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Theodor Curtius in a chemistry laboratory

  • 1897-Mar

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A sepia-toned photograph depicting Theodor Curtius (1857-1928) examining a test tube in a chemistry lab. Throughout his career, Curtius was a professor of chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, the director of the analytical chemistry department at the University of Erlangen, and a chair of chemistry at the University of Kiel. He defined the Curtius rearrangement in 1890 and discovered diazoacetic acid, hydrazine, and hydrazoic acid later in his career.

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  • 31 cm W x 27 cm H
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  • (Mat beneath image) "Kiel, Marz 1897 - / Th. Curtius / [illegible]"
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series IV – Photographic Materials, 1894-1930
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  • Box 26

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“Theodor Curtius in a Chemistry Laboratory,” March 1897. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 26. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ivkfu4c.

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