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Letter from Linus Pauling to Fernand Gallais. Page 1. September 25, 1946

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Correspondence: Atomic Radii and Interatomic Distances in Metals [Filed under LP Manuscripts, 1946a.5]
Letter from LP to Dr. T. Katsurai. RE: LP telling the Japanese doctor that he and the other author would consider him to translate the book into Japanese. [Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, 1935b.1]
Letter from LP to Fernand Gallais, Laboratoire de Chimie Minéral, Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Toulouse. [Note from Gallais to LP August 20, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #140.10, file:(G: Correspondence, 1946)]

September 25, 1946

M. Fernand Gallais

Laboratoire de Chimie Minerale

17, rue Sainte-Catherine

Universite de Toulouse

Toulouse, France

Dear M. Gallais:

I was interested to read your paper on the relation between strength of acids and bases and electronegativity of the element.

I think that the relation that you point out has validity for the case where the number of hydrogen atoms equals the number of oxygen atoms, and I am very glad to learn about your observation.

A few years ago, in a text book which I wrote for use by our students (my course in general chemistry), I pointed out a simple rule connecting the strength of an oxygen acid with the difference between the number of oxygen atoms and the number of hydrogen atoms. I do not have available an extra copy of this book, but I shall publish the rule in a short while, and send you a copy of the manuscript at that time, or perhaps an excerpt from my general chemistry text.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling

LP:gw

Letter from LP to Professor E. Bright Wilson, Jr., at Harvard University. RE: LP asking the other author to consider having their book being published in Japanese. [Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, 1935b.1]

Letter from Otto Beeck, Shell Development Co., to LP RE: Agrees with the LP that Prof. J. A. A. Ketelaar would be a good addition to their staff, but states they cannot offer Ketelaar a job until he immigrates into the U.S. States Prof. Larke-Horowitz would like to offer Ketelaar a job at Purdue University. [Letter from LP to Dr. Otto Beeck September 6, 1946] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1946), #377.16]
Note [in German] from Dr. Herman Hartman, Institut für Physikalische Chemie der Universität Franfurt, to LP. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #165.11, file:(H: Correspondence, 1946)]