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Major Events

  • Pauling’s work with George Wheland on the resonance energy of benzene, naphthalene, and other compounds is published (the fifth paper in his series on the nature of the chemical bond).
  • Pauling uses the term "stochastic" to describe his approach to the determination of crystal structures by the diffraction of X-rays. In this method of treating very complex crystals, Pauling, with the aid of the general principles of molecular structure, first makes educated guesses of plausible structures. Then he arrives at the actual structure by using calculated and observed X-ray intensities to eliminate all the unlikely possibilities.
  • Between March 13 and April 14, Pauling gives fourteen lectures at Berkeley on the electronic structure of molecules with a special emphasis on the resonance of molecules among several electronic structures.
  • In May, he is elected the youngest member of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • In June, he receives his first honorary degree (Doctor of Science) from Oregon State College. At CIT, Lawrence O. Brockway, Ralph R. Hultgren, Sidney Weinbaum, and E. Bright Wilson, Jr. get their Ph.D. degrees (much of their work was done under Pauling’s direction).
  • In the spring and summer, Pauling and Sherman publish two articles on resonance energy: the first, empirical calculations, and the second, theoretical calculations (these two articles are the sixth and seventh in Pauling’s series on the nature of the chemical bond).
  • In the fall, Pauling applies for a three-year grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to support his experimental researches (based on measurements by electron and X-ray diffraction) and theoretical researches (based on wave mechanics) on the electronic structures of molecules.
  • Roger Hayward, a scientific illustrator (as well as a licensed architect and professional engineer), begins work with Pauling by providing him with clear and helpful illustrations for his lectures.
Chronology by Robert Paradowski.

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See the Paulings' activities in January 1933
See the Paulings' activities in January 1933

Snapshot

Peter, Linus, Jr. and Linda Pauling. Picture. 1933
Peter, Linus, Jr. and Linda Pauling. 1933. Larger Image / More Information

Statistics

  • 599 activity listings
  • 43 scanned documents
  • 13 full-text transcripts

Activity Listings - 1933 (No Date)

