Once each year I like to go over the statistics for this blog in detail to see what posts have been the most popular, which search terms are finding this blog, which videos are most watched, etc. I’m not doing this just for an ego trip, but to be able to report the impact this [...]
Posts Tagged ‘societe de chimie industrielle’
Progress Report January 2012
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged beryllium, blog statistics, Chemical Heritage Foundation, history of chemistry, periodic table history, science education, societe de chimie industrielle on January 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Al-Chemya: The Great Secret Revealed
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged al-chemya, albertus magnus, alchemy, alkahest, basil valentine, elixir of life, geber, george ripley, george starkey, history of chemistry, john of rupescissa, michael maier, morienus, nicholas flamel, paracelsus, philosophers stone, ramon llull, raymond lully, red elixir, roger bacon, societe de chimie industrielle, sorcerers stone, transmutation, tria prima, uroboros, van helmont, white elixir, zosimos on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we have studied the history of chemistry for our recent unit in Honors Chemistry, I’ve had my students do a bit of research on what is known and supposed about various alchemists. For example, a student in each of my sections was assigned to research Ramon Llull, the Majorcan alchemist. We started by finding [...]
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 »
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 [...]
My Fellowship at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged alchemy, chemical heritage fourdation, donald othmer, history of chemistry, making modernity, research fellowship, roy neville, societe de chimie industrielle, transmutation on June 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last week I drove 2300 miles from Utah to Philadelphia to take up my three-month residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Today I’ll describe more about what CHF is, how I came to have this fellowship, and what I will be doing with it. The Chemical Heritage Foundation was established as the Center for the History [...]
