Biographical notes

Biographical Note, by A.E. Waite.—The Stone of the Philosophers.-Certain Fragments Selected From the Letters of Edward Kelly.-The Humid Way, or, A Discourse Upon the Vegetable Menstruum of Saturn.—The Theatre of Terrestial Astronomy... 

Biographical note, by A.E. Waite.—The stone of the philosophers.—Certain fragments selected from the letters of Edward Kelly.-The humid way, or, A discourse upon the vegetable menstruum of Saturn.—The theatre of terrestial astronomy... 

Great plays (English) by Marlowe, Jonson, Fletcher, Sheridan, Payne, and Browning, with biographical notes and a critical introduction by Joseph O Connor. Edited by Joseph O Connor. New York D. Appleton and Company, 1900. 2 p. 1., iii-xxxi, 421 p. 

Curtius, Theodor (1857-1928). Ger scientist who published many papers on the prepn props of various org compds, many of which are explosive. Curtius was editor for many years of the Journal fur Praktische Chemie Refs 1)A.Darapsky, ZAngChem 40, 581-83 (1927) (Biographical note) 2)H.Wieland, Z AngChem 41, 193-94 (1928) (Obituary) 3)A. Darapsky, JPraktChem 125, 1-22(1930) (A review of Curtius work, with photograph)... 

We start with some biographical notes on Erich Huckel, in the context of which we also mention the merits of Otto Schmidt, the inventor of the free-electron model. The basic assumptions behind the HMO (Huckel Molecular Orbital) model are discussed, and those aspects of this model are reviewed that make it still a powerful tool in Theoretical Chemistry. We ask whether HMO should be regarded as semiempirical or parameter-free. We present closed solutions for special classes of molecules, review the important concept of alternant hydrocarbons and point out how useful perturbation theory within the HMO model is. We then come to bond alternation and the question whether the pi or the sigma bonds are responsible for bond delocalization in benzene and related molecules. Mobius hydrocarbons and diamagnetic ring currents are other topics. We come to optimistic conclusions as to the further role of the HMO model, not as an approximation for the solution of the Schrodinger equation, but as a way towards the understanding of some aspects of the Chemical Bond. 

Turner Manuscripts, MS 280, University of Sheffield, letter from Turner to Dr. Rodd of biographical notes on W. P. Wynne that included asides on her own life. 

P. Adams, Librarian and Archivist, Somerville College, is thanked for providing biographical notes on Watson and Rich. 

R. Staples, Archivist, Lady Margaret Hall College, is thanked for providing brief biographical notes on Ewbank. 

Biographical Note (kindly supplied by Dr. Desmond J. Brown). 

In order to give up a long cherished dream, something dramatic must happen. For Boerhaave the incident on the canalboat was such a turning point. He thought the incident and its consequences so important that he wrote it down in his scanty biographical notes and his friend Albert Schultens mentioned it in his funeral oration. The question remains why Boerhaave spoke out when he must have known that it would be considered a defence of the most controversial philosopher of the time ... 

Jaucourt, Chevalier de in a biographical note on Boerhaave in Diderot, D. d Alembert. -cjclopedir. xvii, 471. 

Translating a chapter on Conformational Analysis of the Steroid Nucleus into German for a monograph on steroids [64] had made the translator acquainted with the dynamic stereochemistry pioneered by Barton [65]. What was more fitting than the wish to take part in the solving of problems of conformational analysis A biographical note [66] states ... 

Masefield, John, John M. Synge A Few Personal Recollections with Biographical Notes (Dundrum Cuala Press, 1915). 

Harald H0ff ding cf biographical note at Bohr (1972), p. xx. 

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