Chemiker und Nobelpreisträger (1852–1916). Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Aberdeen. 8vo. 1 p.
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„Dear Mr Vice-Chancellor, I am deeply sensible of the honour which the Council of Manfield College does me, and in accepting the Dale Lectureship I shall do my best to maintain the high standard of all Mansfield work & the credit of the great name attached to the Lectureship. […]“ - Sir William Ramsay (1852–1916) war ein schottischer Chemiker, der durch die Entdeckung der Edelgase berühmt wurde. Gemeinsam mit Lord Rayleigh isolierte er 1894 das Argon und konnte in den folgenden Jahren auch Helium, Neon, Krypton und Xenon nachweisen.
Für diese bahnbrechenden Arbeiten erhielt er 1904 den Nobelpreis für Chemie. Ramsay lehrte an mehreren Universitäten, zuletzt am University College London, und prägte die Entwicklung der modernen Physikalischen Chemie maßgeblich..
Scottish chemist and Nobel laureate (1852-1916). Autograph letter signed. Gower Street, London, W.C. 8vo. 2 pp. Printed letterhead: „University of London, University College“.
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A formal recommendation for Professor Knecht to be appointed to the Chair of Chemistry at the Manchester Technical College following the resignation of Professor Pope. „I have known Professor Knecht personally for many years; & still longer, I have known him by reputation. Although my work has dealt with a branch of chemistry very different from that in which he has been engaged, even as an outsider, I can appreciate his numerous researches, which date from 1882. They have appeared in the chemical journals, in England & on the continent, & have secured for Dr.
Knecht a European reputation. His textbooks on coal-tar colours & on dyeing are classics on these subjects. Although Dr. Knecht is a specialist, yet his work shows his profound acquaintance with other branches of chemistry than that to which he has devoted himself chiefly; and if he were appointed to the Chair of Chemistry at the Manchester Technical College, vacant by the resignation of Professor Pope, I have no doubt that the Department of General Chemistry would prosper under his guidance. It is, in my opinion, impossible to find a technological professor who is not a specialist; it would indeed be undesirable; & if Dr. Knecht were appointed, he would constitute a link between science & technology, so much to be desired in an institution such as the Manchester Technical College.“.
Chemiker und Nobelpreisträger (1852-1916). Autograph letter signed. London. 25.02.1904. 1 S. auf Doppelblatt. 8vo.
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To an unidentified recipient: "Dear Sir, Our laboratory is very full, but it is possible there may be room for one more. I shall not know until after the end of this term, or I shall let you know as soon as I can. Would you send me your home address? Three - or rather 2 - months is, however, a very short time for a research [...]". - On headed paper of the University College London; left margin with punched holes (not touching text).
Scottish chemist and Nobel laureate (1852-1916). Autograph letter signed. Belmont, Kilcreggan, Scotland. 8vo. 4 pp. on bifolium. In French.
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Charming and highly interesting letter to a friend named Olivier, possibly the scientist and science writer Louis Frédéric Olivier, to thank him for hosting Ramsay and his wife in Paris. Ramsay had been invited to speak before the Académie des Sciences during their session of 1 April on his recent discovery and isolation of helium on 26 March 1895, which he discusses here: "On the Monday of your departure, I was given the floor at the Institut, and I described the discovery of helium. I was listened to with great attention, and the honourable members applauded.
I only spoke for ten minutes. The session was full; there were at least sixty people" (transl.). Olivier had been forced to leave Paris due to his father's illness before the presentation, but his guests nevertheless enjoyed their dinner invitations by the chemist Joseph Achille Le Bel (1847-1930), where they met the chemist Édouard Grimaux, and by the chemist Philippe de Clermont (1831-1921), as well as a theatre visit to see a comedy by Jules Lemaître: "In the evening we dined at the Le Bels'; and met friends, among whom were M. and M.e Combe, M. Grimaux, and others. On Tuesday we went to the theatre; we saw 'L'âge difficile', and very well acted. On Wednesday we had lunch at home; and in the evening we dined at M. de Clermont's, where there was a veritable procession of young scholars, his assistants, and others". - In closing, Ramsay thanks Olivier again for his hospitality, underlining that it "is not an easy thing to receive a Lady in a single household", and apologizing for his French, especially with regard to his expression of sympathy for the difficult situation with Olivier's ill father: "You have made our visit to Paris one of the most pleasant possible; and I only regret the sad necessity which forced you to receive us during the worries in which you found yourself. I know I am expressing myself clumsily, but you can guess what I mean, and that you have our full sympathy". - On stationery with blindstamped letterhead..