Letter from Linus Pauling to W.H. Freeman. July 14, 1952. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• AHP writes cheque to: Dr. Frank L. Adams amount: $10.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.021, Folder #3]
• AHP writes cheque to: Linda Pauling amount: $50.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.021, Folder #3]
• AHP writes cheque to: Pierre Dalinet amount: $20.30 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.021, Folder #3]
• LP Newspaper Clippings 1952n. Letter to the editor of Chemical and Engineering News regarding LP's passport troubles.
• Letter from LP to A.B. Simon, W.H. Freeman Company, RE: Requests Figure 7-02 from General Chemistry be sent to Roger Haywad so that he can correct an error that is on it. [Filed under LP Books: Box 1953b, Folder 1953b.1].
• Letter from LP to Arthur Simon, W.H. Freeman and Co., RE: LP asks Simon to mail Figure 7-2 of General Chemistry to Hayward so that he might revise it. [Filed under LP Books, 1953b.1]
• Letter from LP to N.W. Pirie, RE: LP and AHP expect to be in England during the month of August. LP would like to visit Pirie if he will be in his laboratory at that time. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by Linus Pauling, 1952), Box 1952s, Folder 1952s.10]
• Letter from LP to Prof. F. J. Toole RE: writes that he will soon be receiving a passport for travel to England and France. Also mentions the Faraday Society meeting. Mentions the second edition of his book General Chemistry. [Note from Prof. F. J. Toole to LP July 2, 1952, letter from Prof. Toole to LP November 7, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #407, Folder #8].
• Letter from LP to Roger Hayward RE: Informs Hayward that figure 7-2 from General Chemistry is being sent to him for revision. The poles of the magnet need to be switched. [Filed under LP Books: Box 1953b, Folder 1953b.1].
• Letter from LP to Roger Hayward, RE: LP would like Hayward to correct the naming of the poles in Figure 7-2 of General Chemistry so that the north pole is above and the south pole below. [Filed under LP Books, 1953b.1]
• Letter from LP to W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Co., RE: LP has been notified by the State Department that he is being given a passport, and so he is leaving for Europe in two days. He has prepared a revised manuscript for the first 20 chapters of General Chemistry, but has not had an opportunity to check the final typescript of these chapters. He says he will not try to get anything done on the manuscript until he returns to Pasadena on NaN, Sept. [Filed under LP Books, 1953b.1]
• Letter from LP to W.H. Freeman. [Filed under LP Books: Box 1953b, Folder 1953b.1]

  14 July 1952

  Mr. W. H. Freeman

  549 Market Street

  San Francisco 5, California

  Dear Bill:

  At the last moment we have been notified by the State Department that a passport is being given me, and we are accordingly leaving for Europe day after tomorrow.

  I have prepared a revised manuscript for the first 20 chapters of GENERAL CHEMISTRY, except that the gas-law chapter, Chapter 14, has not yet been revised.

  I have not had an opportunity to cheek the final typescript of a good bit of Chapters 1 to 20. Also, I have not had an opportunity to check the new figures that Roger Hayward has drawn or is drawing, However, I have asked Mrs. Wulf to mail the manuscript of the twenty chapters and the new drawings to you.

  Because of the rush, I have not had tine to cut out the old figures that are being used in the new edition, and paste them in the proper place in the manuscript. I know that this would be a great convenience to the reader, but I think that you (and he) can surmise what figure in COLLEGE CHEMISTRY or the first edition of GENERAL CHEMISTRY (most of them are in COLLEGE CHEMISTRY, except those that are just being drawn) is being referred to at a given place in the text.

  We shall return to Pasadena on September 15. I shall not try to get anything done on the manuscript until then, but I shall pick up information about the revision by talking with people in France and England. I trust that you will have your comments, and the comments of your reader, on the first twenty chapters ready when I get back, and I think that I should be able to finish the revision rather quickly. I am especially anxious to have your opinion of the new chapters, 3 and 7.

  I hope that this change in my plans does not interfere seriously with your schedule.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

• Telegram from LP to Rene Wurmser, RE: LP and AHP arrive in Paris on July 19 and LP asks that Wurmser make hotel reservations. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by Linus Pauling, 1952), Box 1952s, Folder 1952s.9]