of the past year, Dr. Oscar Loew, the chemist and mineralogist of the Wheeler Survey, has been in charge of the Chemical Laboratory of the Institution. Prior to 1876, the Smithsonian had maintained informal relations with a number of chemists, who had use of the facilities of the Institution to carry out work for themselves, and for the Institution.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1876