  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 05 RE: Notes on the Featherstone series LP Research Notebooks, RNB 07 RE: Notes on calcium aluminates-1933 [?] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 5: 026-029]
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 08 RE: 1933 [?]: (NH4)2TiF6 [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 8: 040]
  • LP Research Notebooks: Notes and electron diffraction data - Carbon Tetrachloride [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 003-009]
  • Lecture Notes: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Chemical Applications [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia Box 1.010, Folder 6]
  • Letter from E. Bright Wilson to LP RE: Wilson has finished calculating the coefficient of the ionic part of the wave-function for Hbr and HCl. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #438.5]
  • List of Chemistry Appropriations 1932-33 [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia Box 1.031, Folder 1]
  • Manuscript: LP, "The Structure of Hydrargillite Talc, the Micas, the Brittle Micas, the Chlorites, and Kaolinite." [LP Manuscripts of Articles, Box 1933a.4]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "At Only 32," Oregon Daily Journal RE: LP receiving his degree of doctor of science from Oregon State College. [Newspaper Clipping: 1933n.1]
  • Notes: Card with citation and comments: Smits A, MacGillavry CH. Z. Ph. Ch. A. 166, 97 (1933). [LP Science Box 1.001, Folder 4]
  • Photo: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling and an unidentified couple. Ava Helen holding Linda Pauling. Linus Jr. and Peter Pauling standing in front with two unidentified girls. Vertical format. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #554] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.9]
  • Photo: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling, and an unidentified couple standing in front of a house. Linda, Linus Jr., and Peter Pauling, standing in front of the adults with two unidentified girls. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #553] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.8]
  • Photo: C.A. Howard, an unidentified man, Linus Pauling, D.C. Henny, and another unidentified man. "LP at OSU (OAC) honorary doctorate 1933" Photographer unknown. Black and white print courtesy of the Oregon State University Archives. [Ship #1311] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.1]
  • Photo: Charcoal drawing of Linus Pauling. "Gist" 1933. [LP Photo Box, 1933i.6]
  • Photo: D.C. Henny, C.A. Howard and Linus Pauling. Linus Pauling receiving an honorary degree from Oregon Agricultural College. Print courtesy of the Oregon State University Archives. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [LP Photo Box, 1933i.2]
  • Photo: Gladys (Patricia) Briggs with her twin sons Merton and Milton. "Pat Briggs, twins Merton and Milton." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #488] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.33]
  • Photo: Linda Pauling holding a stuffed dog. "Linda 1 years" Photographer: G. Edwin Williams, black and white print. [Ship #774] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.23]
  • Photo: Linda Pauling holding a stuffed dog. Photographer: G. Edwin Williams, black and white print. [Ship #775] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.24]
  • Photo: Linda Pauling patting a stuffed dog, shoulder height. "Linda 1 years" Photographer: G. Edwin Williams, black and white print. [Ship #773] [LP Photo Box 1933i.22]
  • Photo: Linda Pauling sitting on a porch with her doll. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #557] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.12]
  • Photo: Linda Pauling sitting, holding a small stuffed animal. "G. Edwin Williams, Pasadena / A Portrait by G. Edwin Williams / 620 Sough Lake Ave., Pasadena" Mounted in a folio, black and white print. [Ship #787] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.27]
  • Photo: Linda Pauling wearing a white dress, standing outside. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #555] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.10]
  • Photo: Linda Pauling wearing a white dress, standing with Ava Helen Pauling [?] behind her. "Linda Helen Pauling, 1 year, 1933" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #556] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.11]
  • Photo: Linda Pauling with Ava Helen Pauling [?] standing behind her. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #558] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.13]
  • Photo: Linda and Peter Pauling playing in the yard, naked. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #513, #542] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.14]
  • Photo: Linda and Peter playing in the yard, naked. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #514] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.16]
  • Photo: Linus Jr., Linda and Peter Pauling sitting outdoors. From envelope labeled 1930's. "Pvt. Carl Cichetti Co. b. 22nd Br.; S. C. U. #3911; Camp Santa Anita; Arcadia, Cal." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #576] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.28]
  • Photo: Linus Jr., Linda, and Peter Pauling sitting on a bench outside. "Linus, Linda, Peter Pauling, 1933." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #578] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.15]
  • Photo: Linus Jr., Peter and Linda Pauling sitting on a bench outside. "1933" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #3855] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.5]
  • Photo: Linus Jr., Peter, and Linda Helen Pauling. [Ship #579, #546] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.7]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling Jr. sitting on the porch, holding Linda Pauling on his lap. Linda holding a doll in her lap. "Linus Jr. and Linda Pauling" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #3500, #512] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.17]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling receiving an honorary degree from Oregon Agricultural College. Print courtesy of the Oregon State University Archives. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [LP Photo Box, 1933i.3]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling standing next to Mrs. Crellin. "LP and Mrs. Crellin 1993" Black and white print, photographer unknown. [Ship #3496] [LP Photo Box 1933i.4]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling's students Jack and Albert Sherman standing outside, each holding one of the Briggs twins. "Jack and Albert Sherman (LP's students) and the Briggs twins." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #490] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.35]
  • Photo: Milton and Merton Briggs outside, lying on a blanket. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #489] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.34]
  • Photo: Milton and Merton Briggs standing on a wicker chair. An adult holding one baby upright. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #492] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.36]
  • Photo: Pauling family Christmas greeting card. Linus Jr., Peter and Linda Pauling sitting and smiling. Linda holding a stuffed animal on her lap. [Written on the front:] "Christmas Greetings from the Pauling Family / [Written on the back:] 1933 / 1408" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #1560, #574] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.26]
  • Photo: Peter and Linda Pauling sitting. Linda holding a stuffed animal. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #538] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.31]
  • Photo: Peter and Linda Pauling sitting. Peter hugging Linda, Linda holding a stuffed animal. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #539] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.32]
