The Association of Austrian Chemists

Figure 1.1 Number of members of the Association of Austrian Chemists between 1898 and 1918.

Postcard sent by K. Hazura, the first secretary of the Association of Austrian Chemists, to the Czech chemist Bohuslav Brauner from Vienna on May 30, 1900. The card contains current data on the Association. Brauner helped the American chemist Bolton to collect information on European chemical societies for Bolton s brochure Chemical Societies of the Nineteenth Century (Washington, 1902). The card is kept in the Museum of Czech Literature in Prague, Collection B. Brauner, Correspondence. The picture was given to the author by S. Strbanova. 

The Association of Austrian Chemists was founded at a time when the number of chemical companies, in which all sorts of chemicals were made, grew rapidly, with the consequence that more and more chemists were required to work in the industry. The industrial production shows clearly that this growth started around 1890 (Table 1.5). ... 

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