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Thomas Hager Papers, 1898-2010

6. The Alchemy of Air: Subject Files and Research Materials. 1898-2007.

Series 6 is divided into a number of subject-specific subseries including Scientific Topics, People, and Institutions, which document the materials researched by Tom Hager during his development of The Alchemy of Air.


8 Boxes

6.001.
Carl Bosch - Personal and Biographical. 1931-1940. 7 Folders

Recipient of the 1931 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Carl Bosch (1874-1940) helped develop an industrial-level process for nitrogen fixation.

1.1.
Carl Bosch - Assorted Biographical.
1.2.
Carl Bosch - Horoscope.
1.3.
Carl Bosch - Miscellaneous Materials.
1.4.
Carl Bosch - Nobel Announcement and Lecture. 1931.
1.5.
Typescript: Carl Bosch, lecture by Alfred von Nagel. 1940.

Text in German and English.

1.6.
Letter from Carl Bosch to Reich Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick. 1938.
1.7.
Materials re: The Carl Bosch Museum.

6.002.
Fritz Haber - Personal and Biographical. 1914-1940. 6 Folders

Recipient of the 1918 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Fritz Haber (1868-1934) played a major role in the development of chemical warfare in World War I.

2.1.
Fritz Haber - Biographical. 1931-1940.
2.2.
Fritz Haber - Documents re: Nitrogen Work.
2.3.
Fritz Haber - Horoscope.
2.4.
Fritz Haber - Miscellaneous.
2.5.
Fritz Haber - Nobel Lecture. 1920.
2.6.
Fritz Haber: "Modern Chemical Industry." [Scientific Paper]. 1914.

6.003.
Scientific Topics: A-N. 1964-2007. 13 Folders
3.1.
Ammonia Synthesis.
3.2.
Chemical Warfare.
3.3.
Chile - General.
3.4.
Chile - Nitrates.
3.5.
Coolie Trade.
3.6.
Famine and Food Production.
3.7.
Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch - General Information.

Text in English and German.

3.8.
Mythology.
3.9.
Nitrates - Shipping.
3.10.
Nitrates - Trade.
3.11.
Nitre (Gunpowder). 1964, 2006.
3.12.
Nitrogen - Alternative Fixation Processes.
3.13.
Nitrogen - Chemistry. 2005-2007.

6.004.
Scientific Topics: N-W. 1973-2007. 14 Folders
4.1.
Nitrogen - Ecosystems.
4.2.
Nitrogen - Fertilizer.
4.3.
Nitrogen - General. 2006.
4.4.
Nitrogen - Plants in the US.
4.5.
Nitrogen - Pollution.
4.6.
Nitrogen - Solutions. 2006-2007.
4.7.
Population Growth.
4.8.
Red Tide (Hypoxia). 2006.
4.9.
Refrigeration.
4.10.
Synthetic Fuel.
4.11.
Wakulla Springs - Pollution. 2006.
4.12.
War of the Pacific. 1973, 2005-2007.
4.13.
World War I.
4.14.
World War II.

6.005.
People: B-V. 1947. 15 Folders
5.1.
Birkeland, Kristian.
5.2.
Borlaug, Norman - Nobel Lecture.
5.3.
Boyle, Robert.
5.4.
Boyton, Paul.
5.5.
Crookes, William.
5.6.
Davy, Humphrey.
5.7.
Eyde, Sam.
5.8.
Haenke, Thaddeus.
5.9.
Hooke, Robert.
5.10.
Le Chatelier, Henri Louis.
5.11.
Meiggs, William.
5.12.
Ostwald, Wilhelm.
5.13.
Planck, Max - "My Audience With Hitler". 1947.
5.14.
Siemens, Charles William.
5.15.
von Brunk, Heinrich.

6.006.
Institutions. 1919-2007. 4 Folders
6.1.
BASF. 1919, 2004-2006.
6.2.
BUNA. 2000-2007.
6.3.
I.G. Farben. 1929-1999.
6.4.
Leuna. 2005.

6.007.
Assorted Research Materials re: The Alchemy of Air. 1898-1931. 5 Folders
7.1.
"Address of the President Before The British Association For the Advancement of Science, Bristol, 1898." Science. 1898.
7.2.
"Allied Chemical's Secret" and "Europe's Biggest." Time. 1929-1931.
7.3.
The Biogeochemical Submodel: Cycles, by Michael G.J. den Elzen, Arthur H.W. Beusen, Jan Rotmans and Heko W. Köster.
7.4.
The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, American Chemical Society. 1909.
7.5.
Assorted Matrerials re: The Alchemy of Air.

6.008.
Notes and Book Outline. undated. 4 Index Card File Boxes
8.1.
Annotated Card File: The Alchemy of Air.
8.2.
Annotated Card File: The Alchemy of Air.
8.3.
Index Card Outline: The Alchemy of Air, Preface - Chapter 10.
8.4.
Index Card Outline: The Alchemy of Air, Chapter 11 - Epilogue.