Letter from Linus Pauling to D.P. Riley. May 17, 1954. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Letter from Ben May to LP RE: Reports minor error in General Chemistry [LP reply June 8, 1954] [Filed under M: Individual Correspondence, Box #244.5]
• Letter from E.E. Anderson to LP RE: thanks LP for visiting Deep Springs and invites him to return [Filed under A: Correspondence 1954, Box #12.20].
• Letter from Hugh W. Handsfield, Editor at McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., to LP. RE: Sending a new memorandum in which LP gets 50% of the royalties, and 25% to each of the other two authors. [Filed under: LP Manuscripts of Books, Unpb.7]
• Letter from LP to A. D. Hershey, Carnegie Institution of Washington RE: LP regrets that Hershey will not submit a manuscript for publication in conjunction with the National Academy of Sciences symposium on nucleic acids. [Hershey's letter May 11, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1952-1954), Box #14.020, Folder 20.3]
• Letter from LP to Commodore William G. Greenman RE: tells how much he and AHP enjoyed visit to Deep Springs, also commends E.E. Anderson to Commodore Greenman for doing a fine job. [Filed under A correspondence 1954, box # 10].
• Letter from LP to Dr. Dennis P. Riley. [Filed under R: Individual Correspondence, Box #329.6]

  17 May 1954

  Dr. Dennis P. Riley

  The Royal Institution

  21 Albermarle Street

  London, W. 1

  England

  Dear Dennis:

  I am glad to learn from your letter that you will keep in touch with me about your situation. I know that you understand the difficulties of obtaining a senior appointment in an American university, because of the custom that holds in most universities and colleges here of making initial appointments of men in the junior positions, and then advancing them to senior posts.

  I am pleased to learn about the long manuscript that you are preparing on your protein work, and I look forward to seeing it. Also, I am glad that you feel that α is the favored configuration, and that the pi structure fits less well.

  I should like to ask a question about the radial distribution curve for collagen that you give in your Royal Society paper. I thought that I remembered that you had sent me a somewhat different radial distribution curve for collagen in an earlier letter, which I have now misplaced (if it existed). In particular, I did not remember that the curve for collagen had such a high peak at 4.7 Å compared with that at 8.8 Å. Are you planning to include a the discussion of collagen in the manuscript that you are preparing?

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

• Letter from LP to E. B. Wilson, Harvard University RE: Questions whether the election methods of the National Academy of Sciences should be modified to more closely resemble those of the Royal Society. [Letter from Wilson to LP May 28, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1952-1954), Box #14.020, Folder 20.3]
• Letter from LP to E.E. Anderson RE: letter stating appreciation for visit and notification that AHP accidentally packed a student handbook, enclosed a paper on ferromagnetism with the letter. [Filed under A correspondence 1954, box # 10].
• Letter from LP to L. P. Miller, Riders Limited RE: LP states it is not advisable to use deuterium oxide in their products. [Miller's letter May 12, 1954] [Filed under M: Correspondence 1954, Box #256.5]
• Letter from Prof. Dr. E. Thilo to LP RE: Inviting LP to attend the meeting of the Chemische Gesellschaft in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republic (10-20 toOctober 23, 1954). [LP's reply September 8, 1954] [Filed under T: Individual Correspondence, Box #407.3]
• Letter from Rollin D. Hotchkiss to LP RE: Regrets that Hotchkiss will not prepare a manuscript for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in conjunction with symposium on nucleic acids. [LP's letter May 12, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1952-1954), Box #14.020, Folder 20.3]
• Letter from T. R. Wood, Program Committee, American Chemical Society, to LP RE: Informs that the treasurer will arrange for his travel reimbursement. [Letter from LP to Wood May 10, 1954] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1954s.8]
• Letter from W. Albert Noyes, Jr., Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society to LP RE: Basu's manuscript, "Quantum Mechanical Calculation of the Reactivity of Pyrones" enclosed for evaluation. LP's reply: He does not recommend this paper for publication because of numerical errors in his solutions of secular equations. [Filed under C: Organizational Correspondence Box #68]