Reid, E. Emmet

Reid, E. Emmet. Armed Forces Chemical Journal 1955, 9 (July-August), 38. 

Reid, E. Emmet. "History of Offense Research, John Hopkins University Station", Historical Report No. H-149, Chemical Warfare Service, Edgewood Arsenal Technical Library. 

The moisture and gas content of charcoals and the activation of charcoal for use in gas masks was the major project undertaken by the branch laboratory at Princeton University. George A. Hullet, a professor of physical chemistry at the University, directed a staff of 14 chemists who as soldiers were stationed there during the war. Fred Neher, an organic chemist, was assisted by three graduate students employed by the Bureau of Mines in the synthesis of several compounds suggested by E. Emmet Reid (27). ... 

Chloroacetophenone was among the many samples of possible war gases prepared by E. Emmet Reid and sent to the Bureau of Mines in 1917. Because there were no testing facilities for lachryma-tors until the central laboratory was completed, the value of this compound as a tear gas went unnoticed. It was January, 1918, before the results of the physiological tests were reported which showed chloroacetophenone to be superior to any other tear gas in use at the time (23). The Johns Hopkins University branch laboratory, in cooperation with a unit at American University then developed a method of synthesis. Although chloroacetophenone was not produced in quantity before the war ended, it became the standard tear gas used by civilian police after the war (38). 

Submitted by E. Emmet Reid, John R. Ruhoei, and Robert E. Burnett. 

Submitted by John R. Ruiioff, Robert E. Burnett, and E Emmet Reid. 

Submitted by E. Emmet Reid and John R. Ruhoef. Checked by W. W. Hartman and G. W. Sawdey. 

Sabatier, Catalysis in Organic Chemistry, transl. by E. Emmet Reid. New York D. Van Nostrand Co., 1922. 

E. Emmet Reid, Organic Chemistry of Bivalent Sulfur, Vol. IV, Chemical Publishing Co., New York, 1962, Chaps. 1, 2, and 3. 

Ethanethiol. Ethyl mercaptan mercaptoethane ethyl sulfhydrate thioethyl alcohol. C,H,S mol wt 62.13. C 38.66%, H 9.74%, S 51,60%. CH2CH,SH. Found in urine of rabbits after ingestion of cabbage. Is formed in vinous fermentation. Occurs in illuminating gas, in sour" natural gas of W. Texas in petroleum distillates from which it may be separated hy chemical or physical methods Thompson et al. Anal Chem. 27, 175 (1955). Frepn from sodium ethyl -sulfate and KSH Klason, Ber. 20, 3407 (1887) catalytically From ethanol and hydrogen sulfide Kramer. Reid. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 43, 880 (1921). Review on occurrence, prepn, properties and reactions E. Emmet Reid. Organic Chemis-... 

In 1937, Paul Emmett accepted the chairmanship of the newly formed Chemical Engineering Department at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Over the next seven years, he built up an accredited department and continued his research on the development of surface-area methods and hydrogenation over metals and alloys. It was during this time that he became close friends with Professor E. Emmet Reid, who had retired from the Chemistry Department in 1935. With Professor Reid, he published the book Catalysis, Then and Now(12), which included a translation by Reid of Sabatier s Organic Catalysis and an updating by Professor Emmett of recent developments in catalysis. Professor Reid was a remarkable man who did much of his publication after retirement and who continued to be active until he passed away just before of his 102nd birthday. 

Figure 5 shows a photograph of Professor Paul H. Emmett in his laboratory at Portland State University. Behind him is the familiar BET adsorption apparatus, similar in many respects to the system which he used many years ago. He continues to follow the advice given to him many years ago by his good friend Professor E. Emmet Reid of the Johns Hopkins University. That advice was "The way to be active is to be active." Paul Emmett is certainly the personification of that statement. Paul Emmett, a warm and sensitive human being, a gentleman above all, and an outstanding scientist whose contributions have left their indelible mark on the field of catalysis, we salute you. 

The university was located in an old part of the city described by E. Emmet Reid in his autobiography, My First Hundred Years, published when he was 100 years old ... 

E. Emmet Reid, History of Offense Research, Johns Hopkins University Station. CWS, H-149. (2) E. Emmet Reid, "Reminiscences of World War I, Armed Forces Chemical Journal, IX (July-August 1955). 37-39. 

Reid, 1972. E. Emmet Reid. My First One Hundred Years. New York Chemical Publishing Company. 

Furfural and other Furan Compounds. By F. N. Peters, Jr., and H. J. Brownlee. Aliphatic Sulfur Compounds. By E. Emmet Reid. 

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