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- 1505-1892 (Creation)
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100 items
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Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915) was the 17th President of the Chemical Society (1880-1882) and went to University College London in 1848 where Thomas Graham was the Professor of Chemistry. Roscoe was a student of German chemist Robert Bunsen at Heidelberg; they later became collaborators in research and lifelong friends.
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RSC ROSCOE 1505-1892 Collection (fonds) 100 items Roscoe , Sir , Henry Enfield , 1833-1915 , Knight , chemist and university administrator
Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915) was the 17th President of the Chemical Society (1880-1882) and went to University College London in 1848 where Thomas Graham was the Professor of Chemistry. Roscoe was a student of German chemist Robert Bunsen at Heidelberg; they later became collaborators in research and lifelong friends.
Donated by Sir Henry Roscoe.
The collection consists of approximately 100 items on alchemy and early chemistry, the most notable item being De Secretis Mulierum. The collection also includes manuscripts of lectures given by Sir Henry Roscoe; his notes on solar chemistry work; letters written to him by a number of his peers and his notebook from 1849. The many volumes of letters in the collection includes correspondence with contemporaries such as Robert Bunsen, Michael Faraday, Dmitri Mendeleeff and Louis Pasteur as well as with a number of Presidents of the Chemical Society and the Royal Institute of Chemistry.
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Scanning and copying not permitted. Digital photography is permitted.
Mainly in English, Latin, German and French.
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March 2011. Chemistry Chemists History of science Alchemy Astronomy Roscoe , Henry Enfield , 1833-1915 , chemist Scientists Science of science Scientific personnel Personnel People by occupation People
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Donated by Sir Henry Roscoe.
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The collection consists of approximately 100 items on alchemy and early chemistry, the most notable item being De Secretis Mulierum. The collection also includes manuscripts of lectures given by Sir Henry Roscoe; his notes on solar chemistry work; letters written to him by a number of his peers and his notebook from 1849. The many volumes of letters in the collection includes correspondence with contemporaries such as Robert Bunsen, Michael Faraday, Dmitri Mendeleeff and Louis Pasteur as well as with a number of Presidents of the Chemical Society and the Royal Institute of Chemistry.
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Organised by individual Accession Number
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Open access by prior arrangement.
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Scanning and copying not permitted. Digital photography is permitted.
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- English
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- Latin
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Mainly in English, Latin, German and French.
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- English