Memorandum from Linus Pauling to C.B. Belknap. February 4, 1952. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 2 pp.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• AHP writes cheque: to: Bill's Liquor Mart amount: $89.41 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.021, Folder #3]
• AHP writes cheque: to: Market Basket amount: $25.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.021, Folder #3]
• Letter from A.H. Walter, Office of Naval Research, to William A. Rice, Office of Naval Research cc: LP RE: a request for a review of the research proposal renewal made by LP on January 30, 1952. [Filed under LP Science: Box 13.004, Folder 4.3].
• Letter from C. J. Lapp, of the National Research Council, to LP RE: Submits a list of graduate students who have applied for the NSF predoctoral graduate fellowship and asks him to rank them by ability. [handwritten notes on page by LP rank the students] [Reply from LP to Dr. Lapp given March 8, 1952] [Filed under LP Science: Box 14.028, Folder 28.1]
• Letter from LP to C. B. Belknap of Owens-Illinois Glass Company. [Letter from Mr. Belknap to LP January 30, 1952, letter from LP to Mr. Belknap February 11, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #299, Folder #7 file: (Owens-Illinois Glass Company)].

  February 4, 1952

  Mr. C. B. Belknap

  General Offices

  Owens-Illinois Glass Company

  Toledo, Ohio

  Dear Mr. Belknap:

  I enclose a statement about a research program on the structure of compounds of silicon, as determined mainly by the electron diffraction method.

  This work would be carried out by Professor Verner Schomaker, of our Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, with a post-doctoral assistant and graduate students. Professor Schomaker is 37 years old. He is one of the best structural chemists in the country. Two years ago he received the A.C.S. Award in Pure Chemistry, which is given to a man not over 35 years old (at the time of selection) who has made important contributions, in the United States, to pure chemistry. This award has been made about twenty times, and I think that recipients of the award are to be considered as among the best younger chemists in the country.

  Both Professor Schomaker and I have been interested in the question of the nature of bonds between the silicon atom and other atoms. This question is of importance with respect to the structure of silica and silicate glasses. I have a paper in process of publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry, in which values of interatomic distances in silicates and other substances are interpreted in terms of the amount of pi-bond character. I think that continued work along these lines will throw light on the problem of the structure and properties of the silicate glasses. It is important in these considerations to have information not only about the silicates themselves but also about related compounds, and especially about the simple compounds of silicon, which can be volatilized. The amount of work described in the accompanying application is such that it could not all be carried out in less than three or four years. I think that its completion would constitute a significant contribution to the structural chemistry of silicon.

  I shall be grateful to you for your consideration of our proposal.

  I am looking forward to seeing you again, when you visit Southern California later this year or next year.

  Sincerely Yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

• Letter from LP to Dr. Daniel W. Elam RE: writes that since Dr. Elam's visit in Pasadena, he has had an opportunity to speak more with Caltech's engineering group about his proposal. Writes that he is afraid that none of the departments are interested enough in synthetic high polymers to hire him. [Letter from Dr. Elam to LP January 14, 1952] [Filed under E: Correspondence 1952, Box #112, Folder #18]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Horst Hoyer RE: in response to Dr. Hoyer's letter and request, LP writes that unfortunately Caltech does not have any post-doctorate fellowships open for this or next year. He suggests writing to Prof. J. H. Simons of the University of Florida, as he recently told LP that they had fellowships available. [Note on the upper right of the letter in pencil: "Record address."] [Letter from Mr. Hoyer to LP February 1, 1952] [Filed under H Correspondence: 1952, Box #166, Folder #3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Ruth Ellis of the American Association of University Professors RE: is interested in their plans for a meeting of the AAUP in their area. However, cannot attend as a speaker because he plans to go to Europe when the meeting is scheduled. Hopes to visit them sometime later in any case. [Letter from Dr. Ruth Ellis to LP February 28, 1952] [Filed under E: Correspondence 1952, Box #112, Folder #18]
• Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, RE: LP has read the work of Theodore Berlin, who is being considered for a fellowship, and he finds it lacking. Does not support a fellowship for him. [Letter in reply from Moe to LP February 8, 1952]. [Filed under LP Science: Box 14.014, Folder 14.7].
• Letter from LP to Mr. Esteve, Jr. RE: sends back the manuscript that he was sent and critiques it. Suggests that he omit all of the general explanatory matter, and concentrate on his new theory on the subject of steric interpretation. [Letter from Mr. Esteve, Jr. to LP January 23, 1952, letter of response from Mr. Esteve, Jr. to LP February 11, 1952] [Filed under E: Correspondence 1952, Box #112, Folder #18]
• Letter from LP to Mr. J. Schweizer RE: writes that he is pleased that he thinks his biographical note about Sommerfeld is a good one, as he mentioned in his letter. Sends reprints. [Letter from Mr. J. Schweizer to LP January 12, 1952]. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #378, Folder #6]
• Letter from LP to Mr. John Domingo RE: thanks Mr. Domingo for the fruitcake that he sent for Christmas, asks that he relay this message to Mr. Domingo's parents in thanks as well. [Filed under D: Correspondence 1952, Box #98, Folder #17]
• Letter from Mr. Gaston F. Bell to LP RE: thanks LP for the information that he provided regarding heteropoly acids. [Letter from LP to Mr. Bell January 29, 1952] [Filed under B: Correspondence 1952, Box #37, Folder #20]
• Pauling Scrapbook: Chemical and Engineering News editorial entitled "The 1870 Iron Curtain" RE: discusses the Russian dismissal of LP's resonance principle. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.20]
• Wire from Dr. G. J. Dienes of Brookhaven National Laboratory RE: requests an evaluation of S. Naiditch who is being considered for a position at Brookhaven. [wire of response from LP to Dr. G. J. Dienes February 5, 1952] [Filed under N: Correspondence 1952, Box #287, Folder #19]