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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites

  • After 1849 – before 1895

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Handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the field of stereochemistry.

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  • Box 1, Folder 1-4

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Pasteur, Louis. “Louis Pasteur Lecture Notes on Crystal Structure, Tartaric Acid, and Arsenites,” n.d. Fisher-Pasteur Memorial Collection, Box 1, Folder 1-4. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/vt150j62m.

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