Results for "Chemistry -- History"
Science Service, Up Close: Ruby K. Worner
- Date: November 12, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: A look at the brilliant work and sharp insight of a trailblazing woman chemist, Ruby K. Worner.
Benjamin Tappan
- Date: c. 1840s?
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
Chemist's Laboratory in U.S. National Museum Building
- Date: c. 1900?
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
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Who Was James Smithson?
- Date: February 7, 2017
- Description: James Smithson: The Man Behind the InstitutionWhile the institution named after James Smithson enjoys worldwide renown, we know little about the man who left $508,318 to the people of the United States to found such an institution.An English scientist who conducted research in chemistry, mineralogy, and geology, Smithson lived and traveled in several European countries. His
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This Day in SI History - april | Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
A Short History of Photography from Cigar Box to Cell Phone
- Date: June 23, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper, copy of the original photo by John Draper, created by Daniel Draper, 1893, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications."][/caption] Imagine that you are the first person to take a photograph. What would you
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This Day in SI History - may | Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Museum of History and Technology, Hall of Physical Sciences
- Date: Undated
- SI History Bibliography
The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of its First Half Century
- Date: 1897
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000375, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Department of the History of Science and Technology, Records, circa 1925-1937, 1954-1985
- Date: 1925 1925-1985 circa 1925-1937, 1954-1985
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Re-Prized
- Date: December 9, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Highlight the women scientists in the Archives collections who have broken boundaries to capture the elusive Noble Prize.
Robert P. Multhauf
- Date: c. 1970
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
