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Columbian Chemical Society

The Chemical Society of Philadelphia disbanded between 1805 and 1810 and was succeeded in 1811 by the Columbian Chemical Society, also formed in Philadelphia (see notes 2 and 3 above). [Pg.387]

The Chemical Society of Philadelphia began in 1792 and was succeeded by the Columbian Chemical Society in 1811. There are few traces of the earlier society, but copies of the annual address delivered by Thomas P. Smith on April 11, 1798 (Figure 238) are known. Smith, only 21 or 22 years old, was a member of the Society s Nitre Committee. The committee placed announcements in newspapers asking citizens to provide any information they had on niter, a component of gunpowder, by mail ( post paid , mind you) to Mr. Smith at No. 19 North Fifth Street or to the other four committee members, including Society President Dr. James Woodhouse (No. 13 Cherry Street). ... [Pg.387]

Miles, Wyndham D. (1959), The Columbian Chemical Society, Chymia 5, 145-154. [Pg.220]

While we express our hopes that the whole history of this Columbian mineral will soon be made known, we sincerely deplore the afflicting and untimely death of our friend and countryman, Mr. Thomas P. Smith, from whose industry, acuteness, and zeal in chemical (and, indeed, almost the whole circle of physical) researches, Mr. Hatchett informs the Royal Society he had anticipated important aid in this inquiry (36). [Pg.375]


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