  • Photo: Peter, Linda, and Linus Pauling Jr. sitting indoors, smiling. "Peter, Linda, and Linus Jr. Pauling" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #573] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.29]
  • Photo: Peter, Linda, and Linus Pauling Jr., sitting on a bench outside. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #541] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.30]
  • Photo: Peter, Linus Jr., and Linda Pauling sitting inside. Linda holding a stuffed animal. From envelope labeled 1930's. "Pauling." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Ship #575] [LP Photo Box, 1933i.18]
  • Publication: Written by LP and J. Sherman: "Note on the Crystal Structure of Rubidium Nitrate." Z. Kristall, A 84, pp. 213-216. [LP Publications, 1933p.2]
  • Publication: Written by LP and J. Sherman: "The Nature of the Chemical Bond, VII. The Calculation of Resonance Energy in Conjugated Systems." Journal of Chemical Physics, 1, pp. 679-686. [LP Publications, 1933p.12]
  • Publication: Written by LP and L. O. Brockway: "The Determination of the Structures of the hexafluorides of sulfur, selenium and tellurium by the Electron Diffraction Method." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 19, pp. 68-73. [LP Publications, 1933p.5]
  • Publication: Written by LP and L. O. Brockway: "The Electron-Diffraction Investigation of the Structure of Molecules of Methyl Azide and Carbon Suboxide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 19, pp. 860-867. [LP Publications, 1933p.7]
  • Publication: Written by LP and Ralph Hultgren: "The Crystal Structure of Sulvanite, CU3VS4." Z. Kristall, A 84, pp. 204-212. [LP Publications, 1933p.1]
  • Publication: Written by LP: "The Calculation of Matrix Elements for Lewis Electronic Structures of Molecules." Journal of Chemical Physics, 1, pp. 280-283. [LP Publications, 1933p.9]
  • Publication: Written by LP: "The Crystal Structure of Ammonium Hydrogen Fluoride, NH4HF2. Z. Kristall, A 85, pp. 380-391. [LP Publications, 1933p.8]
  • Publication: Written by LP: "The Crystal Structure of Zynyite, Al13Si5O20(OH, F)18Cl." Z. Kristall, A 84, pp. 442-452. [LP Publications, 1933p.3]
  • Publication: Written by LP: "The Formulas of Antimonic Acid and the Antimonates." Journal of the American Chemical Society, pp. 1895-1900. [LP Publications, 1933p.6]
  • Publication: Written by LP: "The Normal State of the Helium Molecule-Ions He2 ++." Journal of the Chemical Physics, 1, pp. 56-59. [LP Publications, 1933p.4]
  • Report on Research Supported by the Rockefeller Fund, July 1, 1932 to July 1, 1933. [LP Science Box 14.037, Folder 4]
  • Reprint: Hettich A, Hendricks SB. "Molekularrotation in festem Ammoniumchlorid." Sonderdruck aus Die Naturwissenschaften 21 (24): 467. [LP Science Box 14.037, Folder 1]
  • Reprint: On the Theory of the Structure of CH4 and Related Molecules, written by J. H. Van Vleck. [Filed under: Van Vleck, J. H. : Correspondence, Box #424.4]
  • Reprint: Smits A, MacGillavry CH. "Die Umwandlung von festem NH4Cl bei ungefhr-30." Zeitschrift fr physikalische Chemie 166. [LP Science Box 14.037, Folder 1]
  • Reprint: ber die hheren Ionisierungsspannungen der Atome im Thomas-Fermischen Modell, written by: Arnold Sommerfeld. [Filed under: Sommerfeld, Arnold: Reprints, Correspondence, Box #366.4]
  • ReprintA Name and Symbol for H2, written by: Harold C. Urey, July 1933. [Filed under: Urey, Harold: Reprints and Correspondence, Box #419.3]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Description of models for Butene Oxide [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 291-295]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Electron diffraction data - -Methylhydroxylamine [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 240-241]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Electron diffraction data - Acetylene [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 200, 202]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Electron diffraction data - C3O2 [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 260-263]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Electron diffraction data - Cyclopropane [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 212-214]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Electron diffraction data - Hexamethylbenzene [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 235-237]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Electron diffraction data - OsO4 [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 222]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Electron diffraction data - Si2Cl6 [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 298]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - Acetone [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 275-279]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - AsCl3 [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 205-206, 208]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - Cyanogen and Diacetylene [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 112-115]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - Cyclopentadiene [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 123-139]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - Formic acid [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 245-254, 256]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - Methyl Cyanide [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 271-273]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - N(CH3)3 [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 175-180]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - NO3F [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 190-199, 300-303]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - Nitromethane [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 265-270]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - ONCl [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 283-289]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes and electron diffraction data - Thiophosgene [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 185-189]
  • Research Notebooks: 1933 [?]: Notes re: viluric acid, barbituric acid and dichlorbarbituric acid. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 181]
  • Research Notebooks: Notes and electron diffraction data - C(CH3)4 [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 077-081, 142, 144]
  • Research Notebooks: Notes and electron diffraction data - CH3NO3 [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 145-150, 152]
  • Research Notebooks: Notes and electron diffraction data - Fluoroethylene and its derivatives [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 090-098, 100, 102, 104]
  • Research Notebooks: Notes and electron diffraction data - Phosgene [Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 082, 084, 086]
  • Research Notebooks: Notes and electron diffraction data - Pyridine [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 021-025]
  • Research Notebooks: Notes and electron diffraction data - Pyrrole [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 029-039, 042-045]
  • Research Notebooks: Notes and electron diffraction data - Thiophene [LP and Sidney Weinbaum] [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 055-059, 062, 064]
  • Research Notebooks:1933 [?]: Possible crystal structures. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: Research Notebook 10: 304]
  • The Spin of the Sodium Nucleus, written by Harold C. Urey, May 1, 1933. [Filed under: Urey, Harold: Reprints and Correspondence, Box #419.3]
  • Typescript: LP, "The Nature of the Chemical Bond V. The Calculation from Thermochemical Data of the Energy of Resonance of Molecules among Several Electronic Structures." [LP Manuscripts of Articles, 1933a.5]
  • Typescript: LP, "The Structure of Calcium Boride, CaB6." [LP Manuscripts of Articles, 1933a.6]
  • ber Das Magnetische Feld In Der Umbebung Von Supraleitern by: M. V. Laue and Dr. F. Moglich. [Filed under: LP Correspondence, Reprints Box #213.3]