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Thank You Card from Alwin Mittasch to Georg Bredig

  • 1929-Dec-27

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Thank you card from Alwin Mittasch (1869-1953) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Mittasch was a German chemist, known for his research in the development of catalysts for the industrial ammonia synthesis using the Haber–Bosch process. Like Bredig, his doctoral advisor was Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932).

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  • 5.75 in. H x 15.5 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Translated by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
  • Transcribed by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I – Georg Bredig Papers, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series I. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 2, Folder 26

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Mittasch, Alwin. “Thank You Card from Alwin Mittasch to Georg Bredig,” December 27, 1929. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 2, Folder 26. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/cma8qll.

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Für die freundlichen Glückwünsche zu meinem sechzigsten Geburtstage, die mir grosse Freude bereitet haben, spreche ich meinen herzlichen Dank aus.

Mannheim, den 27. Dezember 1929

A. Mittasch

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Für die freundlichen Glückwünsche zu meinem sechzigsten Geburtstage, die mir grosse Freude bereitet haben, spreche ich meinen herzlichen Dank aus.

Mannheim, den 27. Dezember 1929

A. Mittasch

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I would like to express my gratitude for your birthday card in honor of my sixtieth birthday. I was delighted to receive it.

Mannheim, 27 December 1929

A. Mittasch

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I would like to express my gratitude for your birthday card in honor of my sixtieth birthday. I was delighted to receive it.

Mannheim, 27 December 1929

A. Mittasch

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