I realize that the title of this post sounds a bit like the Lord of the Rings, but after three months in Philadelphia at the Chemical Heritage Foundation my research fellowship is ending. I am very thankful for the opportunity that I’ve had to be here, which was made possible by a grant [...]
Archive for August, 2009
The End of the Fellowship
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged antoine lavoisier, Chemical Heritage Foundation, johann glauber, joseph priestley, nuremburg chronicles, societe de chimie industrielle, thales on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Periodic Tables
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged edward mazurs, heinrich khunrath, lackawanna coal mine, periodic law, periodic table, robert boyle, robert fludd, sceptical chymist, sterling hill zinc mine on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With my daughter safely back in Utah beginning her freshman year at the Univeristy of Utah and the ISPC symposium done, I have returned this week to documenting/ photographing books related to this project. I have progressed to the early modern period (18th and 19th Centuries) and the foundations of modern chemistry (what Robert [...]
Rocks in My Head
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged anthracite, centralia, coal mining, crystal, gems, isaac newton, lackawanna, minerals, natural history museum, periodic table, smithsonian, sterling hill mine, willemite, zinc mine on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the last two weeks I have been so busy collecting materials for The Elements Unearthed project that I haven’t had time to write any blog entries. My daughter flew in from Utah to visit us in Philadelphia and she has helped me videotape and photograph some local mines and minerals. I’ve collected materials [...